Which push message service?

[TisTis]

Which push message service can best be used nowadays?
Since I stick to developing apps for Android 2.3 (e.g. Galaxy 2) is the preferred service also suited for this ancient OS version ?

 

[Ramanath Suthakar]

I would advice you to try parse. it pretty awesome. It can be integrated with iOS too. The most great feature is that they have the A/B testing capability which is a great option. I strongly recommended to anyone

 

[TisTis]

In the mean I figured out that Google Cloud Messaging is suited for my apps.
I use my own database for storing the Device IDs.
After querying the database and sending a message to the registered device, the NotificationCompat can be used to show a notification.