Cordova plugin for Firebase Cloud Messaging

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Index

• Supported platforms
• Installation
• Adding configuration files
  • Set custom default notification icon (Android only)
  • Set custom default notification color (Android only)
• Type Aliases
  • PushPayload
• Functions
  • clearNotifications
  • deleteToken
  • getBadge
  • getToken
  • onBackgroundMessage
  • onMessage
  • onTokenRefresh
  • requestPermission
  • setBadge
  • subscribe
  • unsubscribe

Supported platforms

• iOS
• Android

Installation

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase-messaging

If you get an error about CocoaPods being unable to find compatible versions, run

$ pod repo update

Use variables IOS_FIREBASE_POD_VERSION and ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION to override dependency versions on Android:

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase-messaging \
    --variable IOS_FIREBASE_POD_VERSION="9.3.0" \
    --variable ANDROID_FIREBASE_BOM_VERSION="30.3.1"

Adding configuration files

Cordova supports resource-file tag for easy copying resources files. Firebase SDK requires google-services.json on Android and GoogleService-Info.plist on iOS platforms.

1. Put google-services.json and/or GoogleService-Info.plist into the root directory of your Cordova project
2. Add new tag for Android platform

<platform name="android">
    ...
    <resource-file src="google-services.json" target="app/google-services.json" />
</platform>
...
<platform name="ios">
    ...
    <resource-file src="GoogleService-Info.plist" />
</platform>

This way config files will be copied on cordova prepare step.

Set custom default notification icon (Android only)

Setting a custom default icon allows you to specify what icon is used for notification messages if no icon is set in the notification payload. Also use the custom default icon to set the icon used by notification messages sent from the Firebase console. If no custom default icon is set and no icon is set in the notification payload, the application icon (rendered in white) is used.

<platform name="android">
    ...
    <config-file parent="/manifest/application" target="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml">
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon"
            android:resource="@drawable/my_custom_icon_id"/>
    </config-file>
</platform>

Set custom default notification color (Android only)

You can also define what color is used with your notification. Different android versions use this settings in different ways: Android < N use this as background color for the icon. Android >= N use this to color the icon and the app name.

<platform name="android">
    ...
    <config-file parent="/manifest/application" target="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml">
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_color"
            android:resource="@drawable/my_custom_color"/>
    </config-file>
</platform>

Type Aliases

PushPayload

PushPayload: Object

In general (for both platforms) you can only rely on custom data fields.

message_id and sent_time have google. prefix in property name (will be fixed).

Type declaration

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | aps? | Record<string, any> | IOS payload, available when message arrives in both foreground and background. | | data | Record<string, any> | Custom data sent from server | | gcm? | Record<string, any> | Android payload, available ONLY when message arrives in foreground. | | message_id | string | Message ID automatically generated by the server | | sent_time | number | Time in milliseconds from the Epoch that the message was sent. |

Functions

clearNotifications

clearNotifications(): Promise<void>

Clear all notifications from system notification bar.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.clearNotifications();

Returns

Promise<void>

Callback when operation is completed

deleteToken

deleteToken(): Promise<void>

Delete the Instance ID (Token) and the data associated with it.

Call getToken to generate a new one.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.deleteToken();

Returns

Promise<void>

Callback when operation is completed

getBadge

getBadge(): Promise<number>

Gets current badge number (if supported).

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.getBadge().then(function(value) {
    console.log("Badge value: ", value);
});

Returns

Promise<number>

Promise fulfiled with the current badge value

getToken

getToken(format?): Promise<string>

Returns the current FCM token.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.getToken().then(function(token) {
    console.log("Got device token: ", token);
});

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | format? | "apns-buffer" | "apns-string" | Token representation (iOS only) |

Returns

Promise<string>

Promise fulfiled with the current FCM token

onBackgroundMessage

onBackgroundMessage(callback, errorCallback?): void

Registers background push notification callback.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.onBackgroundMessage(function(payload) {
    console.log("New background FCM message: ", payload);
});

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | callback | (payload: PushPayload) => void | Callback function | | errorCallback? | (error: string) => void | Error callback function |

Returns

void

onMessage

onMessage(callback, errorCallback?): void

Registers foreground push notification callback.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.onMessage(function(payload) {
    console.log("New foreground FCM message: ", payload);
});

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | callback | (payload: PushPayload) => void | Callback function | | errorCallback? | (error: string) => void | Error callback function |

Returns

void

onTokenRefresh

onTokenRefresh(callback, errorCallback?): void

Registers callback to notify when FCM token is updated.

Use getToken to generate a new token.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.onTokenRefresh(function() {
    console.log("Device token updated");
});

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | callback | () => void | Callback function | | errorCallback? | (error: string) => void | Error callback function |

Returns

void

requestPermission

requestPermission(options): Promise<void>

Ask for permission to recieve push notifications (will trigger prompt on iOS).

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.requestPermission({forceShow: false}).then(function() {
    console.log("Push messaging is allowed");
});

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | options | Object | Additional options. | | options.forceShow | boolean | When value is true incoming notification is displayed even when app is in foreground. |

Returns

Promise<void>

Filfiled promise when permission is granted.

setBadge

setBadge(badgeValue): Promise<void>

Sets current badge number (if supported).

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.setBadge(value);

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | badgeValue | number | New badge value |

Returns

Promise<void>

Callback when operation is completed

subscribe

subscribe(topic): Promise<void>

Subscribe to a FCM topic.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.subscribe("news");

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | topic | string | Topic name |

Returns

Promise<void>

Callback when operation is completed

unsubscribe

unsubscribe(topic): Promise<void>

Unsubscribe from a FCM topic.

Example

cordova.plugins.firebase.messaging.unsubscribe("news");

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | | :------ | :------ | :------ | | topic | string | Topic name |

Returns

Promise<void>

Callback when operation is completed