The Totara Mobile app uses Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) service to deliver push notifications to registered devices. FCM works with both Android and Apple devices.
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The configuration path only applies to Totara instances which are using the default push.totaralearning.com server for the standard Totara Mobile app. If you are hosting your own AirNotifier server to send push notifications to a custom app, you will need to make your own arrangements for configuring Totara instances to use it, including getting your own AirNotifier App Code. Please note that if you are customising/publishing your own mobile app, you will need to set up your own AirNotifier service, with your own configuration.
The Totara AirNotifier message output plugin stores an App Name, which corresponds to an AirNotifier project, and an App Code, which corresponds to an AirNotifier access key. It also stores a Server URL, which is the base URL of the AirNotifier server.
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Within that project, there is an access key called 'Subscription Portal', which only has the ability to create new access keys.
When an admin clicks the Request an app code token from push.totaralearning.com link, the following happens:
- Totara instance confirms that it is registered, and that the Server URL and App Name are defaults, and that the App Code is blank, otherwise an error is returned.
- Totara instance makes a request to the subscription portal at https://subscriptions.totara.community/local/airnotifier/appcode.php.
- The Subscription Portal checks to see that it is correctly configured, otherwise an error is returned.
- The Subscription Portal uses its own access key to request the creation of a new access key in the 'totara' project, with permission to create device tokens, send push notifications, and delete device tokens.
- If AirNotifier approves the access key request and returns a new access key, the Subscription Portal returns that to the Totara Instance; otherwise an error is returned.
- If the Totara Instance receives an access key from the Subscription Portal, it is set as the AirNotifier App Code and a success message is shown to the admin.
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