On 6.0.0 foreground notification no longer appears on Android

Bug

I have the “notification_foreground” option in AndroidManifest.xml set to “true”, as I would like foreground notifications to appear.

In v5.1.1 of this package the notification appears as expected while the app is in the foreground.

When I update to 6.0.0 the notification no longer appears. Notifications continue to appear while the app is in the background ok.

When I roll back to 5.1.1 (with no other changes) the foreground notifications appear again.

Has something changed in 6.0.0 which would affect this behaviour?

Thanks

Environment info

react-native info output:

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Library version: 6.0.0

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install 6.0.0 of this library
2. Set “notification_foreground” to true in AndroidManifest.xml
3. Run the app on Android
4. Trigger a remote notification while the app is open in the foreground
5. Don’t see the notification appear
6. Roll back to 5.1.1 and repeat the steps
7. See the notification appear while the app is open in the foreground …

Describe what you expected to happen:

Foreground notification behaviour doesn’t change between version 5.1.1 and 6.0.0.

Reproducible sample code

[olgaababic]

Hey I’m using version 7.0.0 and I’m experiencing same problem. I’ve created my channel:

PushNotification.createChannel(
      {
        channelId: INTERNAL_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL, // (required)
        channelName: '..., // (required)
        channelDescription: '...', // (optional) default: undefined.
        soundName: 'default', // (optional) See `soundName` parameter of `localNotification` function
        importance: 4, // (optional) default: 4. Int value of the Android notification importance
        vibrate: true, // (optional) default: true. Creates the default vibration patten if true.
      },
      (created) => console.log({created}), // (optional) callback returns whether the channel was created, false means it already existed.
    );

And I’m reacting to notification like this:

  PushNotification.localNotification({
          id: messageId,
          title: notification.title, // (optional)
          message: notification.body, // (required)
          userInfo: data,
          channelId: INTERNAL_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL,
        });

It works when application is in background but not when it’s in foreground. Do you know what could I be doing wrong?

[Dallas62]

I just released the version 6.1.0. In your case you can create a channel and define it as default channel for FCM notifications in AndroidManifest, the version 6.1.0 allow this also for foreground notifications. Then you don’t need to specify the channel id in your backend. This should keep the compatibility with old versions.