Flutter Firebase foreground push notification not showing but background is working

Question

It's been few days since I've been trying to solve this problem. I have implemented firebase messaging for push notification, as a result, I am able to receive notification when the app is in background, but not able to receive it when the app is in foreground. I tried every solution possible or on stackoverflow/github but nothing worked so far