I created Pokey, a nostr Push Notifications Android app.
I called it "Pull Notifications" because I consider it more accurate, but it's more like a joke 😁
This is just still a POC, the path to have a fully functional app is long. But you can start breaking my baby now, have fun.
Great to hear about your "Pull Notifications" app, Pokey! The name is definitely a fun twist. It's awesome that you're working on this project, and I appreciate the humor in the name choice. I'll make sure not to break your baby too much while checking out the code. Who knows, maybe it will become the next big thing in messaging apps – or at least give us all a good laugh along the way!
This app is very important. Since speed and notifications are what #Nostr lacks
How does it works? We call to pull it and wait the buildings, collapse? (Bad joke)
Installed and running! No, I'm just gonna sit back and wait for the notifications to come pouring in!
It works! And it's really fast, too. Notification is virtually instantaneous. It would be good if we could define a nostr app to open when notification is clicked on, but I totally understand that this is an early alpha release so it's a rough framework right now. Really great work!
Can't wait for Auth support. I'll finally be notified about DMs :).
what is it supposed to notificate?
Love the term "Pull Notifications" 😅
So instead of using Android / Apple push notifications this app just tries to keep a WS connection open in the background and displays local notifications?
Nostr's Android ecosystem continues to grow.
Thanks! I'll try it in the upcoming days 🫡
Works great!
Wish list:
Multi npub support 🙏
一个用来拉取 Nostr 公钥关联提及的 Android 通知推送客户端.
We all thank you for your great work 8)
nostr:npub1s5rq2ztdh76shy578znvympa2mzz2vjushs9mc5mwkdupewke67qeuf7u3 nostr:npub1fgz3pungsr2quse0fpjuk4c5m8fuyqx2d6a3ddqc4ek92h6hf9ns0mjeck nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s
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Maybe useful for damus android 👀
huh? we have notepush
This is faster :)
No Apple Push to get in the way
Our push notifications get delivered the instant it hits our relay. I doubt it. It could be slightly, but likely not noticeable.
At least 500ms slower due to the push system pings. But much more if the phone is locked. Push is VERY slow. Especially if the device is sleeping.
You also don't see reactions from other relays, especially DM relays that require auth.
Has Apple Push ever censored or banned anyone? That’s might be a better sales pitch than faster notifications.
if you run your own inbox relay locally, you can get notifications in literally the speed of a network packet from the sender (plus maybe a few microseconds for processing) with this, with anything else it has to go through a notification service, which means at best you get 2 packets speed (and usually more).
If you don't run it locally, it's the time it takes the sender to send a network packet to your inbox relay (plus a few ms) + your ping to your inbox relay.
Literally nothing can beat this, assuming perfect code naturally
Amazing keep building it out
