The Test Push Notification feature lets you preview and try out your push notifications before sending them to your customers. It allows you to safely deliver notifications only to test devices registered in the Shopney Preview App, ensuring that you can check both the content and appearance of your notification without impacting actual users.
By using the Test Push Notification feature, you will be able to:
Experience your push notifications from a user’s perspective
Refine your notification’s design
Observe how the notifications are received on different test devices
Send test notifications safely without reaching actual customers
Now, let’s go through how to send the test push notifications, what test devices are, and how to add and delete them from your Shopney Dashboard!
📌 Important Note
Test push notifications are only received on the preview app. If you have not previewed your app yet, please do so by following the guide here.
Step-by-step Guide on How to Send Test Push Notifications
1- Navigate to the Notification Section
Go to the Notification (1) section of your Shopney dashboard, as shown below, then on the welcoming page, click on the Create Notification (2) button.
2- Prepare the Content of Your Test Push Notification
Once you click on the button, you will see the notification dashboard in which you can edit the content of the test push notification. You can see more details about notifications here.
After you are done, in the bottom left corner, you will see a Send Test Notification button above the regular Send Notification button. Click on it.
3- Send the Test Push Notification
Once you click on Send Test Push, a confirmation pop-up will appear, like in the example below, which will also show how many test devices you already have. To proceed, click on Send Test Notification.
📌 Important Note
The Send Test Notification button will only be available if your app is live. If your app is not published yet, any notifications you send will be sent to the preview app like a test push notification.
That’s it! The notification will only be delivered to registered test devices in the Preview App. And it will never be sent to your live app.
📌 Important Note
Test push notifications are sent immediately and cannot be scheduled. They will also not appear in your Sent Notifications tab with previously sent push notifications.
If you have never checked your app on the preview app before, once you click the button, you will instead see the pop-up message seen below:
You will be asked to preview the app first and add a test device. Click on Preview Now and scan the QR code or go to the preview link.
📌 Important Note
Testing push notification sounds is not possible with test push notifications.
That’s it! Now that you know how to send test push notifications, let’s go over what test devices are, as well as how to add and delete them.
What are Test Devices?
Test devices are the mobile devices where your test push notifications will be sent. To view your trusted devices, go to the Notification section of your Shopney Dashboard, then click on Settings.
Scroll down until you see Test Devices. There, you can manage and see registered test devices and their related information:
Device Name: The custom name you give to your test device
Locale: The language and country of the device, based on the settings of the phone
Platform: iOS or Android
Added On: The date the device was registered as a test device
Last Opened Date: The date the preview app on the device was last opened
Actions: You can delete the device from there
How to Add a Test Device?
1- Navigate to the Notification Section
From the Notification section of your Shopney Dashboard, click on Settings.
2- Locate Test Devices
Scroll down until you see Test Devices. Then click on Add Test Device.
3- Preview with the New Device
A pop-up message will appear; click on Preview Now.
A QR code and a link will appear. Scan the code with the device you want to be added as a test device. Once registered, the device will appear in the list after refreshing the page.
How to Delete a Test Device?
1- Navigate to the Notification Section
From the Notification section of your Shopney Dashboard, click on Settings.
2- Locate the Test Devices and Remove them
Scroll down until you see Test Devices. Then click on the trash icon next to the device you want to delete. Once the pop-up message comes out, click on Remove.
Now that you’ve learned how to send test push notifications and manage test devices, you’re ready to make engaging and attractive push notifications and test them from a customer’s point of view, even when your app is live.
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