Mobile app Push Notifications
Starting version 1.4 Moodle Mobile support Push Notifications initially only for iOs devices (iPhone, Ipad)
1. Install this plugin in 2.6* (or simply enable it in 2.7)
2. Connect it to a mesaging server, you can use ours in case your Moodle site is registered. Go to Site administration /Plugins /Message outputs /Mobile Notifications and click in Request access key
3. Users need to connect at least once with the latest version of the app to register their phones with your site.
4) Users can configure notificiations in the Moodle messaging preferences (Administration / My profile settings / Messaging)
- If you upgrade your Moodle installation, you will have to reinstall the plugin since it add a couple of functions to the core Moodle Mobile service. See https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDLSITE-2815?focusedCommentId=273741&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-273741 for more information
Installing your own Notifications infrastructure
If you have a customized version of the Mobile app, or you want to use your own Notifications infrastructure then you have to install a private Airnotifier (backend server for notifciations)
https://github.com/dongsheng/airnotifier
You have to add your app certificates there, see https://github.com/dongsheng/airnotifier/wiki/Installation
The message Airnotifier plugin allow you to point to your custom airnotifier instance using your own access keys