PowerApps send Push Notification

Hello everyone, welcome to my PowerApps series blog, in this blog we explore how to connect an app to PowerApps Notification, how to send a push notification from a flow or from an app.

In PowerApps, we can send a push notification by PowerApps notification connector that helps to send a native notification to any app regardless user platform. Once notification added in-app it propagated to all your app users regardless of the platform they use on their device: iOS, Android or Windows. As soon as users tap on the notification, the targeted app opens for them. Push notification in mobile app helps a user to engage with an app.

Connect an app to PowerApps Notification

• If you have not created an app, you can quickly create one from PowerApps integration with SharePoint
• Now add PowerApps Notification connection in an app. See my PowerApps- Get Trending Documents to connect an app to the connector. 
  

   As soon as users tap on the PowerApps Notification connection we required target application app ID.

•  To get Target application app ID- Go to our PowerApps startup page under the Apps menu select Details from a respective app. Here, let’s grab the ID of the app receiving push notifications as shown below:  
   
   
   
  

• Now paste app ID to this connection.

Once you add PowerApps Notification connection now we create push notification. There are two way for push notification in PowerApps

1. Send a notification from a flow
2. Send a notification from within an app

Send a notification from a flow

• Go to Microsoft Flow service which is listed in your Office 365 apps menu. Now create a trigger for an app notification. Here I create a trigger on When an item is created
• Go to My Flows menu here you got the option +Crete from blank. Now you have select trigger under “Start with one of these popular triggers”  When an item is created. 
• Now trigger template will provide Site address and respective List name. 

  

• Now create a new action by click on + icon or +New step button. Here you choose an action by search “Push noti” you will get PowerApps Notification – Send push notification Premium action add it. 

  

• Here we add recipients, message, open app and optional parameter. See image for more details.

• Provide a flow name and save it. Now flow PowerApps notification is ready and trigger when a new item is created in a list from SharePoint OOB, not from an app. 

Note: As of now a push notification from a flow, can send the notification to only one user or security group at a time currently.

Send a notification from an app

PowerApps notification provide a SendPushNotification() functionfor push notification. Here I call PowerAppsNotification.SendPushNotification() function when form is successfully submitted.