chrome.gcm deprecation timeline

[Yasin Ladha]

Hello,

I am looking to implement push notifications (currently using FCM) in my MV3 extension without the need for an external window to host a service worker (as I had to when using the FCM sdk). I have been able to use the chrome.gcm api to work around this, however I know that this functionality may be removed in the future.

Will functions like chrome.gcm.register and chrome.gcm.onMessage remain supported indefinitely? Or will these be deprecated and if so is there a timeline for that?

Thanks,

Yasin

[Simeon Vincent]

The documentation for the GCM API is regrettably out of date. When this API was first introduced it was powered by Google Cloud Messaging, but in 2019 (I think) it we moved it over to use Firebase Cloud Messaging. There are no plans to remove this capability from the extensions platform. 

On a related note, I opened issue 1337382 to suggest that we rename the API from chrome.gcm to something less confusing. In order to avoid breaking existing extensions, I expect that we won't take action on this request until the next manifest version bump.

I also opened issue 1319986 to request that Chromium not require that extension service workers display a notification when they receive messages with the web's push API. 

Simeon - @dotproto

Chrome Extensions DevRel

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[Yasin Ladha]

Thank you for clarifying.

I read in an older discussion that you mentioned the registration format used by chrome.gcm.register() will become outdated, and to use chrome.instanceID.getToken() instead. Is this still the case? When I try to use instanceID the API is not recognized, even with the 'gcm' permission.

Thanks,

Yasin

[Yasin Ladha]

Here is the discussion I am referring to: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions/c/V6cZ5ORplBY

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