React Native Alarm Notification

Installing (React Native >= 0.60.0)

npm install react-native-alarm-notification --save

or

yarn add react-native-alarm-notification

If you are using react-native version 0.60 or higher you don't need to link react-native-alarm-notification. The package is automatically linked when building the app. All you need to do after installing package is:

For iOS pod installation:

npx pod-install

or

cd ios && pod install

For android, the package will be linked automatically on build.

_ IMPORTANT _

If your app crashes on Android, it could probably mean auto linking didn't work. You will need to make the following changes:

android/app/src/main/java/<AppName>/MainApplication.java

• add import com.emekalites.react.alarm.notification.ANPackage; on the imports section
• add packages.add(new ANPackage()); in List<ReactPackage> getPackages();

android/app/build.gradle

add implementation project(':react-native-alarm-notification') in the dependencies block

android/settings.gradle

add:

include ':react-native-alarm-notification'
project(':react-native-alarm-notification').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-alarm-notification/android')

Installing (React Native <= 0.59.x)

npm install react-native-alarm-notification --save

or

yarn add react-native-alarm-notification

Use react-native link to add the library to your project:

react-native link react-native-alarm-notification

iOS manual Installation

> In your AppDelegate.h

Add at the top of the file:

#import <UserNotifications/UNUserNotificationCenter.h>

Then, add the 'UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate' to protocols:

- @interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate, RCTBridgeDelegate>
+ @interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate, RCTBridgeDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>

> In your AppDelegate.m

Add at the top of the file:

#import <RnAlarmNotification.h>
#import <UserNotifications/UNUserNotificationCenter.h>

Then, add the following lines:

- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
       willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification withCompletionHandler: (void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler {
  [RnAlarmNotification didReceiveNotification:notification];
  completionHandler(UNAuthorizationOptionSound | UNAuthorizationOptionAlert | UNAuthorizationOptionBadge);
}


- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completionHandler  API_AVAILABLE(ios(10.0)){
    [RnAlarmNotification didReceiveNotificationResponse:response];
    completionHandler();
}

And then in your AppDelegate implementation, add the following:

@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  ...
  
  // Define UNUserNotificationCenter
  UNUserNotificationCenter *center = [UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter];
  center.delegate = self;
  
  return YES;
}

To play sound in the background, make sure to add the following to the Info.plist file.

<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
<array>
    <string>audio</string>
</array>

Android manual Installation

> In your AndroidManifest.xml

    .....
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />

    <application ....>
        <receiver
            android:name="com.emekalites.react.alarm.notification.AlarmReceiver"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="ACTION_DISMISS" />
                <action android:name="ACTION_SNOOZE" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

        <receiver
            android:name="com.emekalites.react.alarm.notification.AlarmDismissReceiver"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="true" />

        <receiver
            android:name="com.emekalites.react.alarm.notification.AlarmBootReceiver"
            android:directBootAware="true"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:exported="true">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
                <action android:name="com.htc.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
     .....

Alarm Notification Data

Prop	Description	Default
auto_cancel	Make this notification automatically dismissed when the user touches it. [boolean]	true
channel (Android only)	Required: - Specifies the channel the notification should be delivered on.. [string]	"my_channel_id"
color (Android only)	Required: Sets notification color. [color]	"red"
data	You can add any additional data that is important for the notification.	data: { foo: "bar" }
fire_date	Required: Set date for Alarm to get triggered. eg '04-03-2020 00:00:00'. Should be a date in the future .	None
has_button	Show snooze and dismiss buttons in notification. [boolean]	false
large_icon (Android Only)	Add a large icon to the notification content view. eg "ic_large_icon". PS: make sure to add the file in your mipmap folders [project_root]/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap*	None
loop_sound	Play sound continuously until you decide to stop it. [boolean]	false
message	Required: Add Notification message.	"My Notification Message"
play_sound	Play alarm notification sound. [boolean]	true
schedule_type	Required: Type of alarm schedule. "once" (to show alarm once) or "repeat" (to display alarm after set repeat_interval)	"once"
repeat_interval	Interval set to repeat alarm if schedule_type is "repeat". [minutely, hourly, daily, weekly]	"hourly"
interval_value	Set interval_value if repeat_interval is minutely and hourly. [number]	1
small_icon	Required: Set the small icon resource, which will be used to represent the notification in the status bar. eg "ic_launcher". PS: make sure to add the file in your mipmap folders [project_root]/android/app/src/main/res/mipmap*	"ic_launcher"
snooze_interval	Interval set to show alarm after snooze button is tapped. [number] in minutes	1
sound_name	Set audio file to play when alarm is triggered. example "sound_name.mp3". Add the file in your res/raw folder [project_root]/android/app/src/main/res/raw/ for android and in your ios folder [project_root]/ios/ for iOS. PS: After adding file in your iOS folder, open your application in xcode and drag your audio file into your project.	None
sound_names	Set multiple audio files to play when alarm is triggered, each file will be picked to play at random. Separate files with a comma (,) example "sound_name1.mp3,sound_name2.mp3". PS: make sure to add the files in your res/raw folder [project_root]/android/app/src/main/res/raw/	None
tag	Add a tag id to notification.	None
ticker	Set the "ticker" text which is sent to accessibility services.. [String]	None
title	Required: Add a title to notification.	"My Notification Title"
vibrate	Set vibration when alarm is triggered. [boolean]	true
vibration	Set number of milliseconds to vibrate. [number]	100
use_big_text (Android only)	Set notification message style as big text. [boolean]	false
volume	Set volume. [number between 0.0 and 1.0]	0.5
bypass_dnd (Android only)	Sets whether or not notifications posted to this channel can interrupt the user	false

