I have been trying to read the official docs and guides about how to send message from one device to another. I have saved registration token of both devices in the Real Time Database, thus I have the registration token of another device.
I have tried the following way to send the message
RemoteMessage message = new RemoteMessage.Builder(getRegistrationToken())
.setMessageId(incrementIdAndGet())
.addData("message", "Hello")
.build();
FirebaseMessaging.getInstance().send(message);
However this is not working. The other device doesn't receive any message. I am not even sure, if I can use upstream message sending to conduct device to device communication.
PS: I just want to know if device-to-device messaging is possible using FCM? If yes, then is the code I used have some issue? If yes, then what is the correct way.
Update:
My question was to ask whether device to device messaging without using any separate server other than firebase could messaging is possible or not, if yes than how, since there's no documentation about it. I do not understand what is left to explain here? Anyways I got the answer and will update it as an answer once the question gets reopened.
Firebase has two features to send messages to devices:
the Notifications panel in your Firebase Console allows you to send notifications to specific devices, groups of users, or topics that users subscribed to.
by calling Firebase Cloud Messaging API, you can send messages with whatever targeting strategy you prefer. Calling the FCM API requires access to your Server key, which you should never expose on client devices. That's why you should always run such code on an app server.
The Firebase documentation shows this visually:
Sending messages from one device directly to another device is not supported through the Firebase Cloud Messaging client-side SDKs.
Update: I wrote a blog post detailing how to send notifications between Android devices using Firebase Database, Cloud Messaging and Node.js.
Update 2: You can now also use Cloud Functions for Firebase to send messages securely, without spinning up a server. See this sample use-case to get started. If you don't want to use Cloud Functions, you can run the same logic on any trusted environment you already have, such as your development machine, or a server you control.
Warning There is a very important reason why we don't mention this approach anywhere. This exposes your server key in the APK that
you put on every client device. It can (and thus will) be taken from
there and may lead to abuse of your project. I highly recommend
against taking this approach, except for apps that you only put on
your own devices. – Frank van Puffelen
Ok, so the answer by Frank was correct that Firebase does not natively support device to device messaging. However there's one loophole in that. The Firebase server doesn't identify whether you have send the request from an actual server or are you doing it from your device.
So all you have to do is send a Post Request to Firebase's messaging server along with the Server Key. Just keep this in mind that the server key is not supposed to be on the device, but there's no other option if you want device-to-device messaging using Firebase Messaging.
I am using OkHTTP instead of default way of calling the Rest API. The code is something like this -
public static final String FCM_MESSAGE_URL = "https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send";
OkHttpClient mClient = new OkHttpClient();
public void sendMessage(final JSONArray recipients, final String title, final String body, final String icon, final String message) {
new AsyncTask<String, String, String>() {
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
try {
JSONObject root = new JSONObject();
JSONObject notification = new JSONObject();
notification.put("body", body);
notification.put("title", title);
notification.put("icon", icon);
JSONObject data = new JSONObject();
data.put("message", message);
root.put("notification", notification);
root.put("data", data);
root.put("registration_ids", recipients);
String result = postToFCM(root.toString());
Log.d(TAG, "Result: " + result);
return result;
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
try {
JSONObject resultJson = new JSONObject(result);
int success, failure;
success = resultJson.getInt("success");
failure = resultJson.getInt("failure");
Toast.makeText(getCurrentActivity(), "Message Success: " + success + "Message Failed: " + failure, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Toast.makeText(getCurrentActivity(), "Message Failed, Unknown error occurred.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}.execute();
}
String postToFCM(String bodyString) throws IOException {
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(JSON, bodyString);
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(FCM_MESSAGE_URL)
.post(body)
.addHeader("Authorization", "key=" + SERVER_KEY)
.build();
Response response = mClient.newCall(request).execute();
return response.body().string();
}
I hope Firebase will come with a better solution in future. But till then, I think this is the only way. The other way would be to send topic message or group messaging. But that was not in the scope of the question.
Update:
The JSONArray is defined like this -
JSONArray regArray = new JSONArray(regIds);
regIds is a String array of registration ids, you want to send this message to. Keep in mind that the registration ids must always be in an array, even if you want it to send to a single recipient.
