Web push notification in Windows Desktop

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Web push notifications are not directly supported in Windows desktop applications like they are in web browsers. Web push notifications are a feature of web browsers that allow websites to send notifications to users even when the website is not open.

However, if you want to implement a similar functionality in a Windows desktop application, you can use the Windows Notification System to display notifications. This can be done by using the ToastNotification class from the Windows.UI.Notifications namespace in a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application or by using the System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon class in a Windows Forms application.

Here's a brief overview of how you can implement notifications in both types of applications:

  1. UWP Application (Windows 10 or later):

    • Create a UWP project in Visual Studio.
    • Use the ToastNotification class to create and display a toast notification.

  2. Windows Forms Application:

    • Create a Windows Forms project in Visual Studio.
    • Add a NotifyIcon control to your form.
    • Use the BalloonTipText property of the NotifyIcon control to set the text of the notification.

Keep in mind that for both types of applications, you will need user permission to display notifications, and you won't be able to send notifications from a web server directly to the application like you can with web push notifications.

If you want to implement web push notifications on the web browsers, you can use a service worker and a push notification service like Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) or OneSignal. This will allow you to send push notifications to users even when your website is not open in their browser.