Send PowerApps Push Notification While PowerApps is Open

[BegeNCSU]

I've been able to create a flow that will send a push notification to iOS users, but only when PowerApps is not open. Is there any way to send a notification while the app is open?

[yashag2255 · Accepted solution]

Hi @BegeNCSU 

This is not doable directly as power apps cannot be notified of any such notification. 

As a workaround for this, what you can do is, create a list/entity in any data source which will hold this notification text. Now, create a timer(let's say which runs every five minutes) on the PowerApps and checks if data exist on this list/entity. The idea here is to use list/entity as a temporary storage for notification and flow will save this value in the list, then there will be a delay of 6 mins and the record will be deleted when the delay is completed. This delay will be greater than powerapps timer so that once the message is displayed, the same gets removed from the list using the flow. 

Timer Config:

Auto-Start -> true

Repeat -> true

Expression to be used on "OnTimerStart" property of the timer:

Refresh(DataSourceName);If(CountRows(DataSourceName) > 0, Notify(First(DataSourceName).Title))

This will display a notification when there exist any record in the datasource.

Flow:

Hope this Helps!

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[BegeNCSU]

@yashag2255, you offered a really fun solution to this problem!

From a wider scope, what I'm trying to to do is provide a random pulse survey through Forms to users of the app so ask how well the app is working for them. Over time, I'm hoping this will give the development team an idea of how the users are feeling about the app.

What I might do is build on your idea and do a check to see if I've accumulated enough reponses for the day. If the total is below 10 for example, then I can use the Notify or a modal window to pop up and ask them to take the survey.

For anyone interested in a less roundabout solution, there an idea for PowerApp Push Notifications Appear When In The App

[yashag2255]

Hey @BegeNCSU 

Interesting! At first I thought what could be a usecase of this thing but your reply just makes more sense now!