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Google Firebase Cloud Messaging Cordova Push Plugin
Extremely easy plug&play push notification plugin for Cordova applications with Google Firebase FCM.
How it works | Installation | Push Payload Configuration | Features | Example Apps | Companion Plugins | Changelog | Authorship
How it works
Send a push notification to a single device or topic.
Push Notifications on iOS
On Android, push notifications don't require any special permission and can be tested from emulators freely.
Unfortunately, Apple is not as nice to work with, requiring:
- The running device to be a real device, no simulators allowed;
- Application has require the
UIBackgroundModes=[remote-notification]
permission (automatically configured by this plugin); - The user running the application has to manually allow the application to receive push notifications;
- The application must be build with credentials created from a paid account (or team) that is allowed to receive push notifications;
- The build installed has to have come from either Apple Store or TestFlight; Or, be build with a special certificate (https://customersupport.doubledutch.me/hc/en-us/articles/229495568-iOS-How-to-Create-a-Push-Notification-Certificate)
Installation
Make sure you have ‘google-services.json’ for Android and/or ‘GoogleService-Info.plist’ for iOS in your Cordova project root folder.
Preferences
Preference | Default Value | Description |
---|
ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON | @mipmap/ic_launcher | Default notification icon. |
ANDROID_FCM_VERSION | 21.0.0 | Native Firebase Message SDK version. :warning: Replaced by BoM versioning on Gradle >= 3.4. |
ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION | 26.0.0 | Firebase BoM version. |
ANDROID_GOOGLE_SERVICES_VERSION | 4.3.4 | Native Google Services SDK version. |
ANDROID_GRADLE_TOOLS_VERSION | 4.1.0 | Gradle tools version. |
IOS_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION | ~> 7.4.0 | Native Firebase Message SDK version |
Cordova
Default preferences:
npm install -g cordova@latest
npm uninstall @ionic-native/fcm
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12
Complete:
npm install -g cordova@latest
npm uninstall @ionic-native/fcm
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12 \
--variable ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON="@mipmap/ic_launcher" \
--variable ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION="26.0.0" \
--variable ANDROID_GOOGLE_SERVICES_VERSION="4.3.4" \
--variable ANDROID_GRADLE_TOOLS_VERSION="4.1.0" \
--variable IOS_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION="~> 7.4.0"
Ionic
Default preferences:
npm install -g cordova@latest
npm uninstall @ionic-native/fcm
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12
Complete:
npm install -g cordova@latest
npm uninstall @ionic-native/fcm
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12 \
--variable ANDROID_DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ICON="@mipmap/ic_launcher" \
--variable ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION="26.0.0" \
--variable ANDROID_GOOGLE_SERVICES_VERSION="4.3.4" \
--variable ANDROID_GRADLE_TOOLS_VERSION="4.1.0" \
--variable IOS_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_VERSION="~> 7.4.0"
Push Payload Configuration
Besides common FCM configuration (https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/ios/certs), the Push payload should contain "notification" and "data" keys and "click_action" equals to "FCM_PLUGIN_ACTIVITY" within "notification".
Structure expected:
{
...,
"notification": {
...
},
"data": {
...
},
"android": {
"notification": {
"click_action": "FCM_PLUGIN_ACTIVITY"
}
},
...,
}
Example:
{
"token": "[FCM token]",
"notification":{
"title":"Notification title",
"body":"Notification body",
"sound":"default",
},
"data":{
"param1":"value1",
"param2":"value2"
},
"android": {
"notification": {
"icon":"fcm_push_icon",
"click_action": "FCM_PLUGIN_ACTIVITY"
}
}
}
Features
As its own
The JS functions are now as written bellow and do require Promise support. Which, for Android API 19 support, it can be fulfilled by a polyfill.
FCM.clearAllNotifications()
Removes existing push notifications from the notifications center.
await FCM.clearAllNotifications();
FCM.createNotificationChannel()
For Android, some notification properties are only defined programmatically.
Channel can define the default behavior for notifications on Android 8.0+.
