Push Notification using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging

The comprehensive step by step tutorial on receiving a push notification on Mobile App using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). We will use Ionic 4 Cordova native FCM plugin for receiving a push notification and using Firebase API for sending push notification from the Postman.

Table of Contents:

• Setup and Configure Google FCM
• Create a new Ionic 4 App
• Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin
• Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

The following tools, frameworks, and modules are required for this tutorial:

• Setup and Configure Google FCM
• Create a new Ionic 4 App
• Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin
• Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

Before going to the main steps, we assume that you have to install Node.js. Next, upgrade or install new Ionic 4 CLI by open the terminal or Node command line then type this command.

sudo npm install -g ionic

You will get the latest Ionic CLI in your terminal or command line. Check the version by type this command.

ionic --version
4.10.3

1. Setup and Configure Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Open your browser then go to Google Firebase Console then login using your Google account.

Next, click on the Add Project button then fill the Project Name with Ionic 4 FCM and check the terms then click Create Project button.

After clicking the continue button you will redirect to the Project Dashboard page. Click the Gear Button on the right of Project Overview then click Project Settings. Click the Cloud Messaging tab the write down the Server Key and Sender ID for next usage in the API and Ionic 4 App. Next, back to the General tab then click the Android icon in your Apps to add Android App.

Fill the required fields in the form as above then click Register App button. Next, download the google-services.json that will use in the Ionic 4 app later. Click next after download, you can skip Add Firebase SDK by click again Next button. You can skip step 4 if there’s no App creating on running yet.

2. Create a new Ionic 4 App

To create a new Ionic 4 App, type this command in your terminal.

ionic start ionic4-push blank --type=angular

If you see this question, just type N for because we will installing or adding Cordova later.

Install the free Ionic Appflow SDK and connect your app? (Y/n) N

Next, go to the newly created app folder.

cd ./ionic4-push

As usual, run the Ionic 4 App for the first time, but before run as lab mode, type this command to install @ionic/lab.

npm install --save-dev @ionic/lab
ionic serve -l

Now, open the browser and you will the Ionic 4 App with the iOS, Android, or Windows view. If you see a normal Ionic 4 blank application, that’s mean you ready to go to the next steps.

3. Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin

To install Ionic 4 Cordova Native Firebase Message Plugin, type this command.

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated
npm install @ionic-native/fcm

Next, open and edit src/app/app.module.ts then add this import.

import { FCM } from '@ionic-native/fcm/ngx';

Add to @NgModule providers.

providers: [
  StatusBar,
  SplashScreen,
  FCM,
  { provide: RouteReuseStrategy, useClass: IonicRouteStrategy }
],

Next, open and edit src/app/app.component.ts then add this import.

import { FCM } from '@ionic-native/fcm/ngx';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';

Inject FCM and Router module to the constructor.

constructor(
  private platform: Platform,
  private splashScreen: SplashScreen,
  private statusBar: StatusBar,
  private fcm: FCM,
  private router: Router
) {
  this.initializeApp();
}

Inside platform ready of initializeApp function, add a function to get FCM token then print out to the browser console.

this.fcm.getToken().then(token => {
  console.log(token);
});

Add this function to refresh the FCM token.

this.fcm.onTokenRefresh().subscribe(token => {
  console.log(token);
});

Add this function to receive push notification from Firebase Cloud Messaging.

this.fcm.onNotification().subscribe(data => {
  console.log(data);
  if (data.wasTapped) {
    console.log('Received in background');
    this.router.navigate([data.landing_page, data.price]);
  } else {
    console.log('Received in foreground');
    this.router.navigate([data.landing_page, data.price]);
  }
});

Above example of receiving a push notification from FCM will redirect to the other page with params of data. For that, next, we have to add a new page by type this command.

ionic g page second

Next, modify src/app/app-routing.module.ts then change the new page route.

