How to add Socket (Messenger) into background

Question

I created a messenger application which works with sockets. So I want to add it in background. In background the socket will hear income messages in background and show notifications. So I want to do it with WorkManager. Is it the best way and will this work? Or there are another ways to do this? Thanks. If you interested I'm using SocketCluster.

Answer 1

I recommend using FCM for this. Using Sockets for maintaining persistent TCP connections can be bad from a battery perspective. If you must do this, use a foreground Service.