Push Notifications

Both the Android and iOS apps can receive push notifications. All of our push notification sending is handled through Firebase. If you want to send push notifications, it's fairly easy, just follow these instructions:

1. Log in to the Firebase console with the account [email protected] (password is in passbolt)
2. Select either the production (Zooniverse-production) or the development (zooniverse-mobile-dev) accounts
3. Under the "Grow" menu on the left side, select "Cloud Messaging"
4. Select the "New Message" button
5. From here you can compose a message:
   • The "Message Text" is the body of the notification
   • If you want to give it a title or any custom data, check under the "Advanced Options" section
6. When sending notifications, there are a few different "topics" you can send them to. These topics serve as subjects users can subscribe/unsubscribe to. The topics are as follows:
   • new_projects- Notifications for when a new project is released
   • new_beta_projects- Notifications for when a new beta project is released
   • urgent_notifications- Notifications for when users help is needed urgently
   • For project-specific notifications just use the project id
7. Once everything is filled out, select "Send Message", the notification should be sent to both iOS and Android