Are there any working solutions to getting push notifications via self hosting on the Discourse Hub app? The only plugins I can find are broken, and I haven’t see any info on it in quite a few years.
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The discussion addresses the availability of push notifications for self-hosted Discourse instances using the Discourse Hub app. MapleSyrupJedi initially asked for working solutions, noting that existing plugins were broken. Falco clarified that on Android, the Discourse Hub app relies on installed Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to utilize native web push notifications supported by Discourse. For iOS, the Hub app itself does not support push notifications for self-hosters, though PWAs on iOS do support web push notifications. MapleSyrupJedi confirmed that this PWA solution works for them. However, Huskijore raised a concern regarding Android users, reporting that they do not receive push notifications through the Discourse Hub app. They noted that using the PWA shortcut only triggers notifications if the app was opened recently, suggesting this might be a server or reverse proxy configuration issue.
On Android, Discourse hub will rely on the installed PWAs, so they will get the native web push notification supported by Discourse on all platforms.
On iOS, Discourse Hub won’t have push notifications for self-hosters. Alternatively we support web push notifications for PWAs on iOS.
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This is actually even better than using the Discourse Hub, thanks so much! Sorry if this has been answered before. I’ve got it working now.
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Is this true for Android users? I have a self hosted setup, and my users who use android are saying they get no push notifications through the discourse hub app. If they use the PWA trick with a shortcut from their browser to their homescreen, they only get push notifications if they had opened it in the last 15 minutes or so.
Is this potentially a server configuration issue or reverse proxy issue cutting connections after X time?