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'home', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'home', loadChildren: './home/home.module#HomePageModule' },
  { path: 'second/:price', loadChildren: './second/second.module#SecondPageModule' },
];

Next, open and edit src/app/second/second.page.ts then add this import.

import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

Inject that module to the constructor.

constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) { }

Add a variable for hold data from router parameters.

price: any = '';

Add this line to get data from the router parameters.

constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) {
  this.price = this.route.snapshot.params['price'];
}

Next, open and edit src/app/second/second.page.html then replace all HTML tags with this.

<ion-header>
&nbsp; <ion-toolbar>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-title>Second</ion-title>
&nbsp; </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<ion-content padding>
&nbsp; <ion-card>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-header>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-title>Congratulation!</ion-card-title>
&nbsp; &nbsp; </ion-card-header>

&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-content>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You get price from our sponsor:
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <h2>{{price}}</h2>
&nbsp; &nbsp; </ion-card-content>
&nbsp; </ion-card>
</ion-content>

If you plan to send push notification to the group of topic, add this lines inside the platform ready.

this.fcm.subscribeToTopic('people');

To unsubscribe from topic, add this line.

this.fcm.unsubscribeFromTopic('marketing');

4. Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

Before running this Ionic 4 app, we have to copy the downloaded google-services.json file to the root of the project. Type this command to add the Android platform.

ionic cordova platform add android

Next, copy the google-services.json to the platform/android/ directory.

cp google-services.json platform/android/

Next, run the Ionic 4 App to the Android device by type this command.

ionic cordova run android

After the app running on the device, check the console from the Google Chrome by type this address chrome://inspect then choose the inspect link. You should take to the browser inspector, just change to the console tab.

As you can see above, you can take and write down the FCM token for use by Postman. Next, open the Postman application from your computer. Change the method to POST and add this address [https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send](https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send "https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send"). On the headers, add this key Content-Type with value application/json and Authorization with value key=YOUR_FIREBASE_KEY....

Next, add this JSON data to the RAW body.

{
  "notification":{
    "title":"Ionic 4 Notification",
    "body":"This notification sent from POSTMAN using Firebase HTTP protocol",
    "sound":"default",
    "click_action":"FCM_PLUGIN_ACTIVITY",
    "icon":"fcm_push_icon"
  },
  "data":{
    "landing_page":"second",
    "price":"$3,000.00"
  },
    "to":"eadego-nig0:APA91bEtKx9hv50lmQmfzl-bSDdsZyTQ4RkelInfzxrPcZjJaSgDmok3-WQKV5FBu9hrMrkRrcCmf3arkGSviGltg5CyC2F9x1J2m0W7U8PxJ3Zlh7-_tL6VcFdb76hbaLIdZ-dOK15r",
    "priority":"high",
    "restricted_package_name":""
}

If you want to send by topics recipients, change the value of to to topics/people. Next, click the send button and you should see this response.

{
    "multicast_id": 7712395953543412819,
    "success": 1,
    "failure": 0,
    "canonical_ids": 0,
    "results": [
        {
            "message_id": "0:1550632139317442%b73443ccb73443cc"
        }
    ]
}

And you will see the notification in your Android device background screen.

If you tap on it, it will open the App and redirect to the second page with this view.

That it’s, the example of receiving push notification using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging. You can grab the full source code from our GitHub.

#ionic #firebase #angular

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Multi-cloud Spending: 8 Tips To Lower Cost

A multi-cloud approach is nothing but leveraging two or more cloud platforms for meeting the various business requirements of an enterprise. The multi-cloud IT environment incorporates different clouds from multiple vendors and negates the dependence on a single public cloud service provider. Thus enterprises can choose specific services from multiple public clouds and reap the benefits of each.

Given its affordability and agility, most enterprises opt for a multi-cloud approach in cloud computing now. A 2018 survey on the public cloud services market points out that 81% of the respondents use services from two or more providers. Subsequently, the cloud computing services market has reported incredible growth in recent times. The worldwide public cloud services market is all set to reach $500 billion in the next four years, according to IDC.

