- Extend what was `NotificationWorkerFactory` to `WorkerFactory`. This
can construct arbitrary Workers as long as they provide their own
Factory for construction.
The per-Worker factory contains any injected components just for that
worker type, keeping `WorkerFactory` clean.
- Move `NotificationWorkerFactory` to the new model.
- Implement `PruneCacheWorker`, and remove the code from
`CachedTimelineViewModel`.
- Create the periodic worker in `TuskyApplication`, ensuring that the
database is only pruned when the device is idle.
Fixes#793.
This is an implementation for push notifications based on UnifiedPush
for Tusky. No push gateway (other than UP itself) is needed, since
UnifiedPush is simple enough such that it can act as a catch-all
endpoint for WebPush messages. When a UnifiedPush distributor is present
on-device, we will by default register Tusky as a receiver; if no
UnifiedPush distributor is available, then pull notifications are used
as a fallback mechanism.
Because WebPush messages are encrypted, and Mastodon does not send the
keys and IV needed for decryption in the request body, for now the push
handler simply acts as a trigger for the pre-existing NotificationWorker
which is also used for pull notifications. Nevertheless, I have
implemented proper key generation and storage, just in case we would
like to implement full decryption support in the future when Mastodon
upgrades to the latest WebPush encryption scheme that includes all
information in the request body.
For users with existing accounts, push notifications will not be enabled
until all of the accounts have been re-logged in to grant the new push
OAuth scope. A small prompt will be shown (until dismissed) as a
Snackbar to explain to the user about this, and an option is added in
Account Preferences to facilitate re-login without deleting local drafts
and cache.
