Setup guide to enable push notifications for gocast

gocast_push_notifications.md

Push Notifications for gocast

See the firebase cloud messaging doc (https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging) for more detailed information.

Prerequisites

• A running tumlive instance (built locally without using docker): gocast/IPraktikum-73-push-notifications
• A running gocast mobile app: gocast_mobile/73-implement-push-notifications
• Access to the config.yaml file
• A google/firebase account

Setup

FCM

• Follow the setup guide to create a blank firebase project

• Go to your project settings:

• Go to "Cloud Messaging" and add a server key (if no key is set, try this)

• Go to "General" and add a android and iOS app:

Gocast

• Open your config.yaml (probably stored in ~/.TUM-Live/config.yaml) and add the following entry at the end of the file:

fcmServerKey: <insert-your-serverkey>

Gocast Mobile

• Insert your specific app keys for android and iOS:

How to use

• Start your tumlive instance

• Start a TUM-Live worker (see here)

• Start your app and allow notifications:

• Make an example upload request using a StreamID of a course in which you are enrolled from the TUM-Live worker to tumlive using the NotifyUploadFinished method in the Postman collection worker/FromWorker

• A notification should have appeared in the app: (if not, try re-installing gocast-mobile on the device)