Embed the Message Center

This guide covers creating custom Message Center implementations for Unity applications.

Override Default Display Behavior

By default, the plugin shows the out-of-the-box Message Center UI. To provide your own UI, disable the default and handle the display request in the OnShowInbox event.

Airship.Shared.messageCenter.SetAutoLaunchDefaultMessageCenter(false);

Airship.Shared.OnShowInbox += (string messageId) => {
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(messageId))
    {
        // Navigate to message center
    }
    else
    {
        // Navigate to specific message
    }
};

Custom Message Center Implementation

With the default UI disabled, build your own inbox using Fetch Messages and the inbox events, then use the following methods to display message content when a user makes a selection.

Overlay the message body for a specific message:

Airship.Shared.messageCenter.ShowMessageView("message-id");

Overlay the Message Center regardless of whether auto-launch is enabled. Pass null to show the inbox, or a message ID to show a specific message:

Airship.Shared.messageCenter.ShowMessageCenter(null);

Dismiss the out-of-the-box Message Center if it is displayed:

Airship.Shared.messageCenter.Dismiss();