PubNub GCM for Unity Android

Question

I have successfully integrated PubNub into my Unity project. The chat function is working. Now I am looking for a way to receive push notifications when the user is offline.

I am familiar with how GCM works. So basically, I can find the GCM API key and put it in PubNub dashboard. However, on Unity side, I suppose there has to be a plugin for this but I cannot find it anywhere.

HI Chatpong thank you for the question if you connect with us on support@pubnub.com we can chat further. — Stephen Blum, Jul 17 '15 at 18:13
@PubNub thanks for your reply. I have sent an email to support :) — Chatpong Suteesuksataporn, Jul 18 '15 at 06:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

To send the GCM push notifications to the device:

You need use our REST API to register the device (http://www.pubnub.com/docs/unity3d-c-sharp/mobile-gateway#gcm_prerequisites) and
then publish the message in this format: http://www.pubnub.com/docs/unity3d-c-sharp/mobile-gateway#sending_a_gcm_test_message_via_pubnub

To process GCM notifications using unity you need a third party asset like the ones here (Currently our Unity SDK doesn’t have the feature):

Or develop a “service” that will keep running in the background, using Java, to process the notification and pass to the Unity app. You need a service outside Unity because Unity apps are killed when they in background (runInBackground is unreliable on mobile devices).

Sorry, I am quite new to Stackoverflow. Now I have accepted :) — Chatpong Suteesuksataporn, Dec 18 '15 at 03:17

PubNub GCM for Unity Android

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