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Force the user to subscribe to web push notifications

July 16, 2020May 1, 2018 by collimarco

Forcing the user to subscribe to push notifications is probably not a good choice for most websites. However there are some specific situations where it makes sense to do that.

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Categories Pushpad, Web Push Notifications Tags javascript-sdk, permission, subscription, web-notifications Leave a comment

Turn website notifications on or off

April 26, 2018 by collimarco

You can change your notification preferences for a website at any time. You can allow or block the notifications using the browser preferences:

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Can I use the (Web) Push API with hybrid mobile apps?

April 2, 2018 by collimarco

Many developers have asked if they can use Pushpad for sending push notifications to their hybrid mobile apps. Basically they want to use the W3C Push API inside a WebView. That would make sense, because a WebView is a sort of browser embedded inside an application.

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Categories Web Push Notifications Tags android, push-api, web-notifications, webview Leave a comment

Does Safari on iOS support web push notifications?

February 10, 2018 by collimarco

At the moment Safari on iOS doesn’t support web push notifications.

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Categories Web Push Notifications Tags ios, safari, web-notifications 1 Comment

Reset browser permission for web push notifications

April 10, 2018August 28, 2017 by collimarco

Many issues related to web push notifications can be solved by simply resetting the browser permission. That removes the old browser subscription and creates a new subscription. 

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Categories Web Push Notifications Tags permission, web-notifications 1 Comment

Can I use SVG images inside Web Push Notifications?

June 24, 2017 by collimarco

A customer has recently asked if they could use SVG images as the notification icon. Unfortunately the answer is no at the moment because of browser support. 

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