Xiaomi(MiPush) Push Setup

Xiaomi MiPush is a push notification service provided by Xiaomi for its smartphones and for developers who have apps on these devices. It is recommended to setup MiPush if your app is installed on Xiaomi devices. Castled will use MiPush as a fallback channel to Google FCM for sending push notifications thereby ensuring better delivery rates.

Step 1: Create Xiaomi Developer Account

1. Visit the Xiaomi Developer website.
2. Click on the Sign Up button usually located at the top right of the page.
3. Enter your email address and create a password. Click the Sign Up button.
4. You will receive a verification email from Xiaomi. Open this email and click on the verification link to verify your email address.
5. After verifying your email, you can sign in to the Xiaomi Developer website with your new account.
6. You may need to fill in additional information about yourself or your company, agree to Xiaomi’s developer terms of service, and possibly pay a registration fee (if applicable).
7. After this, your application will typically be reviewed by Xiaomi. Once your application is approved, you will have access to Xiaomi’s developer resources, including the Mi Push service.

Step 2: Xiaomi App Setup

1. Create a new app in Xiaomi Push Operational Console. You can log in using your credentials from step 1.
2. Enable push notification for the app.
3. Also note down AppID, AppKey and AppSecret.

Step 3: Xiaomi Secret Setup in Castled

1. Update the AppSecret obtained in Step 2 in the Xiaomi App Secret field in Castled Push Configs page.

Step 4: App SDK Setup

Following steps are in addition to the general push notification setup

1. First, copy the AAR package of the MiPush SDK, MiPush_SDK_Client_5_1_8-G_3rd.aar, to the project /libs/ directory, and then to the build.gradle of the project app module dependency. Also add Castled library for handling Xiaomi push.

   build.gradle

   implementation "io.castled.android:castled-mipush:<latest-version>"  // Replace <latest-version> with latest available version of castled-mipush library
   implementation files("libs/MiPush_SDK_Client_5_1_8-G_3rd.aar")
   

2. Initialize xiaomiAppId and xiaomiAppKey in SDK with AppID and AppKey obtained in Step 2.

   
   // SDK initialization
   CastledNotifications.initialize(
       this, CastledConfigs.Builder()
           .apiKey("<castled-api-key>")
           .location(<location>)
           .xiaomiAppId("<xiaomi-app-id>")   // Xiaomi App ID
           .xiaomiAppKey("<xiaomi-app-key>") // Xiaomi App Key
           .enablePush(true)
           .build()
   )