By choosing multi-cloud solutions strategically, enterprises can optimize the benefits of cloud computing and aim for some key competitive advantages. They can avoid the lengthy and cumbersome processes involved in buying, installing and testing high-priced systems. The IaaS and PaaS solutions have become a windfall for the enterprise’s budget as it does not incur huge up-front capital expenditure.

However, cost optimization is still a challenge while facilitating a multi-cloud environment and a large number of enterprises end up overpaying with or without realizing it. The below-mentioned tips would help you ensure the money is spent wisely on cloud computing services.

• Deactivate underused or unattached resources

Most organizations tend to get wrong with simple things which turn out to be the root cause for needless spending and resource wastage. The first step to cost optimization in your cloud strategy is to identify underutilized resources that you have been paying for.

Enterprises often continue to pay for resources that have been purchased earlier but are no longer useful. Identifying such unused and unattached resources and deactivating it on a regular basis brings you one step closer to cost optimization. If needed, you can deploy automated cloud management tools that are largely helpful in providing the analytics needed to optimize the cloud spending and cut costs on an ongoing basis.

• Figure out idle instances

Another key cost optimization strategy is to identify the idle computing instances and consolidate them into fewer instances. An idle computing instance may require a CPU utilization level of 1-5%, but you may be billed by the service provider for 100% for the same instance.

Every enterprise will have such non-production instances that constitute unnecessary storage space and lead to overpaying. Re-evaluating your resource allocations regularly and removing unnecessary storage may help you save money significantly. Resource allocation is not only a matter of CPU and memory but also it is linked to the storage, network, and various other factors.

• Deploy monitoring mechanisms

The key to efficient cost reduction in cloud computing technology lies in proactive monitoring. A comprehensive view of the cloud usage helps enterprises to monitor and minimize unnecessary spending. You can make use of various mechanisms for monitoring computing demand.

For instance, you can use a heatmap to understand the highs and lows in computing visually. This heat map indicates the start and stop times which in turn lead to reduced costs. You can also deploy automated tools that help organizations to schedule instances to start and stop. By following a heatmap, you can understand whether it is safe to shut down servers on holidays or weekends.

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What are the benefits of cloud migration? Reasons you should migrate

The moving of applications, databases and other business elements from the local server to the cloud server called cloud migration. This article will deal with migration techniques, requirement and the benefits of cloud migration.

In simple terms, moving from local to the public cloud server is called cloud migration. Gartner says 17.5% revenue growth as promised in cloud migration and also has a forecast for 2022 as shown in the following image.

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Pros and Cons of Ionic Development

Entrepreneurs around the world want a top-notch mobile application for their business in both Android and iOS platforms. Most of them get stuck mid-way where they struggle to pick the best technology suitable for their business. From questions such as native mobile development or cross-platform development? Flutter or Ionic or React Native?. Each technology and development approach has its own Pros and Cons from which you will need to choose the right one for your business. If you think Ionic is the right cross-platform application development, here are a few pros and cons of Ionic development. 

What is Ionic Framework?

Being an open-source SDK for building Hybrid mobile applications in both Android and iOS platforms, Ionic is the best choice for building top of the line mobile applications. This Ionic framework is completely based on Apache Cordova and Angular. More precisely, Ionic is an npm module that requires the installation of Node JS to function.

One can build a full functioning mobile application in both platforms using their Javascript, HTML, and CSS knowledge without requiring the basics of Kotlin or Java. More than 5 Million mobile applications are built using this Ionic framework by leveraging its platform-specific UI elements, innumerable libraries, and more exciting features.

The applications that are built using the Ionic framework are cross-platform, web-based, and have access to native device’s APIs.

Ionic Applications are

• Cross-platform – Single code base for both platforms (except native components)
• Web-based – Built using web-views and can be displayed in a browser like PWAs.
• Access to native API components – They can access native device’s camera, files, and others.

Advantages of Ionic Development

Quick Development and Time To Market

For entrepreneurs and business owners, ionic development can be beneficial if they want to develop a mobile application in both platforms in a short period of time while comparing to native applications. Building native applications specifically for each platform can be time-consuming which can imply a delay in time to market and development cost of native applications are generally expensive.

