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Expert Android Programming

You're reading from   Expert Android Programming Master skills to build enterprise grade Android applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786468956
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Prajyot Mainkar Prajyot Mainkar
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Preface 1. Understanding the Gradle System FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring Android Studio Developer Tools 3. Leap into the Android Support Library 4. Google Play Services 5. Material Design 6. SOLID Android Development and Its Design Principles 7. Understanding MVC, MVP, MVVM and Clean Arch Patterns 8. Decision Making 9. Performance Matters 10. Building Restaurant finder 11. Backend Service 12. App Quality Service 13. Grow Up 14. Testing 15. Preparing for Google Play 16. Understanding App Store Analytics for Optimization

Firebase Cloud Messaging

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), formerly known as Google Cloud Messaging, is a revised version of the cross-platform messaging solution that empowers you to send notifications at no cost. In the app, these services will be used to notify users such as in the case of new offers or comments on restaurants feedback. Firebase inherits GCM's core infrastructure but it simplifies client-side development.

In Google Cloud Messaging, developers had to write their own registration or subscription retry logic, which now gets ruled out. Simply by writing a few lines of code, FCM can be integrated into the app. It contains a server that is responsible for assigning an identifier token to each device that is subscribed to send and receive notifications. This also ensures that messages are sent and received by a particular device.

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