Official Twitter app - push notifications

[kingdave]

Hi all,

I've had a search but could find what I'm looking for.

The last Twitter app update promised push notifications. I may be thick, but how do you enable this?

I've had a few messages and tweets recently but had no notification. Notifications are enabled in the settings and my refresh interval is 4 hours to save battery but if notifications are push then surely the refresh interval doesn't really matter?

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Thanks

 

[ral]

I use HTC's Friend Stream for Twitter, but I read this on the Twitter Blog the other day.

In your account settings, select “automatic refresh” and choose to receive updates for Direct Messages, @Mentions (from the people you follow or anyone), and Tweets.

Twitter Blog: Twitter for Android – Now with Push Notifications and Multiple Accounts

 

[kingdave]

Is that on the Twitter web version? No option for auto refresh in the app

 

[Clementine_3]

Is that on the Twitter web version? No option for auto refresh in the app

You have to go into settings then click on your account. It's there, buried, but there.

 

[ral]

I tried the app today, yes, the word buried is correct.

Twitter ---> Menu ---> Settings ---> Your account name

I guess they did it this way so you could have different notification settings for different accounts. Lets see if they work.

 

[kingdave]

Suppose that makes sense, but its not particularly intuitive. Definitely buried.

 

[ral]

I have enabled mine. Curious. I do not get many @mentions or DM's... so I have to see what the Tweet check box in notifications is all about.

Tell me if it works. Someone posted feedback here http://androidforums.com/android-applications/374643-finally-twitter-push-notifications.html that indicates it does not work all the time.

 

[ral]

New Tweets, no notifications. Maybe it only works for @mentions and DM's.

 

[stu1978]

New Tweets, no notifications. Maybe it only works for @mentions and DM's.

I think thats the case.

 

[ral]

If that is the case, it will take forever for me to find out. I receive a DM or @mention once per month

 

[_mw_]

I can't think of too many people who would want a push notification when they received a tweet; even after thinning out my list which is horrendously small compared to most, I can't sit on twitter.com for longer than a few seconds before the "X new tweets" bar shows up. That would be downright frustrating on my phone and I'd probably uninstall the app in short order. I know this isn't the case for 100% of twitterfolk as some people just have family and/or close friends on their list, but the decision was probably more made for the majority.

 

[jlange]

I decided to create a second twitter account just for receiving notifications for the few tweets I really care about getting in realtime. I previously had used the SMS notification feature for selected accounts, but didn't like them cluttering up my SMS app.

What I really want is the ability to configure push notifications for specific lists.

 

[planetf1]

For me it's definately DMs/mentions that are appropriate - far too many tweets in my lists+timeline. The client works really well for this - it's fantastic after only using polling clients.

Hoping the other more capable clients will add PUSH soon.