React-native-firebase: [iOS][Notifications] does not work when app is killed / background

[maggialejandro]

Issue

The Push Notification does arrive when the app is in background or killed.
It is received when app is next opened.

PODS:
  - AppsFlyerFramework (4.8.5)
  - Crashlytics (3.9.3):
    - Fabric (~> 1.7.2)
  - Fabric (1.7.7)
  - Firebase/Core (5.0.1):
    - Firebase/CoreOnly
    - FirebaseAnalytics (= 5.0.0)
  - Firebase/CoreOnly (5.0.1):
    - FirebaseCore (= 5.0.1)
  - Firebase/Crash (5.0.1):
    - Firebase/Core
    - FirebaseCrash (= 3.0.0)
  - Firebase/Messaging (5.0.1):
    - Firebase/CoreOnly
    - FirebaseMessaging (= 3.0.0)
  - Firebase/Performance (5.0.1):
    - Firebase/Core
    - FirebasePerformance (= 2.0.0)
  - Firebase/RemoteConfig (5.0.1):
    - Firebase/Core
    - FirebaseRemoteConfig (= 3.0.0)
  - FirebaseABTesting (2.0.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
    - Protobuf (~> 3.5)
  - FirebaseAnalytics (5.0.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseInstanceID (~> 3.0)
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (~> 2.1)"
    - nanopb (~> 0.3)
  - FirebaseCore (5.0.1):
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (~> 2.1)"
  - FirebaseCrash (3.0.0):
    - FirebaseAnalytics (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseInstanceID (~> 3.0)
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Logger (~> 2.1)
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (~> 2.1)"
    - Protobuf (~> 3.5)
  - FirebaseInstanceID (3.0.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
  - FirebaseMessaging (3.0.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseInstanceID (~> 3.0)
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Logger (~> 2.1)
    - Protobuf (~> 3.1)
  - FirebasePerformance (2.0.0):
    - FirebaseAnalytics (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseInstanceID (~> 3.0)
    - FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities/ISASwizzling (~> 2.0)
    - FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities/MethodSwizzling (~> 2.0)
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Logger (~> 2.1)
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (~> 2.1)"
    - GTMSessionFetcher/Core (~> 1.1)
    - Protobuf (~> 3.5)
  - FirebaseRemoteConfig (3.0.0):
    - FirebaseABTesting (~> 2.0)
    - FirebaseAnalytics (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
    - FirebaseInstanceID (~> 3.0)
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (~> 2.1)"
    - Protobuf (~> 3.5)
  - FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities/ISASwizzling (2.0.0)
  - FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities/MethodSwizzling (2.0.0):
    - FirebaseCore (~> 5.0)
  - GoogleAppUtilities (1.1.2):
    - GoogleSymbolUtilities (~> 1.1)
  - GoogleAuthUtilities (2.0.2):
    - GoogleNetworkingUtilities (~> 1.2)
    - GoogleSymbolUtilities (~> 1.1)
  - GoogleNetworkingUtilities (1.2.2):
    - GoogleSymbolUtilities (~> 1.1)
  - GoogleSignIn (4.1.2):
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSDictionary+URLArguments (~> 2.1)"
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSString+URLArguments (~> 2.1)"
    - GTMOAuth2 (~> 1.0)
    - GTMSessionFetcher/Core (~> 1.1)
  - GoogleSymbolUtilities (1.1.2)
  - GoogleToolboxForMac/DebugUtils (2.1.4):
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Defines (= 2.1.4)
  - GoogleToolboxForMac/Defines (2.1.4)
  - GoogleToolboxForMac/Logger (2.1.4):
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Defines (= 2.1.4)
  - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSData+zlib (2.1.4)":
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Defines (= 2.1.4)
  - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSDictionary+URLArguments (2.1.4)":
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/DebugUtils (= 2.1.4)
    - GoogleToolboxForMac/Defines (= 2.1.4)
    - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSString+URLArguments (= 2.1.4)"
  - "GoogleToolboxForMac/NSString+URLArguments (2.1.4)"
  - GoogleUtilities (1.3.2):
    - GoogleSymbolUtilities (~> 1.1)
  - GTMOAuth2 (1.1.6):
    - GTMSessionFetcher (~> 1.1)
  - GTMSessionFetcher (1.1.15):
    - GTMSessionFetcher/Full (= 1.1.15)
  - GTMSessionFetcher/Core (1.1.15)
  - GTMSessionFetcher/Full (1.1.15):
    - GTMSessionFetcher/Core (= 1.1.15)
  - nanopb (0.3.8):
    - nanopb/decode (= 0.3.8)
    - nanopb/encode (= 0.3.8)
  - nanopb/decode (0.3.8)
  - nanopb/encode (0.3.8)
  - Protobuf (3.5.0)

DEPENDENCIES:
  - AppsFlyerFramework
  - Crashlytics (~> 3.9.3)
  - Fabric (~> 1.7.2)
  - Firebase/Core
  - Firebase/Crash
  - Firebase/Messaging
  - Firebase/Performance
  - Firebase/RemoteConfig
  - FirebaseInstanceID
  - FirebaseMessaging
  - GoogleAppUtilities
  - GoogleAuthUtilities
  - GoogleNetworkingUtilities
  - GoogleSignIn
  - GoogleSymbolUtilities
  - GoogleUtilities

SPEC REPOS:
  https://github.com/cocoapods/specs.git:
    - AppsFlyerFramework
    - Crashlytics
    - Fabric
    - Firebase
    - FirebaseABTesting
    - FirebaseAnalytics
    - FirebaseCore
    - FirebaseCrash
    - FirebaseInstanceID
    - FirebaseMessaging
    - FirebasePerformance
    - FirebaseRemoteConfig
    - FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities
    - GoogleAppUtilities
    - GoogleAuthUtilities
    - GoogleNetworkingUtilities
    - GoogleSignIn
    - GoogleSymbolUtilities
    - GoogleToolboxForMac
    - GoogleUtilities
    - GTMOAuth2
    - GTMSessionFetcher
    - nanopb
    - Protobuf

SPEC CHECKSUMS:
  AppsFlyerFramework: cf9fdd7367a3871542f46b75b56723395553f951
  Crashlytics: dbb07d01876c171c5ccbdf7826410380189e452c
  Fabric: bda89e242bce1b7b8ab264248cf3407774ce0095
  Firebase: d6861c2059d8c32d1e6dd8932e22ada346d90a3a
  FirebaseABTesting: 1f50b8d50f5e3469eea54e7463a7b7fe221d1f5e
  FirebaseAnalytics: 19812b49fa5f283dd6b23edf8a14b5d477029ab8
  FirebaseCore: cafc814b2d84fc8733f09e653041cc2165332ad7
  FirebaseCrash: 8900571fd763fd5bdda04522ec53da979456e3ce
  FirebaseInstanceID: 83e0040351565df711a5db3d8ebe5ea21aca998a
  FirebaseMessaging: f2360a966ecfb0d14facf0fbdf306efc2df0ddbe
  FirebasePerformance: 1ec6c40e5dad2543ca4c4f25d15168bde6322c2c
  FirebaseRemoteConfig: 3c57e4644bd6976b671ae0b725cd709f198bd1f5
  FirebaseSwizzlingUtilities: 6c22677c50d0b6f5f0dc637c1233f13694a3003f
  GoogleAppUtilities: a8a552aa74f6597f805e45b5a3962766c3134973
  GoogleAuthUtilities: ccad2e0a9284699973ff57c0dd24c3893657fda4
  GoogleNetworkingUtilities: 3edd3a8161347494f2da60ea0deddc8a472d94cb
  GoogleSignIn: d9ef55b10f0aa401a5de2747f59b725e4b9732ac
  GoogleSymbolUtilities: 631ee17048aa5e9ab133470d768ea997a5ef9b96
  GoogleToolboxForMac: 91c824d21e85b31c2aae9bb011c5027c9b4e738f
  GoogleUtilities: 8bbc733218aad26306f9d4a253823986110e3358
  GTMOAuth2: c77fe325e4acd453837e72d91e3b5f13116857b2
  GTMSessionFetcher: 5fa5b80fd20e439ef5f545fb2cb3ca6c6714caa2
  nanopb: 5601e6bca2dbf1ed831b519092ec110f66982ca3
  Protobuf: 8a9838fba8dae3389230e1b7f8c104aa32389c03

PODFILE CHECKSUM: 8db2444829a197d3b1ef484abfd469f594d2ada1

COCOAPODS: 1.5.3

AppDelegate.m

#import "AppDelegate.h"

#import <React/RCTLinkingManager.h>
#import <React/RCTBundleURLProvider.h>
#import <React/RCTRootView.h>
#if __has_include(<React/RNSentry.h>)
#import <React/RNSentry.h> // This is used for versions of react >= 0.40
#else
#import "RNSentry.h" // This is used for versions of react < 0.40
#endif
#import <FBSDKCoreKit/FBSDKCoreKit.h>
#import <FBSDKLoginKit/FBSDKLoginKit.h>
#import <RNGoogleSignin/RNGoogleSignin.h>
#import "SplashScreen.h"
#import <CodePush/CodePush.h>
#import <AppsFlyerLib/AppsFlyerTracker.h>
#import <Firebase.h>
#import "RNFirebaseNotifications.h"
#import "RNFirebaseMessaging.h"

@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  [FIRApp configure];
  [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter] setDelegate:self];

  NSURL *jsCodeLocation;

  #ifdef DEBUG
    jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index.ios" fallbackResource:nil];
  #else
    jsCodeLocation = [CodePush bundleURL];
  #endif

  RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation
                                                      moduleName:@"AppName"
                                               initialProperties:nil
                                                   launchOptions:launchOptions];

  [RNSentry installWithRootView:rootView];

  rootView.backgroundColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0f green:1.0f blue:1.0f alpha:1];

  self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
  UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
  rootViewController.view = rootView;
  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

  [SplashScreen show];
  [RNFirebaseNotifications configure];

  return [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application
                                  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:launchOptions];
}

- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
  [FBSDKAppEvents activateApp];
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url
  sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation {

  return [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application
                                                        openURL:url
                                              sourceApplication:sourceApplication
                                                     annotation:annotation
          ]
  || [RNGoogleSignin application:application
                         openURL:url
               sourceApplication:sourceApplication
                      annotation:annotation
      ]
  || [RCTLinkingManager application:application openURL:url
               sourceApplication:sourceApplication annotation:annotation];
}

- (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];
}

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

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(nonnull NSData *)deviceToken{
  [[AppsFlyerTracker sharedTracker] registerUninstall:deviceToken];
}

@end

AppDelegate.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@import UserNotifications;

@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>

@property (nonatomic, strong) UIWindow *window;

@end

FCM Payload

$post = [
  'to' => $to,
  'priority' => 'high',
  'content_available' => true,
  'show_in_foreground' => true,

  'notification' => array(
    'time_to_live' => 172800,
    "sound" => "default",
    "lights" => true,
    'title' => $notification['title'],
    'body'  => $notification['body'],
    'tag'   => $notification['id'],
    'color' => '#3f78c3',
    'priority' => 'high',
    'icon'      => 'ic_notif',
    'image'     => 'ic_launcher',
    'largeIcon' => 'ic_launcher',
    'smallIcon' => 'ic_launcher'
  ),

  'data' => [
    'notificationId' => $notification['notificationId'],
    'title' => $notification['title'],
    'body'  => $notification['body'],
    'iso' => $notification['iso'],
    'image' => 'ic_launcher',
    'click_action'  => $notification['url'],
  ]
];

any ideas?
Thanks in advance

Environment

iOS 9.3.5 Real Device on Release Mode
react-native-firebsse 4.2.0
react-native 0.53.3
XCode 9.1
MacOS 10.13.5

[maggialejandro]

Fixed it by removing FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled from Info.plist

[DexterHuang]

@maggialejandro hey, I have removed FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled from my info.plist,
but the situation is still the same... only received the notification when the app is in the foreground...

[henrycity]

@maggialejandro solution worked for me.

[ananth10]

Hello , I am also facing similar issue. notification did not receive when IOS app in background/closed.
please anyone provide working solution. Thanks in advance.

[andreififiita]

Hello, I am having the same issue with data messages, but only when the app is killed. When it is in background it works fine. Also, I do not have a FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled entry in my Info.plist.

[crushy26]

@andreififiita Did you find any solution for app killed issue.??

[laukaichung]

@maggialejandro
I don't have FirebaseAppDelegateProxyEnabled in Info.plist and the notification doesn't work in the background.

[phonganhhung9xtb]

when app killed, i cannot open my notification, seem app crashed immediate click on notfication. any update? i'm using ios device.

[faustoct]

@pheromonez to me it's like happens the same.. the app does not crash but it's put launched and put in background..

[moulie415]

Seems on iOS the notification won't be received instantly when app is killed, only when it is next opened. See the docs: https://rnfirebase.io/docs/v5.x.x/messaging/introduction

[seunex]

When the app is in Background, You should get a notification when you set
'registration_ids' => '', 'data' => '', 'priority' => "high" , 'content_available' => true //this

@moulie415 image helped too. Thanks