Hi!
We've just created this mastodon account to communicate about the #unifiedpush project.
UnifiedPush is specifications and tools that let mobile users choose how push notifications are delivered. All in a free and open source way.
@vandys
Then it can quite easily be an unifiedpush distributor : it just misses the distributor interface to forward notifications to applications implementing the connector interface.
For linux, the specifications are here : https://github.com/UnifiedPush/specifications/blob/main/specifications/dbus.md
@unifiedpush any relation to @Bubu 's openpush?
@PixelDroid @Bubu
Not really, except it is partly born in openpush's discussion room.
Some talk about a sort of successor of openpush
@unifiedpush OK interesting, will look into implementing support if possible at this stage. Need to do notifications at some point anyway 😅
@PixelDroid Do not hesitate to come to us if you have any question :)
@unifiedpush Welcome and Congratulations!
Now it's time the #community talks to the devs of their apps to implement this.
#signal
#tusky @Tusky
#element
#schildichat
#k9mail @k9mail
#fairemail
#conversations
#pixeldroid @PixelDroid
#threema
#deltachat @delta
And many more...
@linos @unifiedpush no need to talk to us about it, I would love to have this in PixelDroid so as soon as I have time I will look at it
Contributions are very welcome though :P
ehm... I don't understand what "how push notifications are delivered" mean
What are push notifications ?
And how are they delivered most commonly ?
With this background I could try to understand what your project is trying to bring t othe table
Sorry for being pedantic 😐
@AbbieNormal
Push notifications are messages send from a server to a mobile phone.
On android it is usually done via Google services (Firebase Cloud Messaging).
And it is possible to use non-google service to get push messages with this project.
PS : the definitions are here : https://unifiedpush.org/spec/definitions/
Hi@unifiedpush@fosstodon.org
I built a unified notification solution for myself, including a custom UDP protocol for push notifications (when the target device supports it):
http://sources.vsta.org:7100/webXMPP/index
It can also do "push" notifications using long polling, and (bleh) can even go through Google's monstrosity Firebase.