How to create local notification in react native and android

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I am trying to create a local notification in android using react-native. My application is completely local, so I don't want to use GCM or FCM. I saw this question where it is done using java. Is there wrapper or a library in React Native to achieve the same?

I also saw PushNotificationIOS API, will it work with Android?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '16 at 17:23

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Yes, react-native-push-notifications. It does local notifications too on both iOS and Android.

https://github.com/zo0r/react-native-push-notification

answered Sep 01 '16 at 17:23

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I don't want GCM features as I'm not gonna use it. Is there a simple library which can achieve only local notifications? – Manu Viswam Sep 05 '16 at 16:52
You can use react-native-push-notification library to send local notifications on both iOS and Android. – pomo Sep 07 '16 at 07:40
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This library sucks - see issue below with no solution https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63144729/react-native-push-notification-android-notification-keeps-repeating-and-wont – james murphy Aug 02 '20 at 21:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 16 '20 at 16:28

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Wix has the best plugin for notifications.

Includes Local Notifications AND Push (Android & iOS)

https://github.com/wix/react-native-notifications

If you don't want to use push, you can skip the configuration and just install & link to start using

npm install --save react-native-notifications
react-native link react-native-notifications

Take a look at the install guide: https://github.com/wix/react-native-notifications/blob/master/docs/installation.md

Example of use

let localNotification = NotificationsIOS.localNotification({
    body: "Local notificiation!",
    title: "Local Notification Title",
    sound: "chime.aiff",
    silent: false,
    category: "SOME_CATEGORY",
    userInfo: { }
});

NotificationsAndroid.localNotification({
    title: "Local notification",
    body: "This notification was generated by the app!",
    extra: "data"
});

You can find more information on local notifications at https://wix.github.io/react-native-notifications/docs/localNotifications

Also, the notifications layout can be fully customized on Android

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answered Aug 23 '19 at 22:33

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Wix plugin doesn't work for android. As soon as I added wix react-native-notifications android app crashes though iOS works properly – Payel Dutta May 12 '20 at 19:56
The link to the local notifications doesn't work and those three parameters to create the Android notifications are not enough. – Roc Boronat May 27 '20 at 16:07
Here is the link https://wix.github.io/react-native-notifications/docs/localNotifications – muZk Jun 16 '20 at 16:27
Anyone got the wix's react-native-notifications plugin work for Local Notifications on Android? – ilight Apr 04 '22 at 06:42
any updates on this? android docs are very limited, how to customize local notification? how to add image? setup actions?... – mohas Oct 31 '22 at 15:56

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 14 '19 at 09:14

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You can use https://github.com/zo0r/react-native-push-notification to handle local notification. You can use it with out GCM dependencies. Read through Usage section GCM and scheduled notifications are optional. I am using this with Jobscheduler to avoid FCM dependencies.

answered Mar 14 '19 at 09:14

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I have a question, I'm developing two apps first of the user app and second to providers, in user app, I made some function to send order and saved into real-time database firebase t and in the second app I just retrieve the data from DB with a listener to get the new order as a real-time without refreshing the app, SO I want to when I send an order from user app to firebase I want to display a notify in the second app? How to handle these – DevAS May 14 '19 at 05:25
the major problem is the installation, there is not much clear docs, if you don't want to use the firebase. – Aman Deep Jul 07 '22 at 14:08

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 05 '22 at 00:30

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Consider Notifee library.

Notifee enables developers to rapidly build rich notifications with a simple API interface, whilst taking care of complex problems such as scheduling, background tasks, device API compatibility & more.

answered May 05 '22 at 00:30

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