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Push Notification using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging

The comprehensive step by step tutorial on receiving a push notification on Mobile App using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). We will use Ionic 4 Cordova native FCM plugin for receiving a push notification and using Firebase API for sending push notification from the Postman.

Table of Contents:

• Setup and Configure Google FCM
• Create a new Ionic 4 App
• Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin
• Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

The following tools, frameworks, and modules are required for this tutorial:

• Setup and Configure Google FCM
• Create a new Ionic 4 App
• Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin
• Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

Before going to the main steps, we assume that you have to install Node.js. Next, upgrade or install new Ionic 4 CLI by open the terminal or Node command line then type this command.

sudo npm install -g ionic

You will get the latest Ionic CLI in your terminal or command line. Check the version by type this command.

ionic --version
4.10.3

1. Setup and Configure Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Open your browser then go to Google Firebase Console then login using your Google account.

Next, click on the Add Project button then fill the Project Name with Ionic 4 FCM and check the terms then click Create Project button.

After clicking the continue button you will redirect to the Project Dashboard page. Click the Gear Button on the right of Project Overview then click Project Settings. Click the Cloud Messaging tab the write down the Server Key and Sender ID for next usage in the API and Ionic 4 App. Next, back to the General tab then click the Android icon in your Apps to add Android App.

Fill the required fields in the form as above then click Register App button. Next, download the google-services.json that will use in the Ionic 4 app later. Click next after download, you can skip Add Firebase SDK by click again Next button. You can skip step 4 if there’s no App creating on running yet.

2. Create a new Ionic 4 App

To create a new Ionic 4 App, type this command in your terminal.

ionic start ionic4-push blank --type=angular

If you see this question, just type N for because we will installing or adding Cordova later.

Install the free Ionic Appflow SDK and connect your app? (Y/n) N

Next, go to the newly created app folder.

cd ./ionic4-push

As usual, run the Ionic 4 App for the first time, but before run as lab mode, type this command to install @ionic/lab.

npm install --save-dev @ionic/lab
ionic serve -l

Now, open the browser and you will the Ionic 4 App with the iOS, Android, or Windows view. If you see a normal Ionic 4 blank application, that’s mean you ready to go to the next steps.

3. Add Ionic 4 Cordova Native FCM Plugin

To install Ionic 4 Cordova Native Firebase Message Plugin, type this command.

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated
npm install @ionic-native/fcm

Next, open and edit src/app/app.module.ts then add this import.

import { FCM } from '@ionic-native/fcm/ngx';

Add to @NgModule providers.

providers: [
  StatusBar,
  SplashScreen,
  FCM,
  { provide: RouteReuseStrategy, useClass: IonicRouteStrategy }
],

Next, open and edit src/app/app.component.ts then add this import.

import { FCM } from '@ionic-native/fcm/ngx';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';

Inject FCM and Router module to the constructor.

constructor(
  private platform: Platform,
  private splashScreen: SplashScreen,
  private statusBar: StatusBar,
  private fcm: FCM,
  private router: Router
) {
  this.initializeApp();
}

Inside platform ready of initializeApp function, add a function to get FCM token then print out to the browser console.

this.fcm.getToken().then(token => {
  console.log(token);
});

Add this function to refresh the FCM token.

this.fcm.onTokenRefresh().subscribe(token => {
  console.log(token);
});

Add this function to receive push notification from Firebase Cloud Messaging.

this.fcm.onNotification().subscribe(data => {
  console.log(data);
  if (data.wasTapped) {
    console.log('Received in background');
    this.router.navigate([data.landing_page, data.price]);
  } else {
    console.log('Received in foreground');
    this.router.navigate([data.landing_page, data.price]);
  }
});

Above example of receiving a push notification from FCM will redirect to the other page with params of data. For that, next, we have to add a new page by type this command.

ionic g page second

Next, modify src/app/app-routing.module.ts then change the new page route.

const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'home', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'home', loadChildren: './home/home.module#HomePageModule' },
  { path: 'second/:price', loadChildren: './second/second.module#SecondPageModule' },
];

Next, open and edit src/app/second/second.page.ts then add this import.

import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

Inject that module to the constructor.

constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) { }

Add a variable for hold data from router parameters.

price: any = '';

Add this line to get data from the router parameters.

constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute) {
  this.price = this.route.snapshot.params['price'];
}

Next, open and edit src/app/second/second.page.html then replace all HTML tags with this.

