The PushBots Part: Integrating PushBots SDK into your Android Project

Required before Integrating the SDK 

• PushBots account.

• Firebase server key and sender ID (How?) 

• A device or emulator with google play services installed.

• Android studio 2.3+
  

Step 1: Import the PushBots library into your project:

 Open build.gradle (Module: app) file: 

1. Add PushBots dependency along with Play services:

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.1'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:20.2.4'
implementation 'com.pushbots:pushbots-lib:3.3.3@aar'

Please make sure you're using latest Android Support library 27.1.0+

 2. Add to defaultConfig section, then replace PUSHBOTS_APP_ID and GOOGLE_SENDER_ID:

manifestPlaceholders = [manifestApplicationId         : "${applicationId}",
                        pushbots_app_id               : "PUSHBOTS_APP_ID",
                        pushbots_loglevel             : "DEBUG", 
                        google_sender_id              : "GOOGLE_SNEDER_ID"]

3. Sync Project with updated gradle file:

Step 2: Add required code:

Add to MyApplication class to application tag:

android:name=".MyApplication"

Click on warning icon and press alt + Enter  then select Create class 'MyApplication' :

Initialize PushBots instance in it, copy the following just below [package ….;] line, and replace FCM_APPID, WEB_API_KEY, PROJECT_ID, SENDER_ID and PUSHBOTS_API_ID:

You can find all these credentials in this article:

https://www.pushbots.help/en/articles/498201-the-google-part-firebase-credentials

Java:

import android.app.Application;
import com.pushbots.push.Pushbots;

public class MyApplication extends Application {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        // Initialize Pushbots Library
        new Pushbots.Builder(this)
        .setFcmAppId("FCM_APPID")
        .setLogLevel(Pushbots.LOG_LEVEL.DEBUG)
        .setWebApiKey("WEB_API_KEY")
        .setPushbotsAppId("PUSHBOTS_APP_ID") 
        .setProjectId("PROJECT_ID") 
        .setSenderId("SENDER_ID")
        .build();
    }
}

Kotlin:

import android.app.Application
import com.pushbots.push.Pushbots

class MyApplication : Application() {
   override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()
        // Initialize Pushbots Library
        Pushbots.Builder(this)
        .setFcmAppId("FCM_APPID")
        .setLogLevel(Pushbots.LOG_LEVEL.DEBUG)
        .setWebApiKey("WEB_API_KEY")
        .setPushbotsAppId("PUSHBOTS_APP_ID")
        .setProjectId("PROJECT_ID")
        .setSenderId("SENDER_ID")
        .build()
   }
}

That's pretty much it. Run your application now, if all goes well, your device should be registered and ready to receive push notifications!

Building Customer profiles:
PushBots lets you convert devices into humans, by tying devices to users to see who they are, what they have done in your app, and to give you a compelling way to search, find them and communicate with them using it.

//Register custom fields after user registered on PushBots

Pushbots.sharedInstance().idsCallback(new Pushbots.idHandler() {

    @Override

    public void userIDs(String userId, String registrationId) {

        if (registrationId != null && userId != null){

            Log.d("PB3", "Registration ID:" + registrationId + " | userId:" + userId);

            //Customer profile
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setFirstName("John");
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setLastName("Smith");
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setName("John smith");
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setGender("M");
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setEmail("a@aa.cc");
            Pushbots.sharedInstance().setPhone("+20");
        }

    }

});