I have also been using direct device to device gcm messaging in my prototype. It has been working very well. We dont have any server. We exchange GCM reg id using sms/text and then communicate using GCM after that. I am putting here code related to GCM handling
**************Sending GCM Message*************
//Sends gcm message Asynchronously
public class GCM_Sender extends IntentService{
final String API_KEY = "****************************************";
//Empty constructor
public GCM_Sender() {
super("GCM_Sender");
}
//Processes gcm send messages
#Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
Log.d("Action Service", "GCM_Sender Service Started");
//Get message from intent
String msg = intent.getStringExtra("msg");
msg = "\"" + msg + "\"";
try{
String ControllerRegistrationId = null;
//Check registration id in db
if(RegistrationIdAdapter.getInstance(getApplicationContext()).getRegIds().size() > 0 ) {
String controllerRegIdArray[] = RegistrationIdAdapter.getInstance(getApplicationContext()).getRegIds().get(1);
if(controllerRegIdArray.length>0)
ControllerRegistrationId = controllerRegIdArray[controllerRegIdArray.length-1];
if(!ControllerRegistrationId.equalsIgnoreCase("NULL")){
// 1. URL
URL url = new URL("https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send");
// 2. Open connection
HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// 3. Specify POST method
urlConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
// 4. Set the headers
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "key=" + API_KEY);
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
// 5. Add JSON data into POST request body
JSONObject obj = new JSONObject("{\"time_to_live\": 0,\"delay_while_idle\": true,\"data\":{\"message\":" + msg + "},\"registration_ids\":[" + ControllerRegistrationId + "]}");
// 6. Get connection output stream
OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(urlConnection.getOutputStream());
out.write(obj.toString());
out.close();
// 6. Get the response
int responseCode = urlConnection.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null){
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
Log.d("GCM getResponseCode:", new Integer(responseCode).toString());
}else{
Log.d("GCM_Sender:","Field REGISTRATION_TABLE is null");
}
}else {
Log.d("GCM_Sender:","There is no Registration ID in DB ,please sync devices");
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
//MessageSender.getInstance().sendMessage(msg, Commands.SMS_MESSAGE);
}
}
//Called when service is no longer alive
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
//Do a log that GCM_Sender service has been destroyed
Log.d("Action Service", "GCM_Sender Service Destroyed");
}
}
**************Receiving GCM Message*************
public class GCM_Receiver extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver {
public static final String RETRY_ACTION ="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RETRY";
public static final String REGISTRATION ="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION";
public SharedPreferences preferences;
//Processes Gcm message .
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
ComponentName comp = new ComponentName(context.getPackageName(),
GCMNotificationIntentService.class.getName());
//Start GCMNotificationIntentService to handle gcm message asynchronously
startWakefulService(context, (intent.setComponent(comp)));
setResultCode(Activity.RESULT_OK);
/*//Check if DatabaseService is running .
if(!DatabaseService.isServiceRunning) {
Intent dbService = new Intent(context,DatabaseService.class);
context.startService(dbService);
}*/
//Check if action is RETRY_ACTION ,if it is then do gcm registration again .
if(intent.getAction().equals(RETRY_ACTION)) {
String registrationId = intent.getStringExtra("registration_id");
if(TextUtils.isEmpty(registrationId)){
DeviceRegistrar.getInstance().register(context);
}else {
//Save registration id to prefs .
preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
editor.putString("BLACKBOX_REG_ID",registrationId);
editor.commit();
}
} else if (intent.getAction().equals(REGISTRATION)) {
}
}
}
//Processes gcm messages asynchronously .
public class GCMNotificationIntentService extends IntentService{
public static final int NOTIFICATION_ID = 1;
private NotificationManager mNotificationManager;
String gcmData;
private final String TAG = "GCMNotificationIntentService";
//Constructor with super().
public GCMNotificationIntentService() {
super("GcmIntentService");
}
//Called when startService() is called by its Client .
//Processes gcm messages .
#Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
Log.d("GCMNotificationIntentService", "GCMNotificationIntentService Started");
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
//Get instance of GoogleCloudMessaging .
GoogleCloudMessaging gcm = GoogleCloudMessaging.getInstance(this);
//Get gcm message type .
String messageType = gcm.getMessageType(intent);
if (!extras.isEmpty()) {
if (GoogleCloudMessaging.MESSAGE_TYPE_SEND_ERROR
.equals(messageType)) {
sendNotification("Send error: " + extras.toString());
} else if (GoogleCloudMessaging.MESSAGE_TYPE_DELETED
.equals(messageType)) {
sendNotification("Deleted messages on server: "
+ extras.toString());
} else if (GoogleCloudMessaging.MESSAGE_TYPE_MESSAGE
.equals(messageType)) {
Log.i(TAG, "Completed work # " + SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
gcmData = extras.getString("message");
Intent actionService = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Action.class);
actionService.putExtra("data", gcmData);
//start Action service .
startService(actionService);
//Show push notification .
sendNotification("Action: " + gcmData);
//Process received gcmData.
