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Push notifications are an essential part of mobile apps that if used properly can be a great channel for consumer interaction and engagement but there are also times when overenthusiastic businesses turn them into a source of annoyance for users.
The complex technologies and processes underlying those notifications?
GCM is a Google Play service used by a majority of applications for serving push notifications to Android devices.
For instance, if the users open the notification on one device, it would disappear from all of their devices.
The Android device sends a sender ID and application ID to GCS server
After registering the device, it issues a registration ID to the device

Are you too trying to fix your NFC Smart Unlock feature, but not able to? Unfortunately, you would never be able to access this feature anymore as Google has eliminated it from the Android devices. Wondering why? What will be the alternatives you can opt for? To get answers to all these questions, go through this blog.

If you are thinking of developing an app for your business, you should keep in mind these features that show the direction Android is going.
An interruption-free experience with Android Oreo is something to consider if your app involves videos or video calls.
To be precise, it now becomes easier to uninstall an app.
Text and phone number selection is just double tap or long press away without having to press a selection tool.
Though one cannot directly link this feature with any major change in Android app development, transferring data and phone numbers has become much easier.
Easier App Icon Shape Changing Options

Well, the existence of so many apps has made it quite a difficult task to find quality apps on the Google Play.
On the other hand, the apps that consume too much battery, crash frequently and slow the render time are never going to win over the users.
Focus on the app stability.
Consider app retention and the monetization techniques.
This helps in rendering the best possible search feed by surfacing the quality apps as the search result for the users.
Through their developer account, Android app developers can use Play Console to register new apps on the Google Play.

Error code 491 is one of the most often encountered issues Android users facing on Google Play Store.
Usually the error takes place while one is downloading an application or a game from Google Play.
Below we indicated four solutions in the order in which one should try them if the previous one did not work.
To clear caches of both Google Play Store and Google Play Services follow the steps.
Go to Settings-> Application Manager- > Google Play Store (one has to repeat the same steps while clearing Google Play Services cache);
Tap “Clear cache and data”;
