Push Notifications are a great way to send messages to users. But what do you do if you want to pass a piece of information for the user to use in an app?
Users, at least on iPhone, cannot copy any of the text from the Push Notification, the notification presents on TOP of the app so canโt flip back and forth to view the data to enter AND there is no way to automatically feed the info in the app EXCEPT for entering a NEW row.
Is there some way a user can get at the info to enter into the app without the need to memorize it or write it down??
โฆAnd thereโs no way to view a history of notifications, in case you accidently dismiss one or need to review it later.
Iโve never used this feature in a production app. Itโs way too limited. Iโll send emails or texts, instead. They donโt disappear as easily.
There are apps available that can record your notifications and then copying should be possible. I havenโt used in production, but I made some tests maybe a year ago.
There probably is, I havenโt searched to hard for that. But that shouldnโt be the โhappyโ path we would want users to take.
Thanks! If needed, Iโll check into it!
I know the intention of Notifications is to simply convey a message or navigate to someplace within the app.
To think out loud (or at least in text)โฆin my use case, it seems silly to send a piece of information only to have the user copy and paste it into the app to update a row. Since the notification can open into the app, why not have it โinputโ the data upon click of the button. For that we would need a LINKTOROW() function that would also allow setting of fields. Iโm sure there is probably a Feature Request for this. Iโll verify.
While Iโm thinkingโฆto round out the idea, having the ability to โinputโ data into a Quick Edit field on a Detail View from a notification or email would be nice as well.
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