android: how to send notification from the server to the app

Question

I want to send a notification vi web server to the app, actually I know how to use notification manager but i could not implement an activity or service that would listen if there any notification come from the web server . How could I do that ? thank you

Answer 1

You can use Google Cloud Messaging.

Answer 2

If you want a platform agnostic solution, you could also look at Parse Push. The API is very easy to implement in your app. https://parse.com/products/push