Log.d(TAG,"Received Gcm Message from Controller : " + extras.getString("message"));
}
}
GCM_Receiver.completeWakefulIntent(intent);
}
//Shows notification on device notification bar .
private void sendNotification(String msg) {
mNotificationManager = (NotificationManager) this.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, BlackboxStarter.class);
//Clicking on GCM notification add new layer of app.
notificationIntent.setFlags( Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0,notificationIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(
this).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.gcm_cloud)
.setContentTitle("Notification from Controller")
.setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(msg))
.setContentText(msg);
mBuilder.setContentIntent(contentIntent);
mNotificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_ID, mBuilder.build());
//Play default notification
try {
Uri notification = RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
Ringtone r = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(getApplicationContext(), notification);
r.play();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
//Called when service is no longer be available .
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onDestroy();
Log.d("GCMNotificationIntentService", "GCMNotificationIntentService Destroyed");
}
}
According to the new documentation which was updated on October 2, 2018 you must send post request as below
https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send
Content-Type:application/json
Authorization:key=AIzaSyZ-1u...0GBYzPu7Udno5aA //Server key
{
"to": "sent device's registration token",
"data": {
"hello": "message from someone",
}
}
To get device's registration token extend FirebaseMessagingService and override onNewToken(String token)
For more info refer to doc https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/android/device-group
I am late but above solutions has helped me to write down this simple answer, you can send your message directly to android devices from android application, here is the simple implementation I have done and it works great for me.
compile android volley library
compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'
Just copy paste this simple function ;) and your life will become smooth just like knife in butter. :D
public static void sendPushToSingleInstance(final Context activity, final HashMap dataValue /*your data from the activity*/, final String instanceIdToken /*firebase instance token you will find in documentation that how to get this*/ ) {
final String url = "https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send";
StringRequest myReq = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,url,
new Response.Listener<String>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(String response) {
Toast.makeText(activity, "Bingo Success", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
},
new Response.ErrorListener() {
#Override
public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
Toast.makeText(activity, "Oops error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}) {
#Override
public byte[] getBody() throws com.android.volley.AuthFailureError {
Map<String, Object> rawParameters = new Hashtable();
rawParameters.put("data", new JSONObject(dataValue));
rawParameters.put("to", instanceIdToken);
return new JSONObject(rawParameters).toString().getBytes();
};
public String getBodyContentType()
{
return "application/json; charset=utf-8";
}
#Override
public Map<String, String> getHeaders() throws AuthFailureError {
HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
headers.put("Authorization", "key="+YOUR_LEGACY_SERVER_KEY_FROM_FIREBASE_CONSOLE);
headers.put("Content-Type","application/json");
return headers;
}
};
Volley.newRequestQueue(activity).add(myReq);
}
Note
If you want to send message to topics so you can change parameter instanceIdToken to something like /topics/topicName.
For groups implementation is the same but you just need to take care of parameters. checkout Firebase documentation and you can pass those parameters.
let me know if you face any issue.
I'm working on a legacy system and I'm trying to call an HTTP handler which I have added some logic which retrieves audio blob from an Azure service.
The thing is, I can't seem to get the content back to the client so I can play it.
The response that I get from a jQuery call is:
"System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[System.String]"
This is the processRequest code:
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
var text = "walk";
Authentication auth = new Authentication("subscriptionID");
context.Response.Write(auth.getVoice(text));
}
Here's the getVoice function:
public async Task<string> getVoice(string text)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
try
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders
.Add("User-Agent", "uagent");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", subscriptionKey);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + this.token);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("host", "westeurope.tts.speech.microsoft.com");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-MICROSOFT-OutputFormat", "audio-16khz-32kbitrate-mono-mp3");
UriBuilder uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(VoiceUri);
// send xml post
var voiceTest = "<speak version='1.0' xml:lang='en-US'><voice xml:lang='en-US' xml:gender='Female'\n\rname='Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US, ZiraRUS)'>\n\rWalk\n\r</voice></speak>";
var data = new StringContent(voiceTest, Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml");
data.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/ssml+xml");
var result = await client.PostAsync(uriBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri, data);
return await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return null;
}
}
The server API call is successful but I can't seem to receive it on the client side in order to play it to the user afterward.
