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const CACHE_NAME = 'my-pwa-cache-v1';
const urlsToCache = [
  '/',
  '/index.html',
  '/styles.css',
  '/app.js',
  '/images/icon-192x192.png',
  '/images/icon-512x512.png'
];

self.addEventListener('install', event => {
  event.waitUntil(
    caches.open(CACHE_NAME)
      .then(cache => cache.addAll(urlsToCache))
  );
});

self.addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(
    caches.match(event.request)
      .then(response => response || fetch(event.request))
  );
});

self.addEventListener('activate', event => {
  const cacheWhitelist = [CACHE_NAME];
  event.waitUntil(
    caches.keys().then(cacheNames =>
      Promise.all(
        cacheNames.map(cacheName => {
          if (!cacheWhitelist.includes(cacheName)) {
            return caches.delete(cacheName);
          }
        })
      )
    )
  );
});

Push notifications allow you to re-engage users by sending messages even when the app is not open.