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Push Notifications

Stay updated with real-time notifications when someone interacts with your patterns and fabrics.

What You'll Be Notified About​

Piecer sends push notifications for the following events:

  • New followers - When someone starts following you
  • Pattern likes - When someone likes your published pattern
  • Fabric collection likes - When someone likes your published fabric collection
  • New patterns from people you follow - When creators you follow publish new patterns
  • Shared fabrics - When creators you follow share new fabrics or collections

Enabling Notifications​

On Desktop (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)​

  1. Go to Studio > Inbox (/studio/inbox)
  2. Find the Push Notifications card at the top
  3. Click the Enable button
  4. When your browser asks for permission, click Allow
  5. You'll see a confirmation notification once enabled

On iOS (iPhone/iPad)​

Push notifications on iOS require the app to be installed as a Web App:

  1. Open piecer.app in Safari
  2. Tap the Share button (square with arrow)
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
  4. Tap Add to confirm
  5. Open Piecer from your home screen
  6. Go to Studio > Inbox (/studio/inbox)
  7. Tap Enable on the Push Notifications card
  8. Allow notifications when prompted
note

Push notifications only work when Piecer is installed as a Web App on iOS. They won't work in the regular Safari browser.

On Android​

  1. Open piecer.app in Chrome
  2. You may see an "Add to Home Screen" prompt - tap it
  3. Or tap the three dots menu > Add to Home Screen
  4. Open Piecer from your home screen
  5. Go to Studio > Inbox (/studio/inbox)
  6. Tap Enable on the Push Notifications card
  7. Allow notifications when prompted

Disabling Notifications​

To stop receiving push notifications:

  1. Go to Studio > Inbox (/studio/inbox)
  2. Click the Disable button on the Push Notifications card

You can re-enable notifications at any time by clicking Enable again.

Troubleshooting​

Not receiving notifications?​

  1. Check browser permissions - Make sure notifications are allowed for piecer.app in your browser settings
  2. Check device settings - Ensure notifications are enabled for your browser at the OS level
  3. Try disabling and re-enabling - Go to Inbox, click Disable, then Enable again to refresh your subscription
  4. Clear service worker - In browser DevTools > Application > Service Workers, unregister the worker and refresh

iOS-specific issues​

  • Make sure the app is added to your home screen
  • Ensure you're using iOS 16.4 or later
  • Check that Focus Mode isn't blocking notifications
  • Verify notifications are enabled in Settings > Piecer

Brave Browser​

Brave may block push notifications by default. To enable:

  1. Go to brave://settings/privacy
  2. Enable "Use Google services for push messaging"
  3. Return to Piecer and enable notifications

Viewing Your Notifications​

All notifications appear in your Inbox in the Studio. You can:

  • See all recent notifications
  • Mark notifications as read
  • Clear all notifications

Notifications are automatically deleted after 2 weeks.

Privacy​

  • Push notification subscriptions are stored securely on our servers
  • We only send notifications for events relevant to your account
  • You can disable notifications at any time
  • Unsubscribing removes your subscription from our servers