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Push Providers & Multi Bundle

Push Notification Configuration

To set up push notifications for your Activity Feeds application, you need to configure your push providers through the Stream Dashboard.

Accessing Push Configuration

  1. Navigate to your Stream Dashboard
  2. Select your application
  3. Go to the Push Notifications section in the sidebar

Push Notifications Dashboard Menu

Supported Providers

Activity Feeds supports the following push notification providers:

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)

  • Best for: Android and iOS devices, cross-platform applications
  • Requirements: Firebase project with Cloud Messaging enabled
  • Configuration: Upload your Firebase service account JSON file

Apple Push Notification (APN)

  • Best for: iOS devices
  • Requirements: Apple Developer account and push certificate or authentication key
  • Configuration: Upload your .p8 authentication key or .p12 certificate

Configuration Steps

Firebase Configuration

  1. In the Stream Dashboard, click New Configuration
  2. Select Firebase as the provider
  3. Provide a descriptive name (e.g., “activity-feeds-firebase”)
  4. Upload your Firebase service account JSON file

The Firebase service account JSON should look like this:

{
  "type": "service_account",
  "project_id": "your-project-id",
  "private_key_id": "key-id",
  "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nYOUR_PRIVATE_KEY\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
  "client_email": "firebase-adminsdk-xxxxx@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  "client_id": "client-id",
  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token"
}

Apple Push Notification Configuration

  1. In the Stream Dashboard, click New Configuration
  2. Select APN as the provider
  3. Fill in the required information:
Field NameDescription
NameDescriptive name for this configuration (e.g., “activity-feeds-apn”)
Bundle IDYour iOS app’s bundle identifier
Team IDYour Apple Developer Team ID
Key IDYour APNs authentication key ID
Authentication KeyYour .p8 private key file

Multi-Bundle Support

Activity Feeds supports multiple push configurations per provider, enabling:

  • Environment separation (development, staging, production)
  • App variant support (different versions of your app)
  • Multi-tenant applications (different configurations for different customers)

When initializing the Activity Feeds SDK, specify which configuration to use:

let notificationsConfig = PushNotificationsConfig(
    pushProviderInfo: PushProviderInfo(
        name: "production-ios", // The name you gave in the dashboard
        pushProvider: .apn
    )
)

let config = FeedsConfig(pushNotificationsConfig: notificationsConfig)

Testing Your Configuration

After setting up your push configuration:

  1. Initialize your app with the push configuration
  2. Register a test device using your app
  3. Send a test push notification using the Activity Feeds API
  4. Verify the device receives the notification

Best Practices

  1. Use descriptive names for your push configurations (e.g., “feeds-prod-apn”, “feeds-staging-fcm”)
  2. Separate configurations for different environments
  3. Test configurations before deploying to production
  4. Monitor push delivery through the dashboard push logs

Troubleshooting

Common configuration issues:

  • Invalid credentials: Double-check your service account files and certificates
  • Mismatched bundle IDs: Ensure bundle IDs match between your app and configuration
  • Expired certificates: APNs certificates have expiration dates
  • Wrong environment: Make sure you’re using the correct production/sandbox settings

If you encounter issues, check the push logs in your Stream Dashboard for detailed error messages.

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