Create a messaging project
Add your project in the dashboard and set up your channels.
Create a new project
- Click Create project in the upper right corner of the DashboardThe Airship web interface located at go.airship.com or go.airship.eu. , and select Messaging Project.
- Enter details about your project.
- Project Name — Enter a descriptive name for your project. You can change it later.
- Icon (Optional) — Upload your icon. This does not have to be the same icon you submit to app marketplaces, but that is the typical practice.
- Type — Specify whether this project is live or for testing. If this is your first time configuring a project for Airship, you should choose Test. This setting cannot be changed later.
- Industry Select an
industry type
and sub-industry. This is used for reporting.
Tip Project Name — If you work in a large organization with multiple projects, keep in mind that other people in your company may need to search for this project, so give it as descriptive a name as possible and adopt a naming convention. Examples: Anytown News iOS - Development, McDowell’s Chicago Android - Production.
Live/Test — Ultimately, you should have both a Test build (development for sending test messages) and a Live build (production for sending messages to customers).
Apple treats the production and development servers separately, so a device token for test sandbox will not work on production sandbox. See iOS Channel Configuration in Configure Channels.
- Click Create project. The next screen will be Messages OverviewA view of all your project’s messages, with options for editing their settings, content, status, and more. . Now you can configure channels for your project.
Configure channels
While anyone should be able to follow these instructions and send a push notification, this is a technical process and should be completed by a developer with access to the proper mobile development tools and credentials for developer programs.
After creating a project, you can configure the channels you want to send messages to. See the linked setup information for each:
After completing channel configuration, create a test group you will use as the recipient for your first message.
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