firebase.notifications().getInitialNotification().then((notificationOpen: NotificationOpen) => Not working Always return Null in App.js

[lovekothari123]

Issue

Describe your issue here
Hello team,
I am facing an issues with background notification as per your document. I am using this function For example :-
**_

firebase
          .notifications()
          .getInitialNotification()
          .then((notificationOpen: NotificationOpen) => {
            console.log("getInitialNotification enter ");
            console.log(notificationOpen);
            if (notificationOpen) {
              // App was opened by a notification
              // Get the action triggered by the notification being opened
              const action = notificationOpen.action;
              // Get information about the notification that was opened
              const notification: Notification = notificationOpen.notification;

              console.log(notification);
            }
          });

So, when my application is in background or killed state and meanwhile i am click on notification.
getInitialNotification() always return NULL.

package.json{
"react-native-firebase": "^5.5.6",
}

Note :- I am able to received notification in foreground/background state but in background state not able to read notification data/payload.

Testing payload type 👍

{"to":"dyr0r0fqBGA:APA91bHjxjOWZdqCCpyTAxFLTUZrWUvCiO3M3W4YD76eAK0OWbqd-DgWMfEQ6h59n0aP85KlfWIUSTe9Luk15KRXM8-Y7QOWjeGcnVsU9_lRTglN-L_75t6Kb8qBDnIws2IYuL0HhhFU",
"notification" : {
      "body": "Message Body",
      "title" : "Call Status",
      "sound": "default",
      "badge":"5"
   },
  "data": {
      "type": 1,
      "body": "Message Body",
      "title" : "Call Status"
  },
"priority":"high"}

_**

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Project Files

iOS

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ios/Podfile:

• I'm not using Pods
• I'm using Pods and my Podfile looks like:

Here is my pod file data this content is only for firebase library.

Required by RNFirebase

Firebase

pod 'Firebase', '> 5.20.0'
pod 'Firebase/Core', '> 5.20.0'
pod 'Firebase/Analytics', '> 5.20.0'
pod 'Firebase/DynamicLinks', '> 5.20.0'
pod 'Firebase/Messaging', '~> 5.20.0'
pod 'React', path: rn_path, subspecs: [
'Core',
'CxxBridge',
'DevSupport',
'RCTActionSheet',
'RCTAnimation',
'RCTGeolocation',
'RCTImage',
'RCTLinkingIOS',
'RCTNetwork',
'RCTSettings',
'RCTText',
'RCTVibration',
'RCTWebSocket',
]

React-Native libraries

pod 'yoga', path: "#{rn_path}/ReactCommon/yoga"
pod 'RNFirebase', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/iOS'
pod "yoga", :path => "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga"
#pod 'React', :path => '../node_modules/react-native/'
pod 'Folly', :podspec => "#{rn_path}/third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec"

post_install do |installer|
rnfirebase = installer.pods_project.targets.find { |target| target.name == 'RNFirebase' }

#import "AppDelegate.h"


//Add this For Firebase only
#import "Firebase.h"
//Add this for notifications only
#import "RNFirebaseNotifications.h"
#import "RNFirebaseMessaging.h"

@implementation AppDelegate


//ADD Linking Code here ...........

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url
  sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation
{
  return [RCTLinkingManager application:application openURL:url
                      sourceApplication:sourceApplication annotation:annotation];
//  if (![RNBranch.branch application:app openURL:url options:options]) {
    // do other deep link routing for the Facebook SDK, Pinterest SDK, etc
//  }
//  return YES;
}

// Only if your app is using [Universal Links](https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppSearch/UniversalLinks.html).
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application continueUserActivity:(NSUserActivity *)userActivity
 restorationHandler:(void (^)(NSArray * _Nullable))restorationHandler
{
//   return [RNBranch continueUserActivity:userActivity];
  return [RCTLinkingManager application:application
                   continueUserActivity:userActivity
                     restorationHandler:restorationHandler];
}

//,.......tilll end here!



- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  
  [Fabric with:@[[Crashlytics class]]];
  
  [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:1.0f];
// [RNBranch initSessionWithLaunchOptions:launchOptions isReferrable:YES]; // <-- add this
  //Add this lines For Notifications
  //For genrating tokens----------------->
  [FIRApp configure];
  //For in-app popup...................