Once a channel is created, it stays unchangeable until the user uninstalls the app.
await FCM.createNotificationChannel({
id: "urgent_alert",
name: "Urgent Alert",
description: "Very urgent message alert",
importance: "high",
visibility: "public",
sound: "alert_sound",
lights: true,
vibration: true
});
FCM.deleteInstanceId()
Deletes the InstanceId, revoking all tokens.
await FCM.deleteInstanceId();
FCM.getAPNSToken()
Gets iOS device's current APNS token.
const apnsToken: string = await FCM.getAPNSToken();
FCM.getInitialPushPayload()
Retrieves the message that, on tap, opened the app. And null
, if the app was open normally.
const pushPayload: object = await FCM.getInitialPushPayload()
FCM.getToken()
Gets device's current registration id.
const fcmToken: string = await FCM.getToken()
FCM.hasPermission()
Checking for permissions on iOS. On android, it always returns true
.
const doesIt: boolean = await FCM.hasPermission()
FCM.onNotification()
Callback firing when receiving new notifications. It serves as a shortcut to listen to eventTarget's "notification" event.
const disposable = FCM.onNotification((payload: object) => {
})
disposable.dispose()
:warning: If the subscription to notification events happens after the notification has been fired, it'll be lost. As it is expected that you'd not always be able to catch the notification payload that the opened the app, the FCM.getInitialPushPayload()
method was introduced.
FCM.onTokenRefresh()
Callback firing when receiving a new Firebase token. It serves as a shortcut to listen to eventTarget's "tokenRefresh" event.
const disposable = FCM.onTokenRefresh((fcmToken: string) => {
})
disposable.dispose()
FCM.requestPushPermission()
Request push notification permission on iOS, alerting the user if he/she/they have not yet accepted or denied.
For Android, it'll always return true.
const wasPermissionGiven: boolean = await FCM.requestPushPermission({
ios9Support: {
timeout: 10,
interval: 0.3
}
})
:warning: Without this request, the Application won't receive any notification on iOS!
:warning: The user will only have its permition required once, after that time, this call will only return if the permission was given that time.
FCM.subscribeToTopic()
Subscribes you to a topic.
const topic: string
await FCM.subscribeToTopic(topic)
FCM.unsubscribeFromTopic()
Unsubscribes you from a topic.
const topic: string
await FCM.unsubscribeFromTopic(topic)
FCM.eventTarget
EventTarget object for native-sourced custom events. Useful for more advanced listening handling.
const listener = (data) => {
const payload = data.detail
}
FCM.eventTarget.addEventListener("notification", listener, false);
FCM.eventTarget.removeEventListener("notification", listener, false);
With Ionic
Ionic support was implemented as part of this plugin to allow users to have access to newer features with the type support. It is available in 3 flavors:
import { FCM } from "cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12/ionic";
import { FCM } from "cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12/ionic/ngx";
- Ionic v4 (also works for Ionic v3):
import { FCM } from "cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12/ionic/v4";
It brings the same behavior as the native implementation, except for FCM.onNotification()
and FCM.onTokenRefresh()
, which gain rxjs' Observable support.
To avoid confusion, it's suggested to also remove the redundant @ionic-native/fcm package.
FCM.onNotification()
Event firing when receiving new notifications.
this.fcm.onNotification().subscribe((payload: object) => {
});
FCM.onTokenRefresh()
Event firing when receiving a new Firebase token.
this.fcm.onTokenRefresh().subscribe((token: string) => {
});
Example Apps
Cordova
https://github.com/JaimeHere/cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12-app-example
Ionic v3
https://github.com/JaimeHere/cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12-ionic-v3-example
Ionic v5
https://github.com/JaimeHere/cordova-plugin-fcm-with-dependecy-updated-12-ionic-v5-example
Companion Plugins
Optional standalone FCM Image Support for Cordova iOS
After a lot of work, the first release of the plugin is out. Which should enable the support, just by installing it.
Link: https://github.com/andrehtissot/cordova-plugin-fcm-image-support
Optional standalone Cocoapods CDN source switcher
When the environment supports, the cocoapods source is automatically set to the official CDN instead of the slow Github repository.
Link: https://github.com/andrehtissot/cordova-plugin-cocoapods-cdn
Authorship
This started as a fork from https://github.com/fechanique/cordova-plugin-fcm and, gradually, had most of its implementation rewritten and improved, for newer dependency versions support, jitpack and cocoapods support, and new useful features.