Android SDK
Bird Android SDK is a single integration point to bring the power of BirdCRM in building connected user experience to your application.
Using Bird Android SDK, you get access to:
Collect contacts
Send push notifications
Integrating Bird Android SDK into your application consists of the following steps:
Step 1: Add Bird Android SDK dependency
Step 2: Set Application Key
Step 3: Add permissions
Step 4: Push Notifications
Add Firebase credentials file
Add
BirdFirebaseMessagingService
Step 1: Add Bird Android SDK dependency
Add the com.bird:android-sdk
dependency to your app’s build.gradle
.
dependencies {
implementation("com.bird:android-sdk:+")
}
Make sure to run Gradle Sync to build your project using the newly added dependency.
Step 2: Set Application Key
Add a new string to your app's strings.xml
with the name com_bird_application_key
. You can get the value of this application key from "Bird Dashboard / Preferences / Applications".
<resources>
<string translatable="false" name="com_bird_application_key">YOUR_APPLICATION_KEY</string>
</resources>
Step 3: Add permissions
No additional permissions need to be set in AndroindManifest.xml
. The user will be asked to give Push Notification permissions in runtime.
Step 4: Push Notifications
Firebase
Add Firebase credentials file
Get google-service.json
file from your Firebase project and add it to your android application. See more information here
And add the com.google.gms.google-services
plugin to both your top-level build.gradle
and your app’s build.gradle
.
// Inside the top-level build.gradle
plugins {
id("com.google.gms.google-services") version "4.4.0" apply false
}
// Inside app's build.gradle
plugins {
id("com.google.gms.google-services")
}
Make sure to run Gradle Sync to build your project using the newly added plugin.
Add BirdFirebaseMessagingService
Add the following com.bird.BirdFirebaseMessagingService
as a service
inside AndroindManifest.xml
.
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<application>
<!-- START: Add This Part -->
<service
android:name="com.bird.BirdFirebaseMessagingService"
android:exported="false"
tools:ignore="Instantiatable">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<!-- END -->
</application>
</manifest>
Examples
You can find examples and report issue on the public repository messagebird/android-sdk.
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