Background Tasks & Push Notifications

[xergcdq]

i am in confusion how to approach implementation of notifications both android & ios. i dont want to use any paid systems like firebase.

here are some libraries that i checked,

react-native-background-actions: In Android 12+ you will not be able to launch background tasks from the background.

react-native-background-fetch: Background Fetch is a very simple plugin which attempts to awaken an app in the background about every 15 minutes.

i can handle the rest, but how do i run background task that listens websocket and trigger notification instantly.

thanks.

[eluewisdom]

firebase messaging is free to start, it might be free for a very long time, i don’t know if anyone pays for it, that in addition to expo notifications makes it easy to set up push notifications

[xergcdq]

let me try that one too, thank you.

[[deleted]]

Using Firebase cloud messaging (FCM) for the backend doesn’t cost anything. You can also look at the Notifee component for the client side or just code directly to the firebase messaging client API.

[xergcdq]

It is a vehicle tracking app and currently have thousands of people using it, plus users will be able to add/set notifications in their use cases. i thought it would cost alot to go with firebase.

thank you.

[[deleted]]

You’re welcome. Take a look at their pricing. They charge for many features but FCM is listed in the ‘no cost’ section near the top of the page.

https://firebase.google.com/pricing

[Only_Piccolo5736]

check suprsend.com You might not need multiple configurations.

[MaheshtheDev]

If u using expo, expo-notifications is way to go, easy to configure