Initialize Beams

After you have added the required dependencies, it’s time to start Pusher Beams in your project.

∞ Import Pusher Beams

Go to the Activity or Application class where you want to use Beams and import the SDK:

import com.pusher.pushnotifications.PushNotifications;

∞ Connect to Pusher

Add this line to connect the device to your Beams instance:

PushNotifications.start(getApplicationContext(), "YOUR_INSTANCE_ID");

Your instance ID can be found in the dashboard.

∞ Add a device interest

Finally, add this line to subscribe to an interest so that your server can send notifications to this device.

PushNotifications.addDeviceInterest("hello");

∞ Where Next?

Now that you have initialized Pusher Beams, why not send a notification?