I don't receive notifications in background

I want to have scheduled notifications that would push even when the app is killed. This is Settings.js where the user can schedule the notification:

async function onCreateTriggerNotification() {
    const date = new Date(Date.now());
    date.setHours(11);
    date.setMinutes(13);

    const trigger: TimestampTrigger = {
      type: TriggerType.TIMESTAMP,
      timestamp: date.getTime(),
  
    };

  await notifee.createTriggerNotification(
    {
      id: '123',
      title: 'Meeting with Jane',
      body: 'Today at 11:20am',
      android: {
        channelId: 'your-channel-id',
         pressAction: {
  launchActivity: "default",
  id: "default",
}
      },
     
    },
    trigger,
  );
}

index.js

notifee.onBackgroundEvent(async ({ type, detail }) => {
  const { notification, pressAction } = detail;
  if (type === EventType.ACTION_PRESS && pressAction.id === 'mark-as-read') {
console.log(notification)
  //  await notifee.cancelNotification(notification.id);
  }
});

App.js

async function bootstrap() {
   const initialNotification = await notifee.getInitialNotification();

   if (initialNotification) {
     console.log('Notification caused application to open', initialNotification.notification);
     console.log('Press action used to open the app', initialNotification.pressAction);
   }
 }

 useEffect(() => {
   bootstrap()
 }, []);

I can get a notification when the app is minimized but I don’t receive anything when the app is killed. I receive that notification only when I open the app again.

I’m new to this and a bit confused. Should I use something else like firebase messaging to be able to receive notifications even when the app is quit?

[xenia19]

@helenaford , it worked! Thank you so much! Thank you both for such a quick reply. You’re the best 😃

[helenaford]

@xenia19 have you tried creating a trigger with the following props (docs):

 alarmManager: {
    allowWhileIdle: true,
  }

@mikehardy I think we need to update the lib to default to using the alarm manager as I feel like it’ll be a lot easier, fewer steps to setup triggers.