Android - Push notifications not received when app is closed (Killed/Terminated/etc)

[mcastillo86]

Question

Hello,

I've been using this package for quite a while but we've just noticed the our app is receiving foreground and background notifications but none is received when the app is closed. Below you can find my RN and this library versions, as well as some part of my android manifest file. Am I missing something?

package.json

"react-native": "~0.63.5",
"react-native-push-notification": "8.1.1",

Android manifest

<receiver android:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationActions" />
<receiver
  android:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationPublisher" />
<receiver
  android:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationBootEventReceiver"
  android:exported="false">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
    <action android:name="com.htc.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
  </intent-filter>
</receiver>

<service
  android:name="com.dieam.reactnativepushnotification.modules.RNPushNotificationListenerService"
  android:exported="false">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
  </intent-filter>
</service>

[akshayhalasangi]

Check if you've asked for permissions for notifications.

[mcastillo86]

Thanks @akshayhalasangi but I have double checked that part, still nothing. Due to my version of react-native I followed this these steps. The app receives notifications when in background or foreground but not when it is closed.

[ericowhadi]

do you do PushNotification.configure in App.js or index.js?

[mrazekrad]

The same problem. PushNotification.configure is in index.js. Working on Android less then 13. Push notifications work when the app is in the foreground. Once it's off or in the background and a notification comes in, it kills the app.

Set environment according to https://dev.to/gautham495/asking-notification-permission-in-android-13-for-a-react-native-application-35n2

[mrazekrad]

this solved my problem:

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
add =>

android/app/build.gradle
add=>
implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:29.0.1')

android/build.gradle

buildToolsVersion = "30.0.2"
minSdkVersion = 23
compileSdkVersion = 33
targetSdkVersion = 33

And check permissions:
export const checkAndroidPermissionPostNotifications = async () => {
if (Platform.OS === "android" && Platform.Version >= 33) {
try {
// @ts-ignore - to be fixed after upgrade to RN 0.7+
const result = await PermissionsAndroid.check("android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS");
//Permission is undefined, asking for it.
if (result === undefined) {
// @ts-ignore - to be fixed after upgrade to RN 0.7+
await PermissionsAndroid.request(PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.POST_NOTIFICATIONS);
}
} catch (error) {}
}
};

good luck to everyone! Radek

[chakshit89]

Hey all folks here by spending over a day I have found a solution , FCM override function OnMessageRecieved will not call when app is killed , so you have to override Onhandleintent function inside your FCM . And from there you can add logic inside that function to show custom notification on the screen .🙂

[QuocTuanIT87]

When the app is closed, receiving notifications will be delayed. It can be 3 to 5 minutes.