Create User Notifications

1. Go to the Meta Horizon Developer Dashboard.
2. In the left-side navigation, select the org and app from which you want to send the notifications.
3. In the left-side navigation, select the Engagement > User Notifications tab.
4. From this page, select Create in the upper right corner.
5. Fill in the Settings section of the form with the following information.
   • Send to: Choose who will receive your notification.
     • Users who have entitled a specific app: Send notifications to users who have entitled a specific app. This is the traditional app notification.
     • Followers of your organization profile: Send notifications to all followers of your organization profile. These notifications are sent from your organization rather than a specific app.
   • Type: The notification type.
     • Single send notifications: They are sent to an audience once.
     • Event-based notifications: They are sent to users based on actions or events defined within your app code.
   • Surface (Event-based only): The surface that a notification can be delivered to.
     • Mobile: Meta Horizon mobile app.
     • Headset: Meta Quest VR headset.
   • Audience (Single send only): The group of people who will receive your notification. For app notifications, this includes all entitled users or only active/inactive entitled users. For follower notifications, this includes all followers of your organization profile.
   • Category
     • Update (Single send only): Posts, features, app changes.
     • Promotion (Single send only): Add-ons, reviews, other promotions in Meta Horizon Store.
     • Social: Activity on your app.
     • Events: In-app events or experiences happening.
   • Notification Destination (Single send and event-based for mobile only): Where the user is navigated after they click on a push notification or notification in their feed. The destinations available depend on notification type and surface (refer to the table in User Notifications Overview for details)
     • Product details page
       • For follower notifications, if selecting Product details page, you will need to select which app to deeplink to.
     • Profile (Follower notifications only): Deeplink to your organization profile page.
     • Add-on
       • If choosing an add-on details page, select the In-App Purchase (IAP) ID for the item you’re promoting.
     • Post
     • Event (refers to in-app events or experiences, not events in the code).
       • If choosing the Event Details Page, select the event this notification is for. The event date is listed to help you identify the correct event.
       • This notification will not be visible to users after the event has expired.
     • Ratings and reviews
     • Launch app
     • Launch to destination in app
   • Schedule (Single send only): An approved notification will be visible in users’ feeds during this scheduled period. Notifications will stop being shown to users after 11:59 PM PST the day of the specified end date.
6. Depending on your notification type and surface, you will fill in the Notifications section of the form with the following information.
   • Single send / Event-based for mobile (required):
     • Name: A name of your choice so you can identify the notification later. Be descriptive. Only you will see this.
     • Notification Text: The text that will go out to app users. Follow the text guidelines to provide a great notification experience for your audience and to help your notification get approved. Currently, English is the only language that is supported.
   • Event-based for headset (optional):
     • Title: The title of the notification that will go out to app users.
     • Body: The message of the notification that will go out to app users. Follow the text guidelines to provide a great notification experience for your audience.
7. Click Generate Code Block (optional and event-based only) to create a code snippet that you can copy and paste directly into your app code.
8. Click Submit for Review. Notifications are reviewed within 1-2 business days. Notifications will not be able to be sent until the review process completes.