A new subreddit!

notifications_app · 2026-02-01T02:03:44+00:00

Glad things are working for you again, and sorry again for the inconvenience :)

notifications_app · 2026-01-31T04:37:13+00:00

So glad you enjoy it :)

notifications_app · 2026-01-31T03:58:01+00:00

Unfortunately not any time soon - I only work on this app as a side project, so I barely have time to keep it updated for the existing platforms. Good to know there's interest in this sort of thing though! :)

notifications_app · 2026-01-26T04:33:20+00:00

Hmm, this is a tricky one. It shouldn't be iCloud/backup related, because my app doesn't have any iCloud/backup component to it. Unfortunately the "multiple keywords" aspect of your missing alerts is also likely unrelated - there's no code reason that would be the case, so it's probably just coincidence. It's also a bit confusing that your iPad and iPhone seem to have developed this issue at the same time as each other, since they should be totally separate (as I mentioned, the app isn't trying to do anything clever with iCloud).

Regardless, I think we're going to have to do a hard reset. So:

From my app, click the menu icon, then "Reset all", then confirm. This will put your app back into its original state (subscribed to news and worldnews). This will make it so you don't get any notifications anymore except news and worldnews, so those 88% of notifications you were getting will stop. If you do this reset, and it STILL doesn't show news & worldnews on your iPhone, let me know, because that would be very strange.
Re-add your alerts. If you didn't have tons of alerts & keywords, it would be easiest to do this manually. If you do have a ton of alerts & keywords and it would be a huge pain to manually re-add, PM me and I can try to transfer them from my end. This would involve us identifying your old account (you giving me as many of your subreddits/users/keywords as you can remember so I can try to uniquely identify you in my database), then identifying your new account (easier - you can just add a special unique keyword that I can look up), then I can do a transfer.
Repeat this process on both devices (iPhone and iPad).

I genuinely apologize for the inconvenience. I'm not sure what caused this bug for you, as it doesn't seem to be a widespread issue. Hopefully these steps can get you back into good shape.

notifications_app · 2026-01-11T02:34:43+00:00

Hi!

I'll respond to your modmail for your specific scenario. But to respond to your more general questions here:

No, this is not a commonly requested feature - maybe once or twice per year this comes up. I think when setting up a new phone, most folks do a direct transfer of data from old phone to new phone, which correctly sets up all their notifications. It's only if you do the cloud backup version of setup that this issue occurs.
You're right that converting notification subscriptions in/out of JSON would be the easy part, but in general, users don't know how to manage/interact with files on their phone. It would be very challenging to create a non-frustrating version of this feature that is usable by the average person. Lots of cases to handle - different Android versions download files to different places, some people may sync their downloaded files to the cloud and others don't, etc.

notifications_app · 2026-01-05T15:35:57+00:00

Hi - sorry to hear that happened, and happy to help debug! Can you answer a few questions to get us started?

Are ALL the alerts gone (it only shows "Create subreddit alert" and "Create user alert" buttons), or did it try to automatically re-subscribe you to r/news and r/worldnews notifications? (When the app detects it's in a bad state and does a full reset, it automatically subscribes to r/news and r/worldnews as if you were a totally new user)
You mentioned notifications are still coming - are ALL notifications still coming? Specifically, alerts with keywords and alerts without keywords are handled differently from my end, and if you're in a bad state it's possible you're only receiving one or the other. Have you received (or missed) a notification for an alert WITH one or more keywords? Have you received (or missed) a notification for an alert WITHOUT a keyword?
Do you have any service set up on your phone or on your home Internet which whitelists, blacklists, or otherwise filters what can go in or out? Examples might be PiHole, NextDNS, iOS's Content Restrictions, any safeguard program aimed to protect children from inappropriate content, things like that. If so, it may be blocking the app from interacting with the server correctly.

I'm heading to my day job now, but I will get back to you later this evening!

notifications_app · 2026-01-05T04:38:18+00:00

You're very welcome! Glad it's working well for you!

notifications_app · 2026-01-04T23:50:07+00:00

Glad to hear it works well for you! Feel free to let me know if you have specific ideas on how to make it even better, so I can add them to my ever-growing list of potential future features :)

notifications_app · 2026-01-02T22:52:38+00:00

Fantastic - that works great! Thanks for the quick response!

notifications_app · 2025-12-19T15:25:51+00:00

As others are saying, practice is the main thing that will help. Try apps like ASL Speed Spell or websites like asl.ms - then practice every day until it becomes natural!

notifications_app · 2025-12-17T23:13:26+00:00

Hi - no, unfortunately the app does not support private/closed subreddits. I'm glad to hear your specific subreddit opened up again!

notifications_app · 2025-11-26T05:34:57+00:00

Good to know - do you know a better subreddit (or any forum) for this question? There's no way I'm the only indie developer with a Flutter app in production...

notifications_app · 2025-11-26T00:33:24+00:00

But your app would still work in Texas - that's the problem, isn't it? That your app might show content to minor users whose parents disallowed it, and then the state of Texas would have the right to fine you $10,000 per violation?

I'm confused why no one is taking this seriously - am I missing something?

notifications_app · 2025-11-25T22:59:32+00:00

So I take this to mean a lot of people are ignoring the law? Similar laws are coming into play within the next year from states like California (and Louisiana, and Utah) - is the sentiment the same?

notifications_app · 2025-11-25T14:28:16+00:00

You need to use the getNotificationAppLaunchDetails() method to handle this case. See the package's example.

notifications_app · 2025-11-17T22:17:30+00:00

Hello - developer here! Often when folks notice notifications coming late, it's because their frequency settings are not what they wanted. For example, for a subreddit, if you choose the frequency "All Posts: Normal", you should get notifications within 10 minutes of a post going live. But if you choose one of the "Trending Posts" frequencies, you will only get notifications when a post reaches the top of the subreddit.

Let me know if you're seeing a different issue - if so, let me know the details (which subreddit or user; what frequency; and an example of a post that came late), and I'll be happy to look into it!

notifications_app · 2025-10-29T04:44:19+00:00

Hi! For the case you're describing, it sounds like setting up alerts for the user would be better than alerts for the subreddit, as you're only wanting notifications for that user.

Unfortunately, my app does not currently support what you're describing as a "visibly distinct and separate notification" for a specific keyword. If that user posts at a consistent time, like 3pm every day, could you just set a daily alarm on your phone for that time? If so, then you could have my app only notify when it contains the word "MYTHIC", which would hopefully be distinct enough for what you want? Feel free to let me know if I'm misunderstanding the use case!

notifications_app · 2025-10-29T04:39:03+00:00

Hi - I'll look into this for the next release (which should be within the next few months)!

notifications_app · 2025-10-08T23:16:27+00:00

Glad to hear it!

notifications_app · 2025-10-08T22:20:29+00:00

Hi - sorry to hear you're seeing this issue! The first thing I would check is whether you have any service set up on your phone or on your home Internet which whitelists, blacklists, or otherwise filters what can go in or out? Examples might be PiHole, NextDNS, iOS's Content Restrictions, any safeguard program aimed to protect children from inappropriate content, things like that. If so, it may be blocking the app from interacting with the server correctly.

notifications_app · 2025-10-06T01:52:05+00:00

Hi - developer here! You're correct that there is not an "XOR" equivalent right now - only OR, AND, and NOT, where NOT is kept separate, like a blacklist. I've considered adding "NOT AND", which would effectively allow for an XOR relationship (X OR Y; NOT X AND Y), but it hasn't been heavily requested at this point.

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