Native Push Notification for a Back End

The SAP Mobile Platform supports native notification for device platforms.

The SAP Mobile Platform uses the native notification mechanisms provided by individual device platforms such as APNS, GCM, BIS/BES, WNS, and MPNS to send notifications. Back end systems use the 'Push' REST service to notify the SAP Mobile Platform about any notification message it has to send to the devices.

Delivery address URL format is:

http[s]://<host:port>/Notification/<registration id>

where:

host:port/Notification can be received from the proxy push endpoint.
registration ID is sent to the device when the user registers and connects to the application from the device.

The notification data can also be sent using URL arguments.

Notification Data Sent Through HTTP Headers
Notification data can be sent by the back end as a generic HTTP headers or as device platform-specific HTTP headers.
SAP Gateway Notification Support
There are no specific handling requirements for sending notifications on the SAP gateway side. SAP Mobile Platform sends notifications using gateway-specific headers.
Notification Sent in URL Format
The notification data can also be sent using URL arguments as part of the SAP Mobile Platform push endpoint, or as the delivery address URL.

Parent topic: Developing the Application