Parse notifications on android won't work

Question

I am trying to set up Parse push notifications on android for some time now. I followed different tutorials, and I am trying to send the notifications from their web platform, but nothing seems to work. Here is what I have tried so far.

Here is the onCreate method of my Application class

@Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        Log.i("PushNotifications","PARSE initialize");

        Parse.initialize(this, "******************************", "*****************************");
        ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().saveInBackground();

        ParsePush.subscribeInBackground("", new SaveCallback() {
            @Override
            public void done(ParseException e) {
                if (e == null) {
                    Log.i("PushNotifications","com.parse.push" + " successfully subscribed to the broadcast channel.");
                } else {
                    Log.i("PushNotifications","com.parse.push" + " failed to subscribe for push");
                }
            }
        });

    }

This is called successfully, as I get the log

successfully subscribed to the broadcast channel.

Also here is some relevant content of my manifest file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<permission android:name="com.my.app.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.my.app.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />


<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:name=".App"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

    <activity
        android:name=".activities.MainActivity"
        android:launchMode="standard"
        android:screenOrientation="sensorPortrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

    <meta-data android:name="com.parse.push.gcm_sender_id" android:value="id:123456789" />
    <meta-data android:name="com.parse.push.notification_icon" android:resource="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>

    <service android:name="com.parse.PushService" />
    <receiver android:name="com.parse.ParseBroadcastReceiver">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <receiver android:name="com.parse.ParsePushBroadcastReceiver"
        android:exported="false">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.DELETE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.OPEN" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <!--com.parse.GcmBroadcastReceiver"-->
    <receiver android:name="com.parse.GcmBroadcastReceiver"
        android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
            <category android:name="com.my.app" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

</application>

When I try sending push from Parse website, nothing happens.

As this is not working, I tried implementing my own GcmBroadcastReceiver and changing it in the manifest.

<receiver android:name=".receivers.MyCustomReceiver"
            android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
                <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
                <category android:name="com.my.app" />
            </intent-filter>
</receiver>

And

public class MyCustomReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.i("PushNotifications","MyCustomReceiver");
    }
}

Without success.

Then I also tried creating my own ParsePushBroadcastReceiver (by inheriting from ParsePushBroadcastReceiver).

<receiver android:name=".receivers.CustomParseReceiver"
            android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.RECEIVE" />
                <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.DELETE" />
                <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.OPEN" />
            </intent-filter>
 </receiver>

And

public class CustomParseReceiver extends ParsePushBroadcastReceiver {

   @Override
    protected Notification getNotification(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.i("PushNotifications","PARSE getNotification");
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPushOpen(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.i("PushNotifications","PARSE onPushOpen");
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPushReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Log.i("PushNotifications","PARSE onPushReceive");        
    }

    private JSONObject getDataFromIntent(Intent intent) {
        Log.i("PushNotifications","PARSE getDataFromIntent");            
    }

}

It did not work either.

The thing is.. when I create my own GCM BroadcastReceiver and I send a notification from my own server (with some small php script), the notification is successfully received.

I really wonder what's wrong with my implementation of the client side parse notifications system.

Any hint on where the problem might come from?

Answer 1

My 2 cents on this (hope this helps):

I had a similar issue, which I resolved (Explained Here), so that might be the issue, if not, have a look at my files, at a quick glance they seem to have some small difference from yours, and they work so it's worth a look:

Manifest section:

   <!-- for parse pushes -->
    <service android:name="com.parse.PushService" />

    <receiver android:name="com.parse.ParseBroadcastReceiver" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <receiver
            android:name="com.MyStuff.stuff.utils.MyPushReceiver"
            android:exported="false" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.OPEN" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.DELETE" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <receiver
            android:name="com.parse.GcmBroadcastReceiver"
            android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />

            <category android:name="com.MyStuff.stuff" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>
    <meta-data
            android:name="com.parse.push.notification_icon"
            android:resource="@drawable/ic_launcher" />

I implemented my own ParsePushBroadcastReceiver:

public class MyPushReceiver extends ParsePushBroadcastReceiver
{
    @Override
    protected void onPushOpen(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
     //bla bla...
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPushReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
     // bla bla...
    }

    @Override
    protected Notification getNotification(Context context, Intent intent)
    {
        Notification notification = super.getNotification(context, intent);
     // do some stuff with it..
    }

}

and my Application class:

public class MyApplication extends Application
{

    private static final String CKey = "***********";
    private static final String AId = "************";

    @Override
    public void onCreate()
    {
        super.onCreate();
        Parse.initialize(this, AId, CKey);

        //initialized some stuff..

        ParsePush.subscribeInBackground("", new SaveCallback()
        {
            @Override
            public void done(ParseException e)
            {
                if (null == e)
                {
                    ParseInstallation install = ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation();
                    String token = install.getString("deviceToken");
                   //do some stuff with it...
                }
            }
        });
        ParseInstallation.getCurrentInstallation().saveInBackground();
        //some more stuff
    }

Hope it sets you on the right path!

Answer 2

first : did you enable Push Notification Settings From Your project setting

I faced the same problem , finally i delete my project and build new one in Parse , then the problem solved without doing any more things !!!! Why ?? I dont Know ...

and dont forget to get always the latest Parse SDK,, now its Parse-1.9.2.jar