To allow Mobile Engagement to send push notifications on your behalf, you need to grant it access to your API Key. This is done by configuring and entering your key into the Mobile Engagement portal.
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From your Azure Classic Portal, ensure you're in the app we're using for this project, and then click the Engage button at the bottom:
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Then click the Settings -> Native Push section to enter your GCM Key:
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Click the Edit icon in front of API Key in the GCM Settings section as shown below:
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In the pop-up, paste the GCM Server Key you obtained before and then click Ok.
We will now create a simple push notification campaign that sends a push notification to our app.
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Navigate to the REACH tab in your Mobile Engagement portal.
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Click New announcement to create your push notification campaign.
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Set up the first field of your campaign through the following steps:
a. Name your campaign.
b. Select the Delivery type as System notification -> Simple: This is the simple Android push notification type that features a title and a small line of text.
c. Select Delivery time as Any time to allow the app to receive a notification whether the app is started or not.
d. In the notification text type the Title which will be in bold in the push.
e. Then type your Message
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Scroll down, and in the Content section, select Notification only.
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You're done setting the most basic campaign possible. Now scroll down again and click the Create button to save your campaign.
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Last step: click Activate to activate your campaign to send push notifications.
