Implementing Apache Cordova Push Notifications in Android using Firebase

Firebase Cloud Messaging (or FCM) is a great cross platform messaging solution that is completely 100% free. Today, I’ll walk you through the process of creating push notifications in your Android Apache Cordova application using Firebase.

The first thing we’re going to do is set up a cordova project. If you already have your project set up, skip this step. I’m including it for completeness. We’re going to create this project in our “desktop” directory, so first you should open up your terminal or command line and type “cd desktop”. Next, type “cordova create notificationtest com.notificationtest.app”. Be sure you get the com.notificationtest.app part as that is our package name that Firebase will use. Type “cd notificationtest” to change to your new project directory.

Now we can go into Firebase and select “Add project”. Type “Notification Test” (or your project’s name) into the Project Name area, and select Create Project. Now that your project has been created, go to the Project Overview page for your Firebase project and select Add app, and select the Android logo.

Now you’ll be able to register your app. In the Android package name section, type com.notificationtest.app, and press Register app. This will generate a JSON file called “google-services.json”. Download this file, and continue through the App registration page, just selecting the things that are selected by default.

Navigate to the directory where the google-services.json file was downloaded, and move the file into your desktop/notificationtest directory.

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