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Creating a custom News Feed

Learn how to create a custom News Feed for the Braze Android SDK.

Creating a custom feed

You can create and display a custom feed by populating your own views with data from Braze’s News Feed models.

Step 1: Subscribe to feed updates

Declare a private variable in your custom feed class to hold your subscriber.

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// subscriber variable
private IEventSubscriber<FeedUpdatedEvent> mFeedUpdatedSubscriber;

In your custom feed activity’s Activity.onCreate(), add the following code so you can subscribe to feed updates from Braze.

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// Remove the old subscription first
Braze.getInstance(context).removeSingleSubscription(mFeedUpdatedSubscriber, FeedUpdatedEvent.class);
mFeedUpdatedSubscriber = new IEventSubscriber<FeedUpdatedEvent>() {
  @Override
  public void trigger(final FeedUpdatedEvent event) {
    // This list of Card objects included in the FeedUpdatedEvent should be used to populate your News Feed views.
    List<Card> cards = event.getFeedCards();
    // your logic here
  }
};
Braze.getInstance(context).subscribeToFeedUpdates(mFeedUpdatedSubscriber);

// Request a refresh of feed data
Braze.getInstance(context).requestFeedRefresh();

We recommend that you unsubscribe when your custom feed activity moves out of view, by adding the following code to your activity’s onDestroy() lifecycle method.

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Braze.getInstance(context).removeSingleSubscription(mFeedUpdatedSubscriber, FeedUpdatedEvent.class);

Step 2: Log analytics

When you use a custom view, you’ll need to log analytics manually since automatic handling is only available through a Braze view.

Action Method
Log a display of the feed Braze.logFeedDisplayed()
Log an impression Card.logImpression()
Log a click on a Card Card.logClick()
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