Usage

import ReactNativeAN from 'react-native-alarm-notification';

const fireDate = ReactNativeAN.parseDate(new Date(Date.now() + 1000));     // set the fire date for 1 second from now
or
const fireDate = '01-01-2060 00:00:00';			  // set exact date time | Format: dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss

const alarmNotifData = {
	title: "My Notification Title",
	message: "My Notification Message",
	channel: "my_channel_id",
	small_icon: "ic_launcher",

	// You can add any additional data that is important for the notification
	// It will be added to the PendingIntent along with the rest of the bundle.
	// e.g.
  	data: { foo: "bar" },
};

class App extends Component {
	...

    async method(){
        //Schedule Future Alarm
        const alarm = await ReactNativeAN.scheduleAlarm({ ...alarmNotifData, fire_date: fireDate });
        console.log(alarm); // { id: 1 }

        //Delete Scheduled Alarm
        ReactNativeAN.deleteAlarm(alarm.id);

        //Delete Repeating Alarm
        ReactNativeAN.deleteRepeatingAlarm(alarm.id);

        //Stop Alarm
        ReactNativeAN.stopAlarmSound();

        //Send Local Notification Now
        ReactNativeAN.sendNotification(alarmNotifData);

        //Get All Scheduled Alarms
        const alarms = await ReactNativeAN.getScheduledAlarms();

        //Clear Notification(s) From Notification Center/Tray
        ReactNativeAN.removeFiredNotification(alarm.id);
        ReactNativeAN.removeAllFiredNotifications();
    }

	...
}

Handle notification intent

...
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

import com.emekalites.react.alarm.notification.BundleJSONConverter;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;

import org.json.JSONObject;
...

public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {
    ...

    @Override
    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        super.onNewIntent(intent);
        try {
            Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
            if (bundle != null) {
                JSONObject data = BundleJSONConverter.convertToJSON(bundle);
                getReactInstanceManager().getCurrentReactContext().getJSModule(DeviceEventManagerModule.RCTDeviceEventEmitter.class).emit("OnNotificationOpened", data.toString());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Exception when handling notification opened. " + e);
        }
    }

}

Listener for notifications

import { NativeEventEmitter, NativeModules } from 'react-native';

const { RNAlarmNotification } = NativeModules;
const RNAlarmEmitter = new NativeEventEmitter(RNAlarmNotification);

const dismissSubscription = RNAlarmEmitter.addListener(
    'OnNotificationDismissed', (data) => console.log(JSON.parse(e));
);

const openedSubscription = RNAlarmEmitter.addListener(
    'OnNotificationOpened', (data) => console.log(JSON.parse(e));
);

...

// unsubscribe, typically in componentWillUnmount
dismissSubscription.remove();
openedSubscription.remove();

iOS Permissions

import ReactNativeAN from 'react-native-alarm-notification';

// check if notification permissions has been granted for iOS
ReactNativeAN.checkPermissions((permissions) => {
	console.log(permissions);
});

// Request iOS permissions
ReactNativeAN.requestPermissions({
	alert: true,
	badge: true,
	sound: true,
}).then(
	(data) => {
		console.log('RnAlarmNotification.requestPermissions', data);
	},
	(data) => {
		console.log('RnAlarmNotification.requestPermissions failed', data);
	}
);

Some features are missing

This module is customized to help with scheduling and sending notifications (local) in react-native. A couple of helpful features may be missing but hopefully they can be added as time goes on.

NOTE: If you need a react-native module that takes care of Firebase Cloud Messaging, you could use react-native-firebase