Recommendations for Push Notifications

[Mikkel_E_]

Recommendations for Push Notifications implementation.

We are planning on implementing Push Notifications in our app.
Our app is using user registration with a WebService, that we written in C#.

We are currently using:
x. Intel XDK with Cordova 5.1.1
x. WebService written in C# with MSSQL database+JSON.

But reading through the interwebs, it has become somewhat hard to grasp the big picture.

So far, I fully understand that we need:
APN (Apple Push Notifications)
GCM (Google Cloud Messaging)
Plugin for app (telerik, phonegap or other?)

Do we need eny code implementations in our WebService or can we use APN / GCM server ?
What do people recommend for Push plugins ?

[Elroy_A_Intel]

In regards to implementing push notifications, you need to enable push notification in the respective mobile platforms' online developer center/control center. I recommend considering Parse.com's Push Notification Service and the related APIs of which you could integrate into your C# application as well For a list of plugins that leverage Parse.com Push Notification APIs, visit http://cordova.apache.org/plugins/?q=parse.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-pushnotification-parsepushnotification is a popular plugin that allows parse push notification integration into your application.