You have to unwrap the result of auth.getVoice. You can do it by using await key word. Also you need you handler to implement HttpTaskAsyncHandler class in order to make it work
public class TestHandler : HttpTaskAsyncHandler
{
public async override Task ProcessRequestAsync(HttpContext context)
{
var text = "walk";
Authentication auth = new Authentication("subscriptionID");
context.Response.Write(await auth.getVoice(text)); //added await here
}
//..
}
I'm trying to resolve an issue between, what I perceive is, AJAX and Server Sent Events. I have an application that does a post with some instructions to the controller, and I would like the controller to send some commentary back as an event to let the user know that the action requested has been performed (can have errors or take a while).
The idea is that the user can send a package of different instructions through the client, and the server will report through SSE when each of these actions are completed.
The problem I see through Fiddler is that when the post is performed, the response that it gets back contains my eventsource message that I would like used. However, the eventsource code also appears to call a GET, in which it appears to want that eventsource message. Because it doesn't get that, the connection repeatedly closes.
I currently have some controller code like so:
[System.Web.Http.HttpPost]
public void Stop(ProjectViewModel model)
{
ProjectManager manager = new ProjectManager();
if (model.Servers != null && model.Servers.Count != 0)
{
string machine = model.Servers[0];
foreach (string service in model.Services)
{
manager.StopService(service, machine);
Message("stop", service);
}
}
}
and in my view, both Ajax/XHR and server sent events set up like so:
var form = document.getElementById("submitform");
form.onsubmit = function (e) {
// stop the regular form submission
e.preventDefault();
// collect the form data while iterating over the inputs
var data = {};
for (var i = 0, ii = 2; i < ii; ++i) {
var input = form[i];
if (input.name == "Servers") {
data[input.name] = document.getElementById("ServerSelect").options[document.getElementById("ServerSelect").selectedIndex].text;
}
else if (input.name == "Services")
data[input.name] = document.getElementById("ServiceSelect").options[document.getElementById("ServiceSelect").selectedIndex].text;
}
if (action) { data["action"] = action };
// construct an HTTP request
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if (action == "stop") {
xhr.open(form.method, '/tools/project/stop', true);
}
if (action == "start") {
xhr.open(form.method, '/tools/project/start', true)
}
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=urf-8');
// send the collected data as JSON
xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
xhr.onloadend = function () {
// done
};
};
function events() {
if (window.EventSource == undefined) {
// If not supported
document.getElementById('eventlog').innerHTML = "Your browser doesn't support Server Sent Events.";
} else {
var source = new EventSource('../tools/project/Stop');
source.addEventListener("message", function (message) { console.log(message.data) });
source.onopen = function (event) {
document.getElementById('eventlog').innerHTML += 'Connection Opened.<br>';
console.log("Open");
};
source.onerror = function (event) {
if (event.eventPhase == EventSource.CLOSED) {
document.getElementById('eventlog').innerHTML += 'Connection Closed.<br>';
console.log("Close");
}
};
source.onmessage = function (event) {
//document.getElementById('eventlog').innerHTML += event.data + '<br>';
var newElement = document.createElement("li");
newElement.textContent = "message: " + event.data;
document.getElementById("eventlog").appendChild(newElement)
console.log("Message");
};
}
};
I'm somewhat new to web development, and I'm not sure how to resolve this issue. Is there a way I can have the eventsource message read from that POST? Or have it sent to the GET instead of being sent as a response to the POST? Overall, it seems that the most damning issue is that I can't seem to get the event messages sent to the GET that is requested by the eventsource api.
