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.

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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