Android push message without gcm possible?

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Is there any possibility to implement push-messages to android without google cloud messaging?

I already took a view on openmobster but it does not satisfy my needs.

I need to:

  • create push-messages to an android device
  • self-hosted

A complete sync-framework (with REST) for android would even be better :)

Thank you

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androidpush-notification
Can you elaborate why OpenMobster does not satisfy your needs. From your question it seems like it would work out fine. It consists of both just Push notifications and a Sync Framework integrated with Push notifications without using the GCM service. I would like to know what part did you not like about the project so that I can make it better. Your feedback is much appreciated... - openmobster
Actually i like openmobster very much. Due to some requirements i need to do RPC calls and other things. I cant use a fully provided backend. For other approaches openmobster will surely work very fine :) - elCapitano
@openmobster (Sohil Shah) it would be great if openmobster provides GCM as thirparty Push notification as option, including it's own! - LOG_TAG
It looks like OpenMobster is not developed/maintained anymore... - FriendFX
Consider a paid product Pushy (pushy.me), an independent, reliable push notification gateway that does not depend on GCM. You can also self-host this product on-premises. Full disclosure - I am the Founder & CEO at Pushy. - Elad Nava

3 Answers

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Rabbitmq works perfectly fine, but I dont know about effectiveness. Roaring Rabbit of CloudAMQP.com is supporting only 100 concurrent connections and 229$ per month. What if you have more than 100 mobiles that are currently connected to rabbit. I made the push with cloudamqp.com' little lemure. May be you need to have a rabbitmq server in ec2.

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You can check with Parse library

https://www.parse.com/docs/android_guide

You can also see userban airship.

https://docs.urbanairship.com/display/DOCS/Home