Custom actions

Batch Actions is a module allowing you to register remotely-configurable runnable code to the SDK, when simple deeplinks wouldn't be enough. They can be triggered at any time by the SDK, allowing you to focus on the action code rather than when to trigger it.

Batch comes with builtin actions (deeplinking, user data edition, etc...)

Registering an action

An action has two components:

• An identifier (case-unsensitive string), which will allow you to reference this action

  • While the identifier string is up to you, it cannot start with "batch.": these identifiers are reserved for built-in actions.

• An implementation class

Registering them is easy, and should be done in your Application subclass, right before starting Batch:

Kotlin

Batch.Actions.register(UserAction("<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>") { context, identifier, args, source ->
// Your action code here
})

Java

Batch.Actions.register(new UserAction("<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>", new UserActionRunnable() {
	@Override
	public void performAction(@Nullable Context context, @NonNull String identifier, @NonNull JSONObject args, @Nullable UserActionSource source) {
		// Your action code here
	}
}));

The source argument represents what caused the action to be triggered. You can use instanceof to check what source it comes from, and read extra arguments (like the custom payload). Two sources interfaces are currently used: InAppMessageUserActionSource and PushUserActionSource. More might be added in the future.

Unregistering an action

Simply call the unregister method with the previously set identifier:

Kotlin

Batch.Actions.unregister("<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>")

Java

Batch.Actions.unregister("<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>");

Triggering an action

You might want to re-use the code you've already registered to Batch from your own code by triggering an action.

Simply give Batch the action identifier and arguments, and it will call your action:

Kotlin

try {
    val args = JSONObject().apply {
        put("title", "Hello")
        put("body", "How are you doing?")
    }
    Batch.Actions.performAction(this, "alert", args)
} catch (e: JSONException) {
    e.printStackTrace()
}

Java

try {
	final JSONObject args = new JSONObject();
	args.put("title", "Hello");
	args.put("body", "How are you doing?");
	Batch.Actions.performAction(this, "alert", args);
} catch (JSONException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
}

Built-in Batch actions are reserved to the SDK and not triggerable that way

Built-in actions

Batch provide a set of pre-defined actions, allowing you to easily trigger a specific behavior without implementing them yourself.

batch.dismiss

Simply dismiss the notification and exit

Arguments

N/A

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batch.deeplink

Open the provided deeplink (will call the Deeplink Interceptor if one is set).

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
l	String - Required The deeplink to open E.g.{"l":"https://google.com"}
li	Boolean - Optional - Default false If true the Batch SDK will try to open your deeplink inside the app E.g.{"li":false}

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batch.android_request_notifications

Show the notification permissions pop-up.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.android_redirect_settings

Open the notifications settings of the current application.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.android_smart_reoptin

Checks if the user has already been asked for notifications, if not it shows the notification permissions pop-up, otherwise it opens the notifications settings of the current application.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.user.tag

Add or remove a tag associated with the current user.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
a	String - Required The action to perform. Acceptable values are add and remove E.g.{"a":"remove"}
c	String - Required The collection to use when updating the tag E.g.{"c":"actions"}
t	String - Required The tag to update E.g.{"t":"has_bought"}

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batch.user.event

Send an event with associated tags and data.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
e	String - Required The name of the event to send E.g.{"e":"my_awesome_event"}
l	String - Optional - default null The label associated with the event E.g.{"l":"label1"}
t	Array - Optional - default empty list A list of tags to be send with the event E.g.{"t":["tag1","tag2","tag3"]}
a	Object - Optional - default empty object The data to send with the event E.g.{"a":{"key":"value","key2":12,"key3":true}}

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batch.group

Execute a list of up to 10 nested actions successively.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
actions	Array - Required A list of actions to perform. This list must not be longer than 10 elements and can't contains batch.group actions E.g.{"actions":[["batch.deeplink",{"l":"https://google.com"}],["batch.user.tag",{"add":"..."}]]}

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batch.clipboard

Copy a text to the device's clipboard.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
t	String - Required The text to copy E.g.{"t":"My awesome text !"}

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batch.rating

Opens the Google Play In-App Review prompt and asks the user to review the app. Falls back on opening the Play Store or Huawei AppGallery if the Play Core library is not integrated or errors out. Available since Batch 1.17.

Arguments

N/A