EDIT: Since posting this, I tried creating a new method in the controller that specifically handles eventsource requests, but it appears that the event response still somehow ends up in the POST response body.
public void Message(string action, string service)
{
Response.ContentType = "text/event-stream";
Response.CacheControl = "no-cache";
//Response.Write($"event: message\n");
if (action == "stop")
{
Response.Write($"data: <li> {service} has stopped </li>\n\n");
}
Response.Flush();
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Response.Close();
}
I ended up solving this. My original idea was to pass the viewmodel in each of my methods back and forth with a Dictionary<string,string> to key in each event that can be used, but the viewmodel is not persistent. I solved this issue further by implementing the events in a Dictionary saved in Session data, and the usage of Sessions for MVC can be found in the resource here that I used:
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/How-to-create-and-access-447ada98
My final implementation looks like this:
public void Stop(ProjectViewModel model)
{
ProjectManager manager = new ProjectManager();
if (model.Servers != null && model.Servers.Count != 0)
{
string machine = model.Servers[0];
foreach (string service in model.Services)
{
manager.StopService(service, machine);
model.events.Add(service, "stopped");
this.Session["Events"] = model.events;
}
}
//return View(model);
}
public void Message(ProjectViewModel model)
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Response.ContentType = "text/event-stream";
Response.CacheControl = "no-cache";
Response.AddHeader("connection", "keep-alive");
var events = this.Session["Events"] as Dictionary<string, string>;
Response.Write($"event: message\n");
if (events != null && events.Count != 0)
{
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> message in events)
{
Response.Write($"data: {message.Key} has been {message.Value}\n\n");
}
}
Response.Flush();
Thread.Sleep(1000);
Response.Close();
}
Adding keep-alive as connection attribute in the HTTP Response header was also important to getting the SSEs to send, and the Thread.Sleep(1000)'s are used due to the stop action and message action happening simultaneously. I'm sure there's some optimizations that can go into this, but for now, this is functional and able to be further developed.
In my web application I want to load all data to client side from the server on power up.
After that I want all communication be managed through Signalr - meaning that each update the server will send notification to all clients and they will ask for the updated data.
However, I don't know what to do when the SingalR connection is corrupted and then goes back. I don't want to load all the data all over again. What I want to do is to implement some sort of notifications management on the server side for each disconnected client and whenever the SignalR connection is made again - push to that specific client all the notifications that he has missed.
Our signalR listeners on client side are made on singleton listeners instead of short living controllers, that so we can prevent GET request on each view change and make the application be faster and more user friendly. Because of that approach, new notifications in the background also get handled and processed even when it isn't relevant to the current view the end user is on, like so:
// This service is initialized once only
public class Service1 {
static inject = ['$rootScope']
array : Item[];
// This is a singleton!
public constructor ($rootScope){
// Get all items from the server
GetAllItemsFromServer();
// Listener for signalR updates
var listener = $rootScope.$on("ItemsNotificationFromServer", UpdateItems);
$rootScope.$on('destroy', {
// Stop the listener
listener();
})
}
// Getting all the items from the server on each controller creation
GetAllItemsFromServer(){
// Getting the items
}
// Handle the notification from the server
public UpdateItems(event, result) : void
//..
}
}
At the moment what happens for example is that when an end user refreshes the browser (F5) I can not know what SignalR notifications this client has missed during the connection problems and so I load all the data from the server all over again (it sucks).
In order to prevent it I thought of implementing something like this -
namespace MapUsersSample
{
public class UserContext : DbContext
{
// All those are cleaned when server is powered up
public DbSet<Connection> Connections { get; set; }
public DbSet<Notification> Notifications {get; set;}
}
public class Connection
{
[Key]
[DatabaseGenerationOptions.None]
public string ConnectionID { get; set; }
public bool Connected { get; set; }
// I fill this when disconnected
public List<Notification> MissedNotifications {get; set;}
public Connection(string id)
{
this.ConnectionID = id;
this.Connected = true;
this.MissedNotifications = new List<Notification>();
}
}
public abstract class Notification()
{
public int Id {get; set;}
public DateTime CreationTime {get; set;}
}
.. // Many notifications implement this
}
public class MyHub : Hub
{
private readonly DbContext _db;
public class MyHub(DbContext db)
{
this._db = db;
}
// Adding a new connection or updating status to true
public override Task OnConnected()
{
var connection = GetConnection(Context.ConnectionId);
if (connection == null)
_db.Connections.Add(new Connection(Context.ConnectionId));
else
connection.Connected = true;
return base.OnConnected()
}
// Changing connection status to false
