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Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

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When I was making my IoT washing machine sensor, I used Blynk.io to push notifications to my phone but of course that service became commercialised and is no longer free. I could not find any nice easy to use alternative except for Telegram which is what I use now. This service looks exactly like what I would need and I appreciate the promise to keep it open source.

I've been using Prowl for 13 years and haven't had any problems. I paid for the app once and that was that.

https://www.prowlapp.com

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#42
post #15

Hey there. In Android, is there a requirement or any kind of dependency on Google Play Services? Also, do notifications work when the Ntfy app is in the background? Do I need to disable battery optimizations for it? Thanks!

Given that the ntfy Android app is available through F-Droid, I strongly doubt that Google Play Services is used at all.

I suspect the F-Droid version might have delays. There are various issues when avoiding Firebase. There is no way to fulfill all of these:

- avoid Google servers - preserve battery - show timely notifications

https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/issues/82

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://pushover.net/ Has existed for several years. It works great for me.

Additionally they support "Critical Alerts" on iOS for when you really need to get a notification regardless of whether or not you've muted your device. Probably something similar is possible on Android as well?

Yes, emergency priority: ignores do-not-disturb, full volume, and repeats every x minutes until acknowledged (x is configurable when sending the notification).

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#44
From the FAQ[1]:

  > Will you know what topics exist, can you spy on me?
  > If you don't trust me or your messages are sensitive, run your own server.
This is the way. No pinky promises in whitepaper format[2] that leave out the most important bits, no meticulously constructed but entirely meaningless marketing statements[3][4], but unassuming and deferential logic with a mitigation path.

1: https://ntfy.sh/docs/faq/#will-you-know-what-topics-exist-ca...

2: (warning: redirects with identifiers, how ironic) https://www.whatsapp.com/security/WhatsApp-Security-Whitepap...

3: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy-report

4: https://www.apple.com/privacy/

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#45
From the build instructions:

> You should download Android Studio (or IntelliJ IDEA with the relevant Android plugins). Everything else will just be a pain for you. Do yourself a favor.

I'm not into mobile programming, and I wonder what is behind this statement.

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#47
I sometimes use my little service https://pushurl.43z.one/ If I need to notify my desktop browser or phone with a notification triggered by some code.

I just go to the website with my browser click generate. Then in my script I do `curl $pushurl?title=jobdone`. When it gets triggered a notification popups on my phone that says "jobdone".

It uses the native browser web push API so I don't need to install anything extra.

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#49
post #15

Hey there. In Android, is there a requirement or any kind of dependency on Google Play Services? Also, do notifications work when the Ntfy app is in the background? Do I need to disable battery optimizations for it? Thanks!

The Google Play services question is answered here: https://ntfy.sh/docs/faq/#why-is-firebase-used And yes, you need to disable battery optimization if you don't want to use Firebase. On my phone it uses 1% battery in a full day (17h).

Even if you disable battery optimization it's going to depend on your phone if it will actually honor it (and not kill the app). This site: https://dontkillmyapp.com/ shows which phones behave correctly.

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#50
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://pushover.net/ Has existed for several years. It works great for me.

Thanks, I may have dismissed Pushover simply because it isn't free but a $5 one time purchase is actually not too bad.

I've used it for a very long time. it does only one thing, and does it well.
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