Listening for Push It Messages:

@Override
    protected void onResume() { //will be called in any cases
        super.onResume();

        // getIntent() should always return the most recent intent hence a viable candidate for
        // displaying messages from notifications
        //Make provisions to receive the intent and parse the expected response in a desired format

        if(getIntent().hasExtra(PushIt.TYPE)){
            String notification_type= getIntent().getStringExtra(PushIt.TYPE);//detect message type
            String payload= getIntent().getStringExtra(PushIt.PAYLOAD);//extract message payload
            String time= getIntent().getStringExtra(PushIt.TIME_RECEIVED);//extract receipt time

            if(notification_type.equalsIgnoreCase(PushIt.TYPE_TEXT)){
                //TOAST THE TEXT NOTIFICATION
                Toast.makeText(this,payload+"\n Received: "+time,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            } else if (notification_type.equalsIgnoreCase(PushIt.TYPE_IMAGE)){
                //SET AN IMAGEVIEW TO DISPLAY THE RECEIVED BITMAP
                Bitmap bitmap= PushIt.loadImage(payload);
                imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

            }else if (notification_type.equalsIgnoreCase(PushIt.TYPE_AUDIO)){
                //LOAD THE AUDIO AND START PLAYING IT
                PushIt.loadAudio(payload);

            }else if (notification_type.equalsIgnoreCase(PushIt.TYPE_VIDEO)){
                imageView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                videoView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                //LOAD VIDEO INTO VIDEOVIEW AND PLAY; 
                videoView.setVideoPath(payload);// viable candidate for a try catch ;)
                videoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
                videoView.requestFocus();
                videoView.start();
            }
        }
    }