Error: User must be valid and have a name

Question

I've set up everything to work with Firebase Messaging. Background messages are working fine. But for foreground messages, I'm facing the following error: User must be valid and have a name.

W/System.err(15714): java.lang.RuntimeException: User must be valid and have a name.
W/System.err(15714):    at android.app.Notification$MessagingStyle.validate(Notification.java:7229)
W/System.err(15714):    at android.app.Notification$Builder.build(Notification.java:6088)
W/System.err(15714):    at androidx.core.app.NotificationCompatBuilder.buildInternal(NotificationCompatBuilder.java:410)
W/System.err(15714):    at androidx.core.app.NotificationCompatBuilder.build(NotificationCompatBuilder.java:324)
W/System.err(15714):    at androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat$Builder.build(NotificationCompat.java:2430)
W/System.err(15714):    at me.carda.awesome_notifications.notifications.NotificationBuilder.getNotificationBuilderFromModel(NotificationBuilder.java:425)
W/System.err(15714):    at me.carda.awesome_notifications.notifications.NotificationBuilder.createNotification(NotificationBuilder.java:110)
W/System.err(15714):    at me.carda.awesome_notifications.notifications.NotificationSender.showNotification(NotificationSender.java:209)
W/System.err(15714):    at me.carda.awesome_notifications.notifications.NotificationSender.doInBackground(NotificationSender.java:128)
W/System.err(15714):    at me.carda.awesome_notifications.notifications.NotificationSender.doInBackground(NotificationSender.java:34)
W/System.err(15714):    at android.os.AsyncTask$3.call(AsyncTask.java:394)
W/System.err(15714):    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
W/System.err(15714):    at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:305)
W/System.err(15714):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
W/System.err(15714):    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
W/System.err(15714):    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)

It is throw in a call like this:

     AwesomeNotifications().createNotification(
        content: NotificationContent(
          id: uniqueIdInt(),
          channelKey: 'basic_channel',
          title: notification!.title,
          body: notification.body,
          notificationLayout: NotificationLayout.Messaging,
        ),
      );

Any clue?!

Solution

I also had this problem and it took me a while. You need to provide a summary for it to work

Try this

AwesomeNotifications().createNotification(
    content: NotificationContent(
      id: uniqueIdInt(),
      channelKey: 'basic_channel',
      title: notification!.title,
      body: notification.body,
      summary: 'summary' // Anything you want here
      notificationLayout: NotificationLayout.Messaging,
    ),
  );

Comments

[tomerpacific]

Are you using Firebase to also authenticate users on y our application?

[Admin]

Hmm, no. The problem seems to be with da Awesome Notifications package, 'cause Firebase communication is working fine. The app receives que message, I can print it for debug. The error is precisely in the AwesomeNotifications().createNotification(...) call.