<ion-header>
&nbsp; <ion-toolbar>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-title>Second</ion-title>
&nbsp; </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<ion-content padding>
&nbsp; <ion-card>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-header>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-title>Congratulation!</ion-card-title>
&nbsp; &nbsp; </ion-card-header>

&nbsp; &nbsp; <ion-card-content>
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You get price from our sponsor:
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <h2>{{price}}</h2>
&nbsp; &nbsp; </ion-card-content>
&nbsp; </ion-card>
</ion-content>

If you plan to send push notification to the group of topic, add this lines inside the platform ready.

this.fcm.subscribeToTopic('people');

To unsubscribe from topic, add this line.

this.fcm.unsubscribeFromTopic('marketing');

4. Run and Test Sending and Receiving Push Notification

Before running this Ionic 4 app, we have to copy the downloaded google-services.json file to the root of the project. Type this command to add the Android platform.

ionic cordova platform add android

Next, copy the google-services.json to the platform/android/ directory.

cp google-services.json platform/android/

Next, run the Ionic 4 App to the Android device by type this command.

ionic cordova run android

After the app running on the device, check the console from the Google Chrome by type this address chrome://inspect then choose the inspect link. You should take to the browser inspector, just change to the console tab.

As you can see above, you can take and write down the FCM token for use by Postman. Next, open the Postman application from your computer. Change the method to POST and add this address [https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send](https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send "https://fcm.googleapis.com/fcm/send"). On the headers, add this key Content-Type with value application/json and Authorization with value key=YOUR_FIREBASE_KEY....

Next, add this JSON data to the RAW body.

{
  "notification":{
    "title":"Ionic 4 Notification",
    "body":"This notification sent from POSTMAN using Firebase HTTP protocol",
    "sound":"default",
    "click_action":"FCM_PLUGIN_ACTIVITY",
    "icon":"fcm_push_icon"
  },
  "data":{
    "landing_page":"second",
    "price":"$3,000.00"
  },
    "to":"eadego-nig0:APA91bEtKx9hv50lmQmfzl-bSDdsZyTQ4RkelInfzxrPcZjJaSgDmok3-WQKV5FBu9hrMrkRrcCmf3arkGSviGltg5CyC2F9x1J2m0W7U8PxJ3Zlh7-_tL6VcFdb76hbaLIdZ-dOK15r",
    "priority":"high",
    "restricted_package_name":""
}

If you want to send by topics recipients, change the value of to to topics/people. Next, click the send button and you should see this response.

{
    "multicast_id": 7712395953543412819,
    "success": 1,
    "failure": 0,
    "canonical_ids": 0,
    "results": [
        {
            "message_id": "0:1550632139317442%b73443ccb73443cc"
        }
    ]
}

And you will see the notification in your Android device background screen.

If you tap on it, it will open the App and redirect to the second page with this view.

That it’s, the example of receiving push notification using Ionic 4 and Firebase Cloud Messaging. You can grab the full source code from our GitHub.

#ionic #firebase #angular

Codeigniter 4 Autocomplete Textbox From Database using Typeahead JS - Tuts Make

Autocomplete textbox search from database in codeigniter 4 using jQuery Typeahead js. In this tutorial, you will learn how to implement an autocomplete search or textbox search with database using jquery typehead js example.

This tutorial will show you step by step how to implement autocomplete search from database in codeigniter 4 app using typeahead js.

Autocomplete Textbox Search using jQuery typeahead Js From Database in Codeigniter

• Download Codeigniter Latest
• Basic Configurations
• Create Table in Database
• Setup Database Credentials
• Create Controller
• Create View
• Create Route
• Start Development Server

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