I am trying to set my application to receive toast push notifications from a server.
Since this server in handled by someone else and he did not request the token to the WSN, I followed an example and I am sending the notifications using a "local web page"
protected void ButtonSendToast_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Get the URI that the Microsoft Push Notification Service returns to the push client when creating a notification channel.
// Normally, a web service would listen for URIs coming from the web client and maintain a list of URIs to send
// notifications out to.
string subscriptionUri = TextBoxUri.Text.ToString();
HttpWebRequest sendNotificationRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(subscriptionUri) as HttpWebRequest;
// Create an HTTPWebRequest that posts the toast notification to the Microsoft Push Notification Service.
// HTTP POST is the only method allowed to send the notification.
sendNotificationRequest.Method = "POST";
// The optional custom header X-MessageID uniquely identifies a notification message.
// If it is present, the same value is returned in the notification response. It must be a string that contains a UUID.
// sendNotificationRequest.Headers.Add("X-MessageID", "<UUID>");
// Create the toast message.
string toastMessage = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
"<wp:Notification xmlns:wp=\"WPNotification\">" +
"<wp:Toast>" +
"<wp:Text1>" + TextBoxTitle.Text.ToString() + "</wp:Text1>" +
"<wp:Text2>" + TextBoxSubTitle.Text.ToString() + "</wp:Text2>" +
"<wp:Param>/Page2.xaml?NavigatedFrom=Toast Notification</wp:Param>" +
"</wp:Toast> " +
"</wp:Notification>";
// Set the notification payload to send.
byte[] notificationMessage = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(toastMessage);
// Set the web request content length.
sendNotificationRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", String.Format("Bearer {0}", "EgAdAQMAAAAEgAAAC4AATIYp8fmpjFpbdnRTjf2qfP/GqZ8Bbb62bH6N+0MhSztcV/wXfv9aVjiwbVgF5EX0fgBXC6LvJCpl1+ze7ts9h5je4e1QekryEFqfWl36BtTBnmWqBFk0WmwxpdIgGqhVjAtRdnJ3ODnFSBCfd7dq8nFiFTFDxPcTXhdDbu9W3BKMAFoAjAAAAAAAHFAXTMH+bVbB/m1W60gEAA8AMTkwLjE5My42OS4yMzMAAAAAAF0AbXMtYXBwOi8vcy0xLTE1LTItMTU5OTEyNjk1NS0zODAwNDMxNzQ0LTk2OTg4NTEzNi0xNjkxMDU1MjI4LTcwOTcyNTQ0NC00MDYxNzA4MDczLTI0Mzg0MzM1MzQA"));
sendNotificationRequest.ContentLength = notificationMessage.Length;
sendNotificationRequest.ContentType = "text/xml";
sendNotificationRequest.Headers.Add("X-WNS-Type", "wns/toast");
using (Stream requestStream = sendNotificationRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
requestStream.Write(notificationMessage, 0, notificationMessage.Length);
}
// Send the notification and get the response.
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)sendNotificationRequest.GetResponse();
string notificationStatus = response.Headers["X-NotificationStatus"];
string notificationChannelStatus = response.Headers["X-SubscriptionStatus"];
string deviceConnectionStatus = response.Headers["X-DeviceConnectionStatus"];
// Display the response from the Microsoft Push Notification Service.
// Normally, error handling code would be here. In the real world, because data connections are not always available,
// notifications may need to be throttled back if the device cannot be reached.
TextBoxResponse.Text = notificationStatus + " | " + deviceConnectionStatus + " | " + notificationChannelStatus;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TextBoxResponse.Text = "Exception caught sending update: " + ex.ToString();
}
}
Now, in my app, I have requested the channel uri and a handler that is called when this channel receives a push
PushNotificationChannel channel = null;
try
{
channel = await PushNotificationChannelManager.CreatePushNotificationChannelForApplicationAsync();
Debug.WriteLine(channel.Uri);
if (channel.Uri != null)
{
var localSettings = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings;
localSettings.Values.Remove("PushToken");
localSettings.Values["PushToken"] = channel.Uri;
channel.PushNotificationReceived += channel_PushNotificationReceived;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
}
async void channel_PushNotificationReceived(PushNotificationChannel sender, PushNotificationReceivedEventArgs e)
{
String notificationContent = String.Empty;
notificationContent = e.ToastNotification.Content.GetXml();
Debug.WriteLine(notificationContent);
}
So far, so good: I receive a notification when my app is running and when my app is closed. But it only says "New notification" and nothing happens when I click on it.
I have tried to add an event
e.ToastNotification.Activated += ToastNotification_Activated;
But that does not work and after reading like 20 documents I am very confused about the toast templates and how can I use it to display what I receive from the server
So, what is the real way to do this, to display in the toast some of the data received in the push, and to make the app to "launch / go to a certain page" when the user clicks on it?
