Notifications.getInitialNotification() is undefined when click on notification in quite state [ANDROID]

[Etaliya]

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[silviaskura]

same here

[kristofb]

In which version of Android are you experiencing this problem?
It may be related to #920

[Etaliya]

In which version of Android are you experiencing this problem? It may be related to #920

Android 13

[kristofb]

Same for me in fact...

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[kristofb]

This issue is still valid.

[kristofb]

May be solved by #966

[greenimpala]

Still valid

[skinsapp]

Indeed it is solved by #966 , well done @kristofb !!

(verified on Android 13, on a Pixel 6 pro)

[oristian]

thanks @kristofb - works. would appreciate a merge!

[volle241]

The problem still valid without @kristofb's PR. How can we speed up merge process?

[greenimpala]

You can apply a patch for now @volle241. Although we still see the issue on some devices so I'm not 100% convinced this solves it.

react-native-notifications+4.3.5.patch

[diegoplatap]

If your provider is FCM, what works for me consistenly was to add yarn add @react-native-firebase/messaging and use:

messaging()
.getInitialNotification()
.then(remoteMessage => {
if (remoteMessage) {
console.log(
'Notification caused app to open from quit state:',
remoteMessage.notification,
);
}
})

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[TwistedMinda]

Hi, is anyone still stuck on this issue? Because I am. Tried all the options provided here and there:

• applying the patch
• testing the recent react-native-notifications 5.0.0
• use firebase's getInitialNotification instead
• replace react-native-splash-screen by react-native-bootsplash
• testing different launchMode (singleTask, singleTop, singleInstance, standard & even singleInstancePerTask)

but none of these helped

Recap of the bug:

Tapping a notification:

• opens correctly when app is on background
• opens correctly when app is quitted
• opens by restarting the activity when app is on foreground

The activity doesn't seem to really restart entirely: SplashScreen appears but the navigation state is preserved.
It would still be okay if getInitialNotification() would return the notification tapped, but it's not.

Am I the only one?

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[zabojad]

@TwistedMinda in my case, it works. Can you share the code where you call Notifications.getInitialNotification() ?

[TwistedMinda]

@zabojad Hey, good to know it can work!

Well I don't really do anything fancy, just calling it:

Notifications.getInitialNotification().then((notification) => {
  if (notification) {
    handleNotification(notification)  
  }
})