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We already have a Push API specification that supports arbitrary push server URLs and self-hosting. It's called the Web Push API, although it can be used for mo
by indigane 3y ago
We already have a Push API specification that supports arbitrary push server URLs and self-hosting. It's called the Web Push API, although it can be used for mobile push as well.
The only problem is that no one is using it.
A bit longer comment on it:
https://gist.github.com/indigane/70ed13d5287c2d18b3e8e5d4f0c6d119 https://gist.github.com/indigane/70ed13d5287c2d18b3e8e5d4f0c...
- yencabulator 3y agoFirst of all, that's a browser API while the article is talking about an Android app. Second, the Web Push API is just a unified API for websites to use Google/Apple/Mozilla notification services, which the article is trying to avoid.