Push Notifications

"Push notifications let your application notify a user of new messages or events even when the user is not actively using your application. On Android devices, when a device receives a push notification, your application's icon and a message appear in the status bar. When the user taps the notification, they are sent to your application. Notifications can be broadcast to all users, such as for a marketing campaign, or sent to just a subset of users, to give personalized information."

Registering for the Push Service (1)

Setting Permissions(2)

--The Above (2) steps involve adjustments to the AndroidManifest.xml file--

Adding Parse API Keys (3)

--adjustment to the onCreate method for the activity class-- Parse.initialize(this, "YOUR_APP_ID", "YOUR_CLIENT_KEY");

Enable Push Notifications (4)

PushService.setDefaultPushCallback(this, YourDefaultActivity.class); ParseAnalytics.trackAppOpened(getIntent());

Detailed Steps Can Be Found Here