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Building an Android app to receive push notifications

A push notification works in the same way as iOS for Google; however, instead of using the Apple Notification Service, you will be working through the FCM server, which is a new replacement for Google Cloud Messaging (GCM). However, OneSignal abstracts this process so that you don't have to code using a different API. You will be using the same push object as for the iOS app.

For more information about the differences between FCM and GCM, visit the FAQs at https://firebase.google.com/support/faq.

In this section, you will learn how to do the following things:

Set up OneSignal for Android push notification
Configure the Firebase project for the push API
Write code to receive push notifications ...

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