using System; using System.Net.Http; using System.Net.Http.Headers; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; namespace MessageSender { public class Program { public const string API_KEY = "AIzaSyDwPlu2ky9AoPwDvThoXxJwqiPq-Tc8p8k"; public const string MESSAGE = "Hello, Xamarin!"; static void Main(string[] args) { var jGcmData = new JObject(); var jData = new JObject(); jData.Add("message", MESSAGE); jGcmData.Add("to", "/topics/global"); jGcmData.Add("data", jData); var url = new Uri("https://gcm-http.googleapis.com/gcm/send"); try { using (var client = new HttpClient()) { client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add( new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json")); client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation( "Authorization", "key=" + API_KEY); Task.WaitAll(client.PostAsync(url, new StringContent(jGcmData.ToString(), Encoding.Default, "application/json")) .ContinueWith(response => { Task.Run ( async () => { var content = await response.Result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(); Console.WriteLine(content); }); Console.WriteLine(">Message sent: check the client device notification tray."); })); } } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Unable to send GCM message:"); Console.Error.WriteLine(e.StackTrace); } } } }