public override Task OnDisconnected()
{
var connection = GetConnection(Context.ConnectionId);
if (connection == null)
{
Log("Disconnect error: failed to find a connection with id : " + Context.ConnectionId);
return;
}
else {
connection.Connected = false;
}
return base.OnDisconnected();
}
public override Task OnReconnected()
{
var connection = GetConnection(Context.ConnectionId);
if (connection == null)
{
Log("Reconnect error - failed to find a connection with id : " + Context.ConnectionId);
return;
}
else {
connection.Connected = true;
}
// On reconnect, trying to send to the client all the notifications that he has missed
foreach (var notification in connection.MissedNotifications){
Clients.Client(connection.ConnectionID).handleNotification(notification);
}
return base.OnReconnected();
}
// This method is called from clients that receive a notification
public clientNotified(int connectionId, int notificationId)
{
// Getting the connection
var connection = GetConnection(connectionId);
if (connection == null){
Log("clientNotified error - failed to find a connection with id : " + Context.ConnectionId);
return;
}
// Getting the notification that the client was notified about
var notificationToRemove = _dbConnection.Notifications.FirstOrDefault(n => n.Id == notificationId);
if (notificationToRemove == null)
{
Log("clientNotified error - failed to find notification with id : " + notificationId);
return;
}
// Removing from the missed notifications
connection.MissedNotifications.Remove(notificationToRemove);
}
private Connection GetConnection(int connectionId)
{
return _db.Connections.find(connectionId);
}
}
// Notifications outside of the hub
public class Broadcaster
{
DbContext _db;
public Broadcaster(DbContext db)
{
_hubContext = GlobalHost.ConnectionManager.GetHubContext<MoveShapeHub>();
_dbConnection = db;
}
public void NotifyClients(Notification notification)
{
var openConnections = _db.Connections.Where(x => x.Connected);
var closedConnections = _db.Connections.Where(x => !x.Connected);
// Adding all notifications to be sent when those connections are back
foreach (var connection in closedConnections){
connection.MissedNotifications.add(notification);
}
// Notifying all open connections
foreach (var connection in openConnections){
_hubContext.Clients.Client(connection.ConnectionID).handleNotification(notification);
}
}
}
client side java script:
handleNotification(notification){
hubProxy.Server.clientNotified(hub.connection.id, notification.Id)
// Keep handling the notification here..
}
I haven't got to test it yet, but before I present this idea to my team, is this approach popular? haven't seen people taking this approach and I wondered why? Are there any risks here?
At the moment what happens for example is that when an end user refreshes the browser (F5) I can not know what SignalR notifications this client has missed during the connection problems and so I load all the data from the server all over again (it sucks).
Pressing F5 to refresh browser is a hard reset, all existing SignalR connection would be lost. New connections would be made to get data. Connection problems occur in scenarios when SignalR notices problems with the http connection for e.g. due to temporary network issues. Browser refresh isn't a connection problem, it's an act of a user knowingly recreating a new connection.
So, your code of managing missed notifications would work only for signalR connection issues. I don't think it'll work for browser refresh, but then it's a new connection so you haven't missed anything.
You should check if the data is actual.
It can be Hash or datetime of last change.
When client reconnect you should send actual data hash or datetime of last change to the client.
for example
{
clients: '2016-05-05T09:05:05',
orders: '2016-09-20T10:11:11'
}
And the client application will decide what data it needs to update.
On client you can save data to LocalStorage or SessionStorage.
SignalR connected in Android, But I want to call a function which is available on server,
I tried the following code,
String host = "Host URL";
HubConnection hubConnection = new HubConnection(host, "", false, new Logger() {
#Override
public void log(String message, LogLevel level) {
System.out.println("message - " + message);
}
});
hubProxy = hubConnection.createHubProxy("Task");
SignalRFuture<Void> signalRFuture = hubConnection.start().done(addSession("Session ID"));
And
private Action<Void> addSession(String sessionID) {
//hubProxy. [server is not available here]
}
In javascript, I tried like following,
$.connection.hub.start().done(function () {
addSession(sessionId)
});
function addSession(sessionId) {
proxy.server.addSession(sessionId)
.done(function () {
isHubConnected = true;
}
);
}
In javascript this works perfectly, But in android :( ,
Update
By trying like #AnikIslamAbhi's answer,
signalRFuture = hubConnection.start().done(addSession("sessionID"));
private Action<Void> addSession(String sessionID) {
System.out.println("addSession : " + sessionID);
hubProxy.invoke("addSession", sessionID);
return null;
}
I received following error message,
InvalidStateException: The operation is not allowed in the 'Connecting' state
In javascript you are using Auto proxy.
But in android you are using manual proxy
Both have differences in their behavior.
Like
To call serverside method using auto proxy
proxy.server.addSession(sessionId)
To call serverside method using manual proxy
proxy.invoke("addSession", sessionId)
You can find more on this link