Your code can make a single HTTP request from your server, and these applications (and their back-end-services) do all the rest. Using these services/apps, sending arbitrary push notifications becomes nearly a one-liner.
I don't have personal experience with Notify My Android, but I've used and integrated Prowl (iOS) into a few projects quickly and easily.
Each user who wants notification would have to install the (appropriate) app, and provide DW with their unique notification key, which they obtain from the app. Then DW servers make one quick, light HTTP request with the user's key in it, and poof, notification pops up.
Prowl lets you not only include the notification message, but also an optional URL that the user can click on to go right to the relevant page (e.g., to see a newly posted comment).
I'd be very happy to help out, including doing some prototyping.
UPDATE: turns out you can also just send an email to {apikey}@api.prowlapp.com, and the mobile device will get a push notification.
Push notification helpers: Prowl (for iOS), and Notify My Android
iOS: Prowl https://www.prowlapp.com/
Android: Notify My Android http://www.notifymyandroid.com/
Your code can make a single HTTP request from your server, and these applications (and their back-end-services) do all the rest. Using these services/apps, sending arbitrary push notifications becomes nearly a one-liner.
I don't have personal experience with Notify My Android, but I've used and integrated Prowl (iOS) into a few projects quickly and easily.
Each user who wants notification would have to install the (appropriate) app, and provide DW with their unique notification key, which they obtain from the app. Then DW servers make one quick, light HTTP request with the user's key in it, and poof, notification pops up.
Prowl lets you not only include the notification message, but also an optional URL that the user can click on to go right to the relevant page (e.g., to see a newly posted comment).
I'd be very happy to help out, including doing some prototyping.
UPDATE: turns out you can also just send an email to {apikey}@api.prowlapp.com, and the mobile device will get a push notification.