Push notification in Salesforce1

Question

Is it possible to send push notification in Salesforce1 app without a chatter post?

AFAIK a push notification is sent after a chatter is posted.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: A use case is ....

When an activity record is created, a push notification should be sent to a mobile user. There should be no chatter on the record.

Answer 1

You can use a trigger to send push notification when activity record is created. After insert trigger can be created to send push notifications.

trigger caseAlert on Case (after update) {


for(Case cs : Trigger.New) 

{

    // Instantiating a notification

    Messaging.PushNotification msg =

        new Messaging.PushNotification();



    // Assembling the necessary payload parameters for Apple.

    // Apple params are:

    // (<alert text>,<alert sound>,<badge count>,

    // <free-form data>)

    // This example doesn't use badge count or free-form data.

    // The number of notifications that haven't been acted

    // upon by the intended recipient is best calculated

    // at the time of the push. This timing helps

    // ensure accuracy across multiple target devices.

    Map<String, Object> payload =

        Messaging.PushNotificationPayload.apple(

            'Case ' + cs.CaseNumber + ' status changed to: '

            + cs.Status, '', null, null);



    // Adding the assembled payload to the notification

    msg.setPayload(payload);



    // Getting recipient users

    String userId1 = cs.OwnerId;

    String userId2 = cs.LastModifiedById;



    // Adding recipient users to list

    Set<String> users = new Set<String>();

    users.add(userId1);

    users.add(userId2);                      



    // Sending the notification to the specified app and users.

    // Here we specify the API name of the connected app. 

    msg.send('Test_App', users);

}

}

Please refer the following link.

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pushImplGuide.meta/pushImplGuide/pns_apex_trigger.htm