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Create a Basic Push Notification
A basic push notification is a single message that you send to users of your app. A basic push notification contains body text and an open behavior, which determines what happens when a recipient taps the message. It can optionally include a title, a subtitle, and an image.
Required Editions
| Available in: Marketing Cloud Next Advanced Edition accounts with the Salesforce Message Credits - Mobile App Regional add-on. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To create or edit content: | Marketing Cloud Manager permission set AND any CMS workspace contributor role |
| To publish content: | Marketing Cloud Manager permission set AND a CMS workspace contributor role of content admin or content manager |
- On the Content tab, click Add, and then select Content.
- From the list of content types, select Push Notification Message.
- Click Create.
- In the editing pane on the right side of the screen, for Push Type, select Basic.
- Give the content an internal title and, optionally, a description. These values aren't visible to your customers.
- On the Content tab, specify the title, subtitle, and message text that you want to appear on the message.
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In the Open Behavior section, configure the action that occurs when a recipient taps the
message to open it.
- Open the App - Open the app as if the user had tapped its icon on their device.
- Go to App URL - Open the app to a specific location.
- Go to Web URL - Open a web browser and go to a specific URL.
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To add buttons to an Android message, expand the Action Buttons section, and then configure
your buttons.
- Click Add.
- For Label, enter the text that appears on the button.
- For Icon, enter the path to the icon file.
- For Action, select the action that occurs when a user taps the button. The options that are available are the same as the open behaviors for the message.
- If you selected the Go to App URL or Go to Web URL actions, enter the destination URL in the URL field.
- For Action Identifier, enter a unique identifier for the button.
- Repeat these steps for each button you want to include. A message can include up to 3 buttons.
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To add an image to the message, expand the Media section, and then configure the
image.
- For Image, select the location where the image is stored.
- To use different images for iOS and Android, select Use different image for Android, and then configure the Android image.
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To add a custom icon to Android messages, expand the Icons section, and then configure the
icons.
- For Small Icon, enter the file path for a small icon to display in the message. The small icon is typically similar to the icon for your app.
- For Large Icon, enter the file path for a large icon to display in the message. The large icon is typically related to the content of the message that you're sending.
- Save your work.
To make a push notification available to send in a campaign, publish it. You can’t activate a Flow that contains a push notification until the message is published.
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