--- title: "How to Send Android push notifications in AppPresser" description: "In this tutorial: Downloading AppPush Google API key Configuring Pushwoosh Configuring AppPush Rebuilding your app Sending push notifications AppPresser has released push notifications for their..." url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/android/apppresser-push-notifications/ date: 2014-02-28 modified: 2023-06-07 author: "Jeff Matson" categories: ["Android"] type: post lang: en --- # How to Send Android push notifications in AppPresser ## In this tutorial: [Downloading AppPush](#downloading) [Google API key](#api-key) [Configuring Pushwoosh](#pushwoosh) [Configuring AppPush](#configuring-apppush) [Rebuilding your app](#rebuilding) [Sending push notifications](#sending) AppPresser has released push notifications for their excellent WordPress mobile app platform using the AppPush extension. With this release, AppPresser is further solidifying itself as an authority in native Android and iPhone application development. In this article, we will show you how to enable push notifications in your Android app. ## What are push notifications? Push notifications are messages that can be sent directly to your users directly from your mobile app, so that you can update them on things like specials or any other new information. Push notifications are extremely effective in keeping your users in the loop as to what is going on within your app. ## Downloading the AppPush extension 1. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-1-1024x513.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-1.png) First, log into your AppPresser account. You should already have an account if you have been using AppPresser. If you are not already using AppPresser for your mobile app, you may want to follow our guide on [creating an app with AppPresser](/support/edu/wordpress/building-your-first-android-iphone-app-with-apppresser-and-wordpress/). 2. [![View Details and Downloads](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-2.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-2.png) From within your AppPresser account, click on **View Details and Downloads** for the AppPush extension. If you do not see the AppPush extension there, you will need to purchase it from AppPresser first. 3. [![Products section](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-3.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-3.png) Next, scroll down to the *Products* section of the page and download the AppPush extension. You will then need to manually install this plugin on your WordPress site. ## Getting your Google API key To enable Android push notifications, you’ll need to connect to the Google API. In this section, we’ll show you how to do so. 1. [![Google API Developer](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-4.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-4.png) First, you’ll need to visit the [Google API Developer’s Console](https://code.google.com/apis/console). 2. [![Click Create Project](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-5.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-5.png) Once inside your developer’s console, create a new project by clicking the **Create Project** button. If you already have a project associated with the app that you are enabling push notifications on, you may click on that project to edit it. 3. [![Click APIs](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-6.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-6.png) Next, click on **APIs**. On this page, you will scroll down to **Google Cloud Messaging for Android** and click the button that says **Off** to change it to **On**. 4. [![create API Key](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-7.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-7.png) Now that you have Android cloud messaging enabled, you’ll just need an API key to access it. To do so, click on **Credentials** then click **Create New Key** under *Public API access* to generate your API key. 5. Be sure to keep this window open as you will need information from your Google developer’s console in later steps. ## Configuring Pushwoosh To send any messages through the AppPresser AppPush extension, you will need to use the Pushwoosh service. In this section, we will show you how to configure Pushwoosh to connect using to your Google API key. 1. [![Pushwoosh website](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-8.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-8.png) First, you will need a Pushwoosh account. You can obtain a free account on the [Pushwoosh website](https://pushwoosh.com). Once you have created your account, log into it. 2. [![Pushwoosh Applications tab](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-9.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-9.png) From the Pushwoosh **Applications** tab, click the big green **Add new** to create a new push notification app. 3. [![New application info](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-10.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-10.png) A box will open up when creating your application asking for some information. First, enter your title and a custom icon that will be displayed on your push notifications. 4. In the bottom, you will see a few radio buttons to select your SDK. Under *Android SDK*, select **PhoneGap Build (Generic)**. Once it is selected, click **Save**. 5. [![Configure platforms](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-11.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-11.png) Next, click on **Configure** on the left side navigation menu, then click **Configure** next to the *Android* section. 6. [![Enter API Key](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-12.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-12.png) You will then be prompted to enter your API key that you got in the previous steps from the Google developers console. Just in case you don’t still have that window open, you will log into the [Google developers console](https://code.google.com/apis/console), click on your app, then click on **Credentials**. Enter your API key from this page, then click **Save**. . Once you have your PhoneGap build files open, edit the **config.xml** file. You will need to add the following line to it: Once this line is added, save and close the file. [![Your Apps screenshot](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-14.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-14.png) Just as any other typical PhoneGap build, create a zip file out of your PhoneGap files, then visit your app on the PhoneGap website and click the **Update code** button to begin rebuilding your app. If you are not familiar with building your app in PhoneGap, take a look at the [Building your Android or iPhone app with AppPresser](/support/edu/wordpress/building-your-first-android-iphone-app-with-apppresser-and-wordpress/) article. For users to receive push notifications, your users will need to have this particular build of your app that has this line within your *config.xml* file. ## Sending push notifications ### Sending push notifications from WordPress [![Edit notification in WordPress](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-15.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-15.png) If you have a premium Pushwoosh account, you can set WordPress to automatically send push notifications, or manually send them directly from your WordPress admin dashboard. Depending on your settings in place for AppPush, you push notifications will automatically be sent when a new post or page is created. Push notifications may also be sent by hovering over **AppPresser**, then clicking on **Notifications** on the left side menu bar. ### Sending push notifications from Pushwoosh [![Send push notification](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-16.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wordpress-plugins_apppush-16.png) If you have a free account, your only option to send push notifications is to do so from the Pushwoosh dashboard. To do so, log into your Pushwoosh dashboard, and click on the application that you created earlier. Here, you will see a text box. Enter your text to send within your push notification, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on **Woosh!**. Your push notification will then be sent to all users of your app.