@react-native-community/push-notification-ios

React Native Push Notification API for iOS.

Notification	With Action	With TextInput Action

Getting started

Install

yarn add @react-native-community/push-notification-ios

Link

React Native v0.60+

The package is automatically linked when building the app. All you need to do is:

npx pod-install

For android, the package will be linked automatically on build.

For React Native version 0.59 or older

React Native <= v0.59

react-native link @react-native-community/push-notification-ios

• upgrading to react-native >= 0.60

First, unlink the library. Then follow the instructions above.

react-native unlink @react-native-community/push-notification-ios

• manual linking

If you don't want to use the methods above, you can always link the library manually.

Add Capabilities : Background Mode - Remote Notifications

Go into your MyReactProject/ios dir and open MyProject.xcworkspace workspace. Select the top project "MyProject" and select the "Signing & Capabilities" tab. Add a 2 new Capabilities using "+" button:

• Background Mode capability and tick Remote Notifications.
• Push Notifications capability

Augment AppDelegate

Finally, to enable support for notification and register events you need to augment your AppDelegate.

Update AppDelegate.h

At the top of the file:

#import <UserNotifications/UNUserNotificationCenter.h>

Then, add the 'UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate' to protocols:

@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate, RCTBridgeDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>

Update AppDelegate.m

At the top of the file:

#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
#import <RNCPushNotificationIOS.h>

Then, add the following lines:

// Required for the register event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken
{
  NSMutableString *hexString = [NSMutableString string];
  NSUInteger deviceTokenLength = deviceToken.length;
  const unsigned char *bytes = deviceToken.bytes;
  for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < deviceTokenLength; i++) {
    [hexString appendFormat:@"%02x", bytes[i]];
  }
 [RNCPushNotificationIOS didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:hexString];
}
// Required for the notification event. You must call the completion handler after handling the remote notification.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
fetchCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didReceiveRemoteNotification:userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
}
// Required for the registrationError event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError *)error
{
 [RNCPushNotificationIOS didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:error];
}
// Required for localNotification event
- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completionHandler
{
  [RNCPushNotificationIOS didReceiveNotificationResponse:response];
}

And then in your AppDelegate implementation, add the following:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  ...
  // Define UNUserNotificationCenter
  UNUserNotificationCenter *center = [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter];
  center.delegate = self;

  return YES;
}

//Called when a notification is delivered to a foreground app.
-(void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler
{
  completionHandler(UNNotificationPresentationOptionSound | UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert | UNNotificationPresentationOptionBadge);
}

Migrating from the core react-native module

This module was created when the PushNotificationIOS was split out from the core of React Native. To migrate to this module you need to follow the installation instructions above and then change you imports from:

import {PushNotificationIOS} from 'react-native';

to:

import PushNotificationIOS from '@react-native-community/push-notification-ios';

How to determine push notification user click

Receiving remote pushes has two common cases: user dismissed notification and user clicked notification. To have separate logic for each case you can use notification.getData().userInteraction to determine push notification user click:

export const App = () => {
  const [permissions, setPermissions] = useState({});

  useEffect(() => {
    PushNotificationIOS.addEventListener('notification', onRemoteNotification);
  });

  const onRemoteNotification = (notification) => {
    const isClicked = notification.getData().userInteraction === 1;

    if (isClicked) {
      // Navigate user to another screen
    } else {
      // Do something else with push notification
    }
  };
};

How to perform different action based on user selected action.

export const App = () => {
  const [permissions, setPermissions] = useState({});

  /**
   * By calling this function, notification with category `userAction` will have action buttons
   */
  const setNotificationCategories = () => {
    PushNotificationIOS.setNotificationCategories([
      {
        id: 'userAction',
        actions: [
          {id: 'open', title: 'Open', options: {foreground: true}},
          {
            id: 'ignore',
            title: 'Desruptive',
            options: {foreground: true, destructive: true},
          },
          {
            id: 'text',
            title: 'Text Input',
            options: {foreground: true},
            textInput: {buttonTitle: 'Send'},
          },
        ],
      },
    ]);
  };

  useEffect(() => {
    PushNotificationIOS.addEventListener('notification', onRemoteNotification);
  });

  const onRemoteNotification = (notification) => {
    const actionIdentifier = notification.getActionIdentifier();

    if (actionIdentifier === 'open') {
      // Perform action based on open action
    }

    if (actionIdentifier === 'text') {
      // Text that of user input.
      const userText = notification.getUserText();
      // Perform action based on textinput action
    }
  };
};

Reference

Methods

presentLocalNotification()

PushNotificationIOS.presentLocalNotification(details);

Deprecated - use addNotificationRequest instead. Schedules the localNotification for immediate presentation.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
details	object	Yes	See below.

details is an object containing:

• alertBody : The message displayed in the notification alert.
• alertAction : The "action" displayed beneath an actionable notification. Defaults to "view". Note that Apple no longer shows this in iOS 10 +
• alertTitle : The text displayed as the title of the notification alert.
• soundName : The sound played when the notification is fired (optional).
• isSilent : If true, the notification will appear without sound (optional).
• category : The category of this notification, required for actionable notifications (optional).
• userInfo : An object containing additional notification data (optional).
• applicationIconBadgeNumber The number to display as the app's icon badge. The default value of this property is 0, which means that no badge is displayed (optional).

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scheduleLocalNotification()

PushNotificationIOS.scheduleLocalNotification(details);

Deprecated - use addNotificationRequest instead. Schedules the localNotification for future presentation.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
details	object	Yes	See below.

details is an object containing:

• fireDate : The date and time when the system should deliver the notification.
• alertTitle : The text displayed as the title of the notification alert.
• alertBody : The message displayed in the notification alert.
• alertAction : The "action" displayed beneath an actionable notification. Defaults to "view". Note that Apple no longer shows this in iOS 10 +
• soundName : The sound played when the notification is fired (optional).
• isSilent : If true, the notification will appear without sound (optional).
• category : The category of this notification, required for actionable notifications (optional).
• userInfo : An object containing additional notification data (optional).
• applicationIconBadgeNumber The number to display as the app's icon badge. Setting the number to 0 removes the icon badge (optional).
• repeatInterval : The interval to repeat as a string. Possible values: minute, hour, day, week, month, year (optional).

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addNotificationRequest()

PushNotificationIOS.addNotificationRequest(request);

Sends notificationRequest to notification center at specified firedate. Fires immediately if firedate is not set.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
request	object	Yes	See below.

request is an object containing:

• id: Identifier of the notification. Required in order to be able to retrieve specific notification. (required)
• title: A short description of the reason for the alert.
• subtitle: A secondary description of the reason for the alert.
• body : The message displayed in the notification alert.
• badge The number to display as the app's icon badge. Setting the number to 0 removes the icon badge.
• fireDate : The date and time when the system should deliver the notification.
• repeats : Sets notification to repeat daily. Must be used with fireDate.
• sound : The sound played when the notification is fired.
• category : The category of this notification, required for actionable notifications.
• isSilent : If true, the notification will appear without sound.
• userInfo : An object containing additional notification data.

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setNotificationCategories()

PushNotificationIOS.setNotificationCategories(categories);

Sets category for the notification center. Allows you to add specific actions for notification with specific category.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
categories	object[]	Yes	See below.

category is an object containing:

• id: Identifier of the notification category. Notification with this category will have the specified actions. (required)
• actions: An array of notification actions to be attached to the notification of category id.

action is an object containing:

• id: Identifier of Action. This value will be returned as actionIdentifier when notification is received.
• title: Text to be shown on notification action button.
• options: Options for notification action.
  • foreground: If true, action will be displayed on notification.
  • destructive: If true, action will be displayed as destructive notification.
  • authenticationRequired: If true, action will only be displayed for authenticated user.
• textInput: Option for textInput action. If textInput prop exists, then user action will automatically become a text input action. The text user inputs will be in the userText field of the received notification.
  • buttonTitle: Text to be shown on button when user finishes text input. Default is "Send" or its equivalent word in user's language setting.
  • placeholder: Placeholder for text input for text input action.

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removePendingNotificationRequests()

PushNotificationIOS.removeDeliveredNotifications(identifiers);

Removes the specified pending notifications from Notification Center

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
identifiers	string[]	Yes	Array of notification identifiers.

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removeAllPendingNotificationRequests()

PushNotificationIOS.removeAllPendingNotificationRequests();

Removes all pending notification requests in the notification center.

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removeAllDeliveredNotifications()

PushNotificationIOS.removeAllDeliveredNotifications();

Remove all delivered notifications from Notification Center

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getDeliveredNotifications()

PushNotificationIOS.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.

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removeDeliveredNotifications()

PushNotificationIOS.removeDeliveredNotifications(identifiers);

Removes the specified delivered notifications from Notification Center

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
identifiers	string[]	Yes	Array of notification identifiers.

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setApplicationIconBadgeNumber()

PushNotificationIOS.setApplicationIconBadgeNumber(number);

Sets the badge number for the app icon on the home screen

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
number	number	Yes	Badge number for the app icon.

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getApplicationIconBadgeNumber()

PushNotificationIOS.getApplicationIconBadgeNumber(callback);

Gets the current badge number for the app icon on the home screen

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
callback	function	Yes	A function that will be passed the current badge number.

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cancelLocalNotifications()

PushNotificationIOS.cancelLocalNotifications(userInfo);

Cancel local notifications.

Optionally restricts the set of canceled notifications to those notifications whose userInfo fields match the corresponding fields in the userInfo argument.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
userInfo	object	No

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getScheduledLocalNotifications()

PushNotificationIOS.getScheduledLocalNotifications(callback);

Gets the local notifications that are currently scheduled.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
callback	function	Yes	A function that will be passed an array of objects describing local notifications.

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addEventListener()

PushNotificationIOS.addEventListener(type, handler);

Attaches a listener to remote or local notification events while the app is running in the foreground or the background.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Yes	Event type.
handler	function	Yes	Listener.

Valid events are:

• notification : Fired when a remote notification is received. The handler will be invoked with an instance of PushNotificationIOS.
• localNotification : Fired when a local notification is received. The handler will be invoked with an instance of PushNotificationIOS.
• register: Fired when the user registers for remote notifications. The handler will be invoked with a hex string representing the deviceToken.
• registrationError: Fired when the user fails to register for remote notifications. Typically occurs when APNS is having issues, or the device is a simulator. The handler will be invoked with {message: string, code: number, details: any}.

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removeEventListener()

PushNotificationIOS.removeEventListener(type);

Removes the event listener. Do this in componentWillUnmount to prevent memory leaks

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
type	string	Yes	Event type.

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requestPermissions()

PushNotificationIOS.requestPermissions([permissions]);

Requests notification permissions from iOS, prompting the user's dialog box. By default, it will request all notification permissions, but a subset of these can be requested by passing a map of requested permissions. The following permissions are supported:

• alert
• badge
• sound

If a map is provided to the method, only the permissions with truthy values will be requested.

This method returns a promise that will resolve when the user accepts, rejects, or if the permissions were previously rejected. The promise resolves to the current state of the permission.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
permissions	array	No	alert, badge, or sound

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abandonPermissions()

PushNotificationIOS.abandonPermissions();

Unregister for all remote notifications received via Apple Push Notification service.

You should call this method in rare circumstances only, such as when a new version of the app removes support for all types of remote notifications. Users can temporarily prevent apps from receiving remote notifications through the Notifications section of the Settings app. Apps unregistered through this method can always re-register.

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checkPermissions()

PushNotificationIOS.checkPermissions(callback);

See what push permissions are currently enabled.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Description
callback	function	Yes	See below.

callback will be invoked with a permissions object:

• alert :boolean

• badge :boolean

• sound :boolean

• lockScreen :boolean

• notificationCenter :boolean

• authorizationStatus :AuthorizationStatus

  For a list of possible values of authorizationStatus, see PushNotificationIOS.AuthorizationStatus. For their meanings, refer to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/unauthorizationstatus

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getInitialNotification()

PushNotificationIOS.getInitialNotification();

This method returns a promise. If the app was launched by a push notification, this promise resolves to an object of type PushNotificationIOS. Otherwise, it resolves to null.

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constructor()

constructor(nativeNotif);

You will never need to instantiate PushNotificationIOS yourself. Listening to the notification event and invoking getInitialNotification is sufficient.

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finish()

finish(fetchResult);

This method is available for remote notifications that have been received via: application:didReceiveRemoteNotification:fetchCompletionHandler: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplicationdelegate/1623013-application?language=objc

Call this to execute when the remote notification handling is complete. When calling this block, pass in the fetch result value that best describes the results of your operation. You must call this handler and should do so as soon as possible. For a list of possible values, see PushNotificationIOS.FetchResult.

If you do not call this method your background remote notifications could be throttled, to read more about it see the above documentation link.

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getMessage()

getMessage();

An alias for getAlert to get the notification's main message string

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getSound()

getSound();

Gets the sound string from the aps object

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getCategory()

getCategory();

Gets the category string from the aps object

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getAlert()

getAlert();

Gets the notification's main message from the aps object

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getTitle()

getTitle();

Gets the notification's title from the aps object

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getContentAvailable()

getContentAvailable();

Gets the content-available number from the aps object

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getBadgeCount()

getBadgeCount();

Gets the badge count number from the aps object

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getData()

getData();

Gets the data object on the notification

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getThreadID()

getThreadID();

Gets the thread ID on the notification