Parse.com disable push notification notification

Question

I want to handle the push notification without showing it in the notification bar, what Parse.com does by default.

Parse.com requires the entry in manifest, so I can't change it to my own BroadcastReceiver, because It will not work.

    <receiver android:name="com.parse.GcmBroadcastReceiver"
            android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND"
            android:priority="1">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />

            <category android:name="packagename" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

So what I have done is creating the second receiver for the same IntentFilter, but with higher priority.

    <receiver android:name="packagename.ParseComPushReceiver"
        android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND"
        android:priority="2">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <category android:name="packagename" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

And there I try to abort the broadcast

@Override
public void onReceive(final Context context, final Intent intent) {
    abortBroadcast();
    // handle here
}

But unfortunately, it I still see the "Notification received" notification in the notification bar.

Answer 1

You can actually use your own custom Broadcast Receiver with Parse. It's documented in the Push Guide here.

Specifically, replace:

    <receiver android:name="com.parse.ParsePushBroadcastReceiver"
        android:exported="false">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.DELETE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.OPEN" />
        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

With:

  <receiver
        android:name="com.example.MyCustomReceiver"
        android:exported="false">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.example.UPDATE_STATUS" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.RECEIVE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.DELETE" />
            <action android:name="com.parse.push.intent.OPEN" />

        </intent-filter>
    </receiver>

And implement your own receiver:

public class MyCustomReceiver extends ParsePushBroadcastReceiver {
private static final String TAG = "MyCustomReceiver";

  @Override
  public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    try {
      String action = intent.getAction();
      String channel = intent.getExtras().getString("com.parse.Channel");
      JSONObject json = new JSONObject(intent.getExtras().getString("com.parse.Data"));

      // Custom behavior goes here

    } catch (JSONException e) {
      Log.d(TAG, "JSONException: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}