  //Testiong ....
  [RNFirebaseNotifications configure];

  [FIRMessaging messaging].delegate = self;
 //iOS 10 Notification installation ......
  [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter] setDelegate:self];
  
  
  //iOS 10 Notification installation end .....
  
  if ([UNUserNotificationCenter class] != nil) {
    // iOS 10 or later
    // For iOS 10 display notification (sent via APNS)
    [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter].delegate = self;
    UNAuthorizationOptions authOptions = UNAuthorizationOptionAlert |
    UNAuthorizationOptionSound | UNAuthorizationOptionBadge;
    [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter]
     requestAuthorizationWithOptions:authOptions
     completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
       // ...
     }];
  } else {
    // iOS 10 notifications aren't available; fall back to iOS 8-9 notifications.
    UIUserNotificationType allNotificationTypes =
    (UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge);
    UIUserNotificationSettings *settings =
    [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:allNotificationTypes categories:nil];
    [application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
  }

  [application registerForRemoteNotifications];
  
  [[FIRInstanceID instanceID] instanceIDWithHandler:^(FIRInstanceIDResult * _Nullable result,
                                                      NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (error != nil) {
      NSLog(@"Error fetching remote instance ID: %@", error);
    } else {
      NSLog(@"Remote instance ID token: %@", result.token);
      NSString* message =
      [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Remote InstanceID token: %@", result.token];
      // self.instanceIDTokenMessage.text = message;
    }
  }];
  
  
  
  //Add this for showing push pop-up on app.......................................?
  
  NSURL *jsCodeLocation;

  #ifdef DEBUG
// Development
jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
#else
// Production
jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource: @"main" withExtension: @"jsbundle"];
#endif

  NSDictionary *props = @{@"isDebugMode": @(NO), @"isTestMode": @(NO), @"isProdMode": @(YES)};
  RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation
                                                      
                                               initialProperties:props
                                                   launchOptions:launchOptions];
  rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];
  rootView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
  
  self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
  self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
  UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
  rootViewController.view = rootView;
  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
  return YES;
}



- (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window {
  return [Orientation getOrientation];
}
//Add other for background notifications ..........................

- (void)messaging:(FIRMessaging *)messaging didReceiveRegistrationToken:(NSString *)fcmToken {
  NSLog(@"FCM registration token: %@", fcmToken);
  // Notify about received token.
  NSDictionary *dataDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:fcmToken forKey:@"token"];
  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:
   @"FCMToken" object:nil userInfo:dataDict];
  // TODO: If necessary send token to application server.
  // Note: This callback is fired at each app startup and whenever a new token is generated.
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification {
  [[RNFirebaseNotifications instance] didReceiveLocalNotification:notification];
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(nonnull NSDictionary *)userInfo
fetchCompletionHandler:(nonnull void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler{
  [[RNFirebaseNotifications instance] didReceiveRemoteNotification:userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
  //Read payload
  
  
  //Read payload ....
  
  
  
}







- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:(UIUserNotificationSettings *)notificationSettings {
  [[RNFirebaseMessaging instance] didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:notificationSettings];
}

// Add this for background popup

@end

// For AppDelegate.h
`@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate,  UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>`

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Android

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Have you converted to AndroidX?

• my application is an AndroidX application?
• I am using android/gradle.settings jetifier=true for Android compatibility?
• I am using the NPM package jetifier for react-native compatibility?

android/build.gradle:

//For Android 

buildscript {
repositories {
google()
jcenter()
maven {
url 'https://maven.google.com/'
name 'Google'
}
maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.27.1'
classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.2'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
}

}

allprojects {
repositories {
mavenLocal()

    google()
    jcenter()
    maven {
        // All of React Native (JS, Obj-C sources, Android binaries) is installed from npm
        url "$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/android"
    }
    maven {
        url 'https://maven.google.com/'
        name 'Google'
    }
}

}

subprojects {
afterEvaluate { project ->
if (project.hasProperty("android")) {
android {
compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
}
}
}
}

ext {
buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
minSdkVersion = 16
compileSdkVersion = 28
targetSdkVersion = 28
supportLibVersion = '1.0.0-beta01'
googleServiceVersion = "17.2.0"
}

android/app/build.gradle:

// Firebase data only 


> dependencies {
>   
>     implementation project(':react-native-firebase')
>
>    implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0"
>    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.9"
> //     implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.6"
>      implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:19.0.0'
>      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:17.0.0"
>      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:${rootProject.ext.googleServiceVersion}"
> //     implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:+"
> apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

android/settings.gradle:

include ':react-native-firebase'
project(':react-native-firebase').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-firebase/android')

MainApplication.java:

import io.invertase.firebase.RNFirebasePackage;
import io.invertase.firebase.analytics.RNFirebaseAnalyticsPackage;
import io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseMessagingPackage;
new RNFirebasePackage(),
new RNFirebaseMessagingPackage(), // <-- Add this line
new RNFirebaseAnalyticsPackage(), // <-- Add this line
new RNFirebaseNotificationsPackage()

AndroidManifest.xml:

xml

    <service android:name="io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseMessagingService">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </service>

    <service android:name="io.invertase.firebase.messaging.RNFirebaseBackgroundMessagingService" />

  <meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />

  <meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_color" android:value="#000" />

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

  <receiver android:name="io.invertase.firebase.notifications.RNFirebaseBackgroundNotificationActionReceiver" android:exported="true">
    <intent-filter>
      <action android:name="io.invertase.firebase.notifications.BackgroundAction"/>
    </intent-filter>
  </receiver>
  <service android:name="io.invertase.firebase.notifications.RNFirebaseBackgroundNotificationActionsService"/>

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Environment

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react-native info output:

 OUTPUT GOES HERE

info
React Native Environment Info:
System:
OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4308U CPU @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 17.79 MB / 8.00 GB
Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 10.15.3 - /usr/local/bin/node
npm: 6.4.1 - /usr/local/bin/npm
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
Android SDK:
API Levels: 23, 25, 27, 28
Build Tools: 23.0.1, 28.0.3
System Images: android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-28 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom
IDEs:
Android Studio: 3.5 AI-191.8026.42.35.5791312
Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
react: 16.8.1 => 16.8.1
react-native: ^0.59.3 => 0.59.3
npmGlobalPackages:
create-react-native-app: 2.0.2
react-native-cli: 2.0.1
react-native-git-upgrade: 0.2.7

• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:
  • iOS
  • Android
  • iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • Both

• react-native-firebase version you're using that has this issue:

"react-native-firebase": "^5.5.6",

• Firebase module(s) you're using that has the issue:
  • e.g. Instance ID
• Are you using TypeScript?
  • NO i am using .JS file

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[mikehardy]

You must follow the template or we close the issue

As a hunch maybe make sure this isn't affecting you if you are on android crazycodeboy/react-native-splash-screen#289 (comment)

[lovekothari123]

Hello @mikehardy please check above code and comments i have mention all information which is related to firebase
please review all information.

[mikehardy]

You have picked and chosen which data to show, I can't spend time troubleshooting that way. You did not address my comment about possible splash-screen interaction and only the whole AndroidManifest.xml would show it.

[lovekothari123]

thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you thank-you sooooo much to share me this link crazycodeboy/react-native-splash-screen#289 (comment)
@mikehardy
you are great i have solved my issues thank-you again @mikehardy 👍 👍 👍

[mikehardy]

By my count you are at least the 12th person just from this repo that has had that issue. 😅 glad that worked.

[minhnguyenwp]

@mikehardy Sorry, i face this issue, but android works fine. IOS is problem.
i can get action when app is background, but app killed ios just opens app not goes to deeplink.
i have getInitialNotification() <- not work when app killed,
onNotificationOpened() <- it's fine,

• "react-native": "0.59.9",
• "react-native-firebase": "5.5.6",
• "react-native-splash-screen": "3.1.1",

any idea, Gents!

[ramonvermeulen]

I'm facing this issue as well. getInitialNotification().then(res => ...); is always returning null for me on iOS. On android everything is working just fine, any solutions? Using react-native-firebase 5.5.6 with react-native 0.59.9.

Any updates?

[arunanna]

@ramonvermeulen I am also having the same issue, except that my react native version is 0.61.0

[Juliocbr]

Did anyone find a solution for this error? I planned to upgrade from version 3.3.1 to 5.5.6 but apparently I will not do so for now.

[davidwlhlm]

Hi, do you have remote debugging enabled? I had the same issue last week with react-native 0.60.5 and react-native-firebase 5.5.6, but I could resolve the issue after turning "Debug JS Remotely" off.

I came to the solution after encountering a similar behaviour with React Native's Linking module. Linking.getInitialURL() (detecting with which link the app was initially opened) always returns null, if remote debugging is on.

[mikehardy]

@davidwlhlm that seems like such a gotcha - could you propose a PR to the docs with a troubleshooting section or something? I can't imagine the time lost trying to find that, and you've already found it :-). All docs have an edit button top-right

[minhnguyenwp]

Debug JS Remotely

i knew this issue, but the problem is i reported on real device with ipa and app from appstore.

[ghasemikasra39]

Dear @minhnguyenwp
I am facing exactly the same issue as yours in V7. I created the corresponding issue here. In the meanwhile, have you found any solution to this?

[RishavKumar-3796]

Push notification does not give call back if there are multiple notifications in the notification console and when one notification is already clicked then clicking on another notification from the notification tray after closing the app does not call any notification life cycle method.

Let's say there are 5-6 notifications in the console, we click on one of the notification which opens up the app and works as expected and calls the related methods. After that when we close the app and then click on another notification from the notification console then it does not call any notification method.

I am using "react-native": "0.61.4", and "@react-native-firebase/messaging": "^7.4.2",

[CoconutSiloDev]

I am not sure if it is still related but for those who are using 'react-native-splash-screen', if you can, do not use this package as it has a number of serious unobservable issues.
If you still decide to use it and if you also get null for messaging().getInitialNotificatio().

Make sure your SplashActivity.java is similar to this. I found this after getting null for three hours

-------------------------SplashActivity.java --------------------------------------------------------------------

package com.nameOfYourPackage;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

public class SplashActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@OverRide
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    Intent fcmIntent = this.getIntent();
    Bundle bundle = fcmIntent.getExtras();

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
    intent.putExtras(fcmIntent);
    startActivity(intent);
    finish();
}

}

[cretumarius]

@CoconutSiloDev
Thanks man, you're awesome. I've faced the exact same problem and your comment solved my issue.