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Handling Baidu Push Notifications

Baidu Cloud Push is the push notification service provided by Baidu, a Chinese cloud service. By integrating Baidu Cloud Push with your mobile app, you can use Amazon Pinpoint to send notifications to your app through the Baidu mobile push channel.

Prerequisites

To send push notifications to mobile devices using Amazon Pinpoint and Baidu, you need the following:

  • Baidu account.

  • Registration as a Baidu developer.

  • Baidu Cloud Push project.

  • API key and secret key from a Baidu Cloud Push project.

  • Baidu user ID and channel ID.

The following procedure is based on version 5.7.1.65 of the Baidu push service jar.

To integrate Baidu with your app

Download the latest Baidu Cloud Push SDK Android client from http://push.baidu.com/.

Extract the zip file and import the pushservice-x.x.xx.jar file from the Baidu-Push-SDK-Android libs folder into your Android app’s lib folder.

The Baidu-Push-SDK-Android libs folder should also include the following folders:

  • arm64-v8a

  • armeabi

  • armeabi-v7a

  • mips

  • mips64

  • x86

  • x86_64

Add each complete folder to your Android app’s src/main/jniLibs folder.

In the Android app’s AndroidManifest.xml file, declare the following permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />

<!-- Baidu permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_DOWNLOAD_MANAGER" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD" />

Under <application>, specify the following receivers and intent filters:

<!-- Baidu settings -->
<receiver android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.PushServiceReceiver"
          android:process=":bdservice_v1">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
    <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.notification.SHOW" />
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.media.CLICK" />

    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED" />
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT" />
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED" />
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED" />
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

<receiver android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.RegistrationReceiver"
          android:process=":bdservice_v1">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.METHOD" />
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.BIND_SYNC" />
  </intent-filter>
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />

    <data android:scheme="package" />
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

<service android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.PushService"
         android:exported="true"
         android:process=":bdservice_v1">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.PUSH_SERVICE" />
  </intent-filter>
</service>
<service android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.CommandService"
         android:exported="true" />

<!-- Amazon Pinpoint Notification Receiver -->
<receiver android:name="com.amazonaws.mobileconnectors.pinpoint.targeting.notification.PinpointNotificationReceiver">
  <intent-filter>
  <action android:name="com.amazonaws.intent.baidu.NOTIFICATION_OPEN" />
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Update the AndroidManifest.xml file with the following permissions, which are specific to your application. Remember to replace <YourPackageName> with the name of your package.

<uses-permission android:name="baidu.push.permission.WRITE_PUSHINFOPROVIDER.YourPackageName" />

<permission
            android:name="baidu.push.permission.WRITE_PUSHINFOPROVIDER.YourPackageName"
            android:protectionLevel="normal"></permission>

<provider
          android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.PushInfoProvider"
          android:authorities="YourPackageName.bdpush"
          android:exported="true"
          android:protectionLevel="signature"
          android:writePermission="baidu.push.permission.WRITE_PUSHINFOPROVIDER.YourPackageName" />

Inside your Android application, create a MessageReceiver class that subclasses com.baidu.android.pushservice.PushMessageReceiver. The subclass should implement the following methods and perform the corresponding calls:

onBind

Called when the device is registered with Baidu Cloud Push. Provides the Baidu user ID and channel ID that are needed to register the device with Amazon Pinpoint. Include the following call as part of this method:

pinpointManager.getNotificationClient().registerDeviceToken(registrationId)

onUnbind

Called when the device is no longer registered with Baidu Cloud Push.

onMessage

Called when the device receives a raw message from Baidu Cloud Push. Amazon Pinpoint transmits campaign push notifications with the Baidu Cloud Push raw message format. Include the following call as part of this method:

NotificaitonDetails details = NotificationDetailsBuilder.builder()
                              .message(message);
                              .intentAction(NotificationClient.BAIDU_INTENT_ACTION)
                              .build();

pinpointManager.getNotificationClient().handleCampaignPush(details)

Only the message parameter contains data. The customContentString is not used with raw messages.

After creating the subclass, modify the AndoriodManifest.xml file to register it as a receiver. In the following example, the PushMessageReceiver subclass is named com.baidu.push.example.MyPushMessageReceiver.

<receiver android:name="com.baidu.push.example.MyPushMessageReceiver">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.MESSAGE" />
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.RECEIVE" />
    <action android:name="com.baidu.android.pushservice.action.notification.CLICK" />
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

To start the Baidu listener service, in your Android app’s main activity, add the following code to the onCreate method:

// ATTENTION：You need to modify the value of api_key to your own !!
PushManager.startWork(getApplicationContext(), PushConstants.LOGIN_TYPE_API_KEY, api_key);

CustomPushNotificationBuilder cBuilder = new CustomPushNotificationBuilder(
  getResources().getIdentifier("notification_custom_builder", "layout", getPackageName()),
  getResources().getIdentifier("notification_icon", "id", getPackageName()),
  getResources().getIdentifier("notification_title", "id", getPackageName()),
  getResources().getIdentifier("notification_text", "id", getPackageName()));
cBuilder.setNotificationFlags(Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL);
cBuilder.setNotificationDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE);

cBuilder.setStatusbarIcon(this.getApplicationInfo().icon);
cBuilder.setLayoutDrawable(getResources().getIdentifier(
  "simple_notification_icon", "drawable", getPackageName()));
cBuilder.setNotificationSound(Uri.withAppendedPath(
  Audio.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, "6").toString());
PushManager.setNotificationBuilder(this, 1, cBuilder);

Remember to properly initialize your PinpointManager reference. Use a PinpointConfiguration with a ChannelType value of ChannelType.BAIDU. You can do this programmatically, as in the following example:

final PinpointConfiguration config =
  new PinpointConfiguration(this,
                            IdentityManager.getDefaultIdentityManager()
                            .getCredentialsProvider(),
                            awsConfiguration)
  .withChannelType(ChannelType.BAIDU);
Application.pinpointManager = new PinpointManager(config);

Or, you can define a configuration file to be consumed by AWSConfiguration:

"PinpointAnalytics": {
    "Default": {
      "AppId": "[YourPinpointAppId]",
      "Region": "us-east-1",
      "ChannelType": "BAIDU"
    }
}

Testing Baidu Push Notifications

To test, you need an Amazon Pinpoint project, a Baidu API key, and a Baidu Secret key.

Before you begin, augment your app to display the device token after registration. The device token can be retrieved by calling:

pinpointManager.getNotificationClient().getDeviceToken()

Complete the following steps using the Amplify CLI and Amazon Pinpoint console to test Baidu push notifications.

Run the following command to navigate to the Amazon Pinpoint console.

$ amplify console analytics
  • On the left pane, select Settings and Push notifications.
  • Click Edit and select Show more push notification services and click Baidu Cloud Push.
  • Enter the Baidu API Key and the Baidu Secret Key and click Save at the right bottom of the page.

Now Baidu Cloud Push is registered as a push notification service.

Install your app on to a Baidu-enabled device and capture the generated device token.

Send a direct message to the device specifying the device token as the address.

  • On the Amazon Pinpoint console, go to Test messaging.
  • Select Push notifications as the channel.
  • Enter the endpoint ID or the device token in the Destinations.
  • Select Baidu as the push notifications service.
  • Create a message and click Send message at the bottom right corner of the page to send a direct message.