Firebase: Send Messages to a JavaScript Client (react-native) via device id

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Via: https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/js/receive is it possible to send notifications to device tokens such that you might get via react-native app (it's still just js)..? ...So sending to Android app (react-native) vs a web app in the browser.

I currently have push notifications setup in the java layer but if it can all be done via js, albeit.

Frank van Puffelen · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-10 15:48:54Z

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Firebase Cloud Messaging for the Web (FCM.js for short) depends on the browser's implementation of Web Push for the transport of messages.

A React Native app is very much not a browser-based app. So you cannot use FCM.js to receive message in your React Native app (unless somebody went out of their way to embed a compatible browser in the app).

answered Mar 10, 2017 at 15:48

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studiobrain Over a year ago

Super bummer! Not firebase's fault but a mobile application platform like react-native should have a push notification solution that doesn't require the dev to write a custom module, but nevertheless thanks for confirming my suspicions...

Frank van Puffelen Over a year ago

There is a third-party library in development binding many of the Firebase features from the native (iOS and Android) SDKs. See github.com/fullstackreact/react-native-firestack

studiobrain Over a year ago

Hmmm... This might be something that will be worth contributing to: github.com/fullstackreact/react-native-firestack/blob/master/…. Thanks for the link!

Salakar Over a year ago

@FrankvanPuffelen there's a lot broken in firestack and the fcm implementation included in this - at least on ios, I was the author of the formerly upcoming v3 branch of firestack that aimed to standardise everything, but I eventually ended up creating github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase - it's well tested, updated frequently and any issues do get picked up quickly. There is a full FCM solution built in for android and ios with custom notification support.

honor Over a year ago

"A React Native app is very much not a browser-based app. So you cannot use FCM.js to receive message in your React Native app (unless somebody went out of their way to embed a compatible browser in the app)." -> does this still apply?

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