Push Inbox

Push Inbox Overview

NetmeraInbox allows you to access and manage previously sent push notifications in an inbox-style interface. You cannot instantiate NetmeraInbox directly; instead, you must obtain an instance through the SDK and use it to interact with push notifications.

Filtering Notifications

Create a NetmeraInboxFilter instance to specify which push notifications to fetch. You can filter by:

• Status: Read, Unread, or Deleted.

• Categories: Filter by specific categories.

• Expired Notifications: Include or exclude expired notifications.

• Page Size: Number of notifications to fetch per request.

Here is a sample code to determine filtering options:

NetmeraInboxFilter filter = new NetmeraInboxFilter.Builder()
        .pageSize(20) // Default: Integer.MAX_VALUE
        .status(NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_ALL) // Default: NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_READ / NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_UNREAD
        .categories(Arrays.asList("category_1", "category_2")) // Default: null
        .includeExpiredObjects(true) // Default: false
        //create filter object from builder
        .build();

Fetching the First Page

Use Netmera.fetchInbox to retrieve notifications that match the filter:

Netmera.fetchInbox(filter, new NetmeraInbox.NetmeraInboxFetchCallback() {
    @Override 
    public void onFetchInbox(NetmeraInbox netmeraInbox, NetmeraError error) {
        if (error != null) {
            // handle error
            Toast.makeText(context, error.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            return;
        }
        // Store returned inbox object for future operations
        mInbox = netmeraInbox; // Store inbox object for future use
    }
});

If successful, onFetchInbox will return an inbox object containing push notifications. Otherwise, it will return an error object with failure details.

Filter properties cannot be changed after fetching

To apply new filters, create a new filter object and fetch again:

// Create a new filter and fetch notifications again
NetmeraInboxFilter newFilter = new NetmeraInboxFilter.Builder()
        .status(NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_UNREAD)
        .build();

Netmera.fetchInbox(newFilter, callback);

Fetching Next Pages

Once the first page is retrieved, use mInbox.fetchNextPage() to get additional pages:

if (mInbox.hasNextPage()) {
    mInbox.fetchNextPage(new NetmeraInbox.NetmeraInboxFetchCallback() {
        @Override 
        public void onFetchInbox(NetmeraInbox netmeraInbox, NetmeraError error) {
            // Handle response
        }
    });
}

Calling fetchNextPage() when no additional pages exist will trigger an error.

Updating Push Notification Status

Notifications can have three states:

• Unread

• Read

• Deleted

Use updateStatus to change a notification's status asynchronously:

List<NetmeraPushObject> objectsToDelete = inbox.pushObjects().subList(0, 5);
inbox.updateStatus(objectsToDelete, NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_DELETED,
    new NetmeraInbox.NetmeraInboxStatusCallback() {
        @Override 
        public void onSetStatusInbox(NetmeraError error) {
            if (error != null) {
                // Handle error
            }
        }
});

You can also update the status of all notifications without fetching them:

public static void updateAll(@NetmeraPushObject.InboxStatus final int inboxStatus,
                             final NetmeraInbox.NetmeraInboxStatusCallback callback)

Counting Notifications by Status

Retrieve the count of notifications by status:

inbox.countForStatus(NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_DELETED); // Deleted  
inbox.countForStatus(NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_READ); // Read  
inbox.countForStatus(NetmeraPushObject.STATUS_UNREAD); // Unread  

Message Categories

You can create new message categories in Settings > Message Category in the panel.

Retrieving User Category Preferences

• This method retrieves a list of category preferences, including the category ID, name, and opt-in status.

• To update a user’s category preference, provide the category ID and set categoryEnabled to true or false.

Netmera.getUserCategoryPreferenceList(object : NMCategoryPreferenceFetchCallback {
    override fun onSuccess(categoryPreferenceList: MutableList<NMCategoryPreference>) {
        val strBuilder = StringBuilder()
        strBuilder.append("- CATEGORY OPT-IN LIST - \n")
        for (nmCategoryOptIn in categoryPreferenceList) {
            strBuilder.append(nmCategoryOptIn.optInStatus)
                .append(" - ")
                .append(nmCategoryOptIn.categoryId)
                .append(" - ")
                .append(nmCategoryOptIn.categoryName)
                .append("\n")
        }
        binding.categoryList.text = strBuilder.toString()
    }

    override fun onFailure(error: String?) {
        Toast.makeText(this@CategoryOptinActivity, "Error occurred :: $error", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
})