React Native Push Notifications

React Native Local and Remote Notifications for iOS and Android

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Supported React Native Versions

Component Version	RN Versions	README
1.0.7	<= 0.27	Open
1.0.8	0.28	Open
2.0.1	0.29	Open
2.0.2	0.30, 0.31, 0.32	Open
>= 2.1.0	>= 0.33	Open

Changelog

Changelog is available from version 3.1.3 here: Changelog

Installation

NPM

npm install --save react-native-push-notification

Yarn

yarn add react-native-push-notification

NOTE: If you target iOS you also need to follow the installation instructions for PushNotificationIOS since this package depends on it.

NOTE: For Android, you will still have to manually update the AndroidManifest.xml (as below) in order to use Scheduled Notifications.

Issues

Having a problem? Read the troubleshooting guide before raising an issue.

Pull Requests

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iOS manual Installation

The component uses PushNotificationIOS for the iOS part.

Please see: PushNotificationIOS

Android manual Installation

NOTE: firebase-messaging, prior to version 15 requires to have the same version number in order to work correctly at build time and at run time. To use a specific version:

In your android/build.gradle

ext {
googlePlayServicesVersion ="<Your play services version>"// default: "+"
firebaseMessagingVersion ="<Your Firebase version>"// default: "+"// Other settings
compileSdkVersion =<Your compile SDK version>// default: 23
buildToolsVersion ="<Your build tools version>"// default: "23.0.1"
targetSdkVersion =<Your target SDK version>// default: 23
supportLibVersion ="<Your support lib version>"// default: 23.1.1
}

NOTE: localNotification() works without changes in the application part, while localNotificationSchedule() only works with these changes:

In your android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

 .....
<uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
<application ....>
<!-- Change the value to true to enable pop-up for in foreground on receiving remote notifications (for prevent duplicating while showing local notifications set this to false) -->
<meta-dataandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.notification_foreground"android:value="false"/>
<!-- Change the resource name to your App's accent color - or any other color you want -->
<meta-dataandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.notification_color"android:resource="@color/white"/> <!-- or @android:color/{name} to use a standard color -->
<receiverandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationActions" />
<receiverandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationPublisher" />
<receiverandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationBootEventReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<actionandroid:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<actionandroid:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
<actionandroid:name="com.htc.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<serviceandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationListenerService"android:exported="false" >
<intent-filter>
<actionandroid:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
.....

If not using a built in Android color (@android:color/{name}) for the notification_colormeta-data item. In android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml (Create the file if it doesn't exist).

<resources>
<colorname="white">#FFF</color>
</resources>

If you use remote notifications

Make sure you have installed setup Firebase correctly.

In android/build.gradle

buildscript {
...
dependencies {
...
classpath('com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3')
...
}
}

In android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
...
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.3.0'...
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

Then put your google-services.json in android/app/.

Note: firebase/release-notes

The Firebase Android library firebase-core is no longer needed. This SDK included the Firebase SDK for Google Analytics.

Now, to use Analytics or any Firebase product that recommends the use of Analytics (see table below), you need to explicitly add the Analytics dependency: com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.3.0.

If you don't use autolink

In android/settings.gradle

...
include ':react-native-push-notification'
project(':react-native-push-notification').projectDir = file('../node_modules/react-native-push-notification/android')

In your android/app/build.gradle

dependencies {
...
implementation project(':react-native-push-notification')
...
}

Manually register module in MainApplication.java (if you did not use react-native link):

importcom.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.ReactNativePushNotificationPackage; // <--- Import PackagepublicclassMainApplicationextendsApplicationimplementsReactApplication {
privatefinalReactNativeHostmReactNativeHost = newReactNativeHost(this) {
@OverrideprotectedbooleangetUseDeveloperSupport() {
returnBuildConfig.DEBUG;
}
@OverrideprotectedList<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
returnArrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
newMainReactPackage(),
newReactNativePushNotificationPackage() // <---- Add the Package
);
}
};
....
}

Usage

DO NOT USE .configure() INSIDE A COMPONENT, EVEN App

If you do, notification handlers will not fire, because they are not loaded. Instead, use .configure() in the app's first file, usually index.js.

importPushNotificationIOSfrom"@react-native-community/push-notification-ios";importPushNotificationfrom"react-native-push-notification";// Must be outside of any component LifeCycle (such as `componentDidMount`).PushNotification.configure({// (optional) Called when Token is generated (iOS and Android)onRegister: function(token){console.log("TOKEN:",token);},// (required) Called when a remote is received or opened, or local notification is openedonNotification: function(notification){console.log("NOTIFICATION:",notification);// process the notification// (required) Called when a remote is received or opened, or local notification is openednotification.finish(PushNotificationIOS.FetchResult.NoData);},// (optional) Called when Registered Action is pressed and invokeApp is false, if true onNotification will be called (Android)onAction: function(notification){console.log("ACTION:",notification.action);console.log("NOTIFICATION:",notification);// process the action},// (optional) Called when the user fails to register for remote notifications. Typically occurs when APNS is having issues, or the device is a simulator. (iOS)onRegistrationError: function(err){console.error(err.message,err);},// IOS ONLY (optional): default: all - Permissions to register.permissions: {alert: true,badge: true,sound: true,},// Should the initial notification be popped automatically// default: truepopInitialNotification: true,/** * (optional) default: true * - Specified if permissions (ios) and token (android and ios) will requested or not, * - if not, you must call PushNotificationsHandler.requestPermissions() later * - if you are not using remote notification or do not have Firebase installed, use this: * requestPermissions: Platform.OS === 'ios' */requestPermissions: true,});

Example app

Example folder contains an example app to demonstrate how to use this package. The notification Handling is done in NotifService.js.

Please test your PRs with this example app before submitting them. It'll help maintaining this repo.

Handling Notifications

When any notification is opened or received the callback onNotification is called passing an object with the notification data.

Notification object example:

{foreground: false,// BOOLEAN: If the notification was received in foreground or notuserInteraction: false,// BOOLEAN: If the notification was opened by the user from the notification area or notmessage: 'My Notification Message',// STRING: The notification messagedata: {},// OBJECT: The push data}

Local Notifications

PushNotification.localNotification(details: Object)

EXAMPLE:

PushNotification.localNotification({/* Android Only Properties */channelId: "your-channel-id",// (required) channelId, if the channel doesn't exist, it will be created with options passed above (importance, vibration, sound). Once the channel is created, the channel will not be update. Make sure your channelId is different if you change these options. If you have created a custom channel, it will apply options of the channel.ticker: "My Notification Ticker",// (optional)showWhen: true,// (optional) default: trueautoCancel: true,// (optional) default: truelargeIcon: "ic_launcher",// (optional) default: "ic_launcher". Use "" for no large icon.largeIconUrl: "https://www.example.tld/picture.jpg",// (optional) default: undefinedsmallIcon: "ic_notification",// (optional) default: "ic_notification" with fallback for "ic_launcher". Use "" for default small icon.bigText: "My big text that will be shown when notification is expanded",// (optional) default: "message" propsubText: "This is a subText",// (optional) default: nonebigPictureUrl: "https://www.example.tld/picture.jpg",// (optional) default: undefinedcolor: "red",// (optional) default: system defaultvibrate: true,// (optional) default: truevibration: 300,// vibration length in milliseconds, ignored if vibrate=false, default: 1000tag: "some_tag",// (optional) add tag to messagegroup: "group",// (optional) add group to messagegroupSummary: false,// (optional) set this notification to be the group summary for a group of notifications, default: falseongoing: false,// (optional) set whether this is an "ongoing" notificationpriority: "high",// (optional) set notification priority, default: highvisibility: "private",// (optional) set notification visibility, default: privateignoreInForeground: false,// (optional) if true, the notification will not be visible when the app is in the foreground (useful for parity with how iOS notifications appear). should be used in combine with `com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.notification_foreground` settingshortcutId: "shortcut-id",// (optional) If this notification is duplicative of a Launcher shortcut, sets the id of the shortcut, in case the Launcher wants to hide the shortcut, default undefinedonlyAlertOnce: false,// (optional) alert will open only once with sound and notify, default: falsewhen: null,// (optionnal) Add a timestamp pertaining to the notification (usually the time the event occurred). For apps targeting Build.VERSION_CODES.N and above, this time is not shown anymore by default and must be opted into by using `showWhen`, default: null.usesChronometer: false,// (optional) Show the `when` field as a stopwatch. Instead of presenting `when` as a timestamp, the notification will show an automatically updating display of the minutes and seconds since when. Useful when showing an elapsed time (like an ongoing phone call), default: false.timeoutAfter: null,// (optional) Specifies a duration in milliseconds after which this notification should be canceled, if it is not already canceled, default: nullmessageId: "google:message_id",// (optional) added as `message_id` to intent extras so opening push notification can find data stored by @react-native-firebase/messaging module. actions: ["Yes","No"],// (Android only) See the doc for notification actions to know moreinvokeApp: true,// (optional) This enable click on actions to bring back the application to foreground or stay in background, default: true/* iOS only properties */alertAction: "view",// (optional) default: viewcategory: "",// (optional) default: empty string/* iOS and Android properties */id: 0,// (optional) Valid unique 32 bit integer specified as string. default: Autogenerated Unique IDtitle: "My Notification Title",// (optional)message: "My Notification Message",// (required)userInfo: {},// (optional) default: {} (using null throws a JSON value '<null>' error)playSound: false,// (optional) default: truesoundName: "default",// (optional) Sound to play when the notification is shown. Value of 'default' plays the default sound. It can be set to a custom sound such as 'android.resource://com.xyz/raw/my_sound'. It will look for the 'my_sound' audio file in 'res/raw' directory and play it. default: 'default' (default sound is played)number: 10,// (optional) Valid 32 bit integer specified as string. default: none (Cannot be zero)repeatType: "day",// (optional) Repeating interval. Check 'Repeating Notifications' section for more info.});

Scheduled Notifications

PushNotification.localNotificationSchedule(details: Object)

EXAMPLE:

PushNotification.localNotificationSchedule({//... You can use all the options from localNotificationsmessage: "My Notification Message",// (required)date: newDate(Date.now()+60*1000),// in 60 secsallowWhileIdle: false,// (optional) set notification to work while on doze, default: false});

Get the initial notification

PushNotification.popInitialNotification(callback)

EXAMPLE:

PushNotification.popInitialNotification((notification)=>{console.log('Initial Notification',notification);});

Custom sounds

In android, add your custom sound file to [project_root]/android/app/src/main/res/raw

In iOS, add your custom sound file to the project Resources in xCode.

In the location notification json specify the full file name:

soundName: 'my_sound.mp3'

Channel Management (Android)

To use channels, create them at startup and pass the matching channelId through to PushNotification.localNotification or PushNotification.localNotificationSchedule.

PushNotification.createChannel({channelId: "channel-id",// (required)channelName: "My channel",// (required)channelDescription: "A channel to categorise your notifications",// (optional) default: undefined.soundName: "default",// (optional) See `soundName` parameter of `localNotification` functionimportance: 4,// (optional) default: 4. Int value of the Android notification importancevibrate: true,// (optional) default: true. Creates the default vibration patten if true.},(created)=>console.log(`createChannel returned '${created}'`)// (optional) callback returns whether the channel was created, false means it already existed.);

NOTE: Without channel, notifications don't work

In the notifications options, you must provide a channel id with channelId: "your-channel-id", if the channel doesn't exist the notification might not e triggered. Once the channel is created, the channel cannot be update. Make sure your channelId is different if you change these options. If you have created a channel in another way, it will apply options of the channel.

If you want to use a different default channel for remote notification, refer to the documentation of Firebase:

Set up a Firebase Cloud Messaging client app on Android

 <meta-dataandroid:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_channel_id"android:value="@string/default_notification_channel_id" />

For local notifications, the same kind of option is available:

• you can use:

   <meta-dataandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.default_notification_channel_id"android:value="@string/default_notification_channel_id" />

• If not defined, fallback to the Firebase value defined in the AndroidManifest:

   <meta-dataandroid:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_channel_id"android:value="..." />

• If not defined, fallback to the default Firebase channel id fcm_fallback_notification_channel

List channels

You can list available channels with:

PushNotification.getChannels(function(channel_ids){console.log(channel_ids);// ['channel_id_1']});

Channel exists

You can check if a channel exists with:

PushNotification.channelExists(channel_id,function(exists){console.log(exists);// true/false});

Channel blocked

You can check if a channel blocked with:

PushNotification.channelBlocked(channel_id,function(blocked){console.log(blocked);// true/false});

Delete channel

You can delete a channel with:

PushNotification.deleteChannel(channel_id);

Cancelling notifications

1) cancelLocalNotifications

The id parameter for PushNotification.localNotification is required for this operation. The id supplied will then be used for the cancel operation.

PushNotification.localNotification({
...
id: '123'...});PushNotification.cancelLocalNotifications({id: '123'});

iOS: userInfo is populated id if not defined this allow the previous method

2) cancelAllLocalNotifications

PushNotification.cancelAllLocalNotifications()

Cancels all scheduled notifications AND clears the notifications alerts that are in the notification centre.

NOTE: there is currently no api for removing specific notification alerts from the notification centre.

3) removeAllDeliveredNotifications

PushNotification.removeAllDeliveredNotifications();

Remove all delivered notifications from Notification Center

4) getDeliveredNotifications

PushNotification.getDeliveredNotifications(callback);

Provides you with a list of the app’s notifications that are still displayed in Notification Center

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
callback	function	Yes	Function which receive an array of delivered notifications.

A delivered notification is an object containing:

• identifier : The identifier of this notification.
• title : The title of this notification.
• body : The body of this notification.
• category : The category of this notification (optional).
• userInfo : An object containing additional notification data (optional).
• thread-id : The thread identifier of this notification, if has one.

5) removeDeliveredNotifications

PushNotification.removeDeliveredNotifications(identifiers);

Removes the specified notifications from Notification Center

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
identifiers	array	Yes	Array of notification identifiers.

6) getScheduledLocalNotifications

PushNotification.getScheduledLocalNotifications(callback);

Provides you with a list of the app’s scheduled local notifications that are yet to be displayed

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
callback	function	Yes	Function which receive an array of delivered notifications.

Returns an array of local scheduled notification objects containing:

Name	Type	Description
id	number	The identifier of this notification.
date	Date	The fire date of this notification.
title	string	The title of this notification.
message	string	The message body of this notification.
soundName	string	The sound name of this notification.
repeatInterval	number	The repeat interval of this notification.
number	number	App notification badge count number.

Abandon Permissions

PushNotification.abandonPermissions() Revokes the current token and unregister for all remote notifications received via APNS or FCM.

Notification priority

(optional) Specify priority to set priority of notification. Default value: "high"

Available options:

"max" = NotficationCompat.PRIORITY_MAX "high" = NotficationCompat.PRIORITY_HIGH "low" = NotficationCompat.PRIORITY_LOW "min" = NotficationCompat.PRIORITY_MIN "default" = NotficationCompat.PRIORITY_DEFAULT

More information: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html#PRIORITY_DEFAULT

Notification visibility

(optional) Specify visibility to set visibility of notification. Default value: "private"

Available options:

"private" = NotficationCompat.VISIBILITY_PRIVATE "public" = NotficationCompat.VISIBILITY_PUBLIC "secret" = NotficationCompat.VISIBILITY_SECRET

More information: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html#VISIBILITY_PRIVATE

Notification importance

(optional) Specify importance to set importance of notification. Default value: "high"

Available options:

"default" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT "max" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_MAX "high" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_HIGH "low" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_LOW "min" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_MIN "none" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE "unspecified" = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_UNSPECIFIED

More information: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/NotificationManager#IMPORTANCE_DEFAULT

Notification while idle

(optional) Specify allowWhileIdle to set if the notification should be allowed to execute even when the system is on low-power idle modes.

On Android 6.0 (API level 23) and forward, the Doze was introduced to reduce battery consumption when the device is unused for long periods of time. But while on Doze the AlarmManager alarms (used to show scheduled notifications) are deferred to the next maintenance window. This may cause the notification to be delayed while on Doze.

This can significantly impact the power use of the device when idle. So it must only be used when the notification is required to go off on a exact time, for example on a calendar notification.

More information: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby

Repeating Notifications

(optional) Specify repeatType and optionally repeatTime (Android-only) while scheduling the local notification. Check the local notification example above.

Property repeatType could be one of month, week, day, hour, minute, time. If specified as time, it should be accompanied by one more parameter repeatTime which should the number of milliseconds between each interval.

Notification Actions

(Android Only)

This is done by specifying an actions parameters while configuring the local notification. This is an array of strings where each string is a notification action that will be presented with the notification.

For e.g. actions: ['Accept', 'Reject']

When you handle actions in background (invokeApp: false), you can open the application and pass the initial notification by using use PushNotification.invokeApp(notification).

Make sure you have the receiver in AndroidManifest.xml:

 <receiverandroid:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationActions" />

For iOS, you can use this package to add notification actions.

Set application badge icon

PushNotification.setApplicationIconBadgeNumber(number: number)

Works natively in iOS.

Uses the ShortcutBadger on Android, and as such will not work on all Android devices.

Android Only Methods

PushNotification.subscribeToTopic(topic: string) Subscribe to a topic (works only with Firebase)

PushNotification.unsubscribeFromTopic(topic: string) Unsubscribe from a topic (works only with Firebase)

Checking Notification Permissions

PushNotification.checkPermissions(callback: Function) Check permissions

callback will be invoked with a permissions object:

• alert: boolean
• badge: boolean
• sound: boolean

iOS Only Methods

PushNotification.getApplicationIconBadgeNumber(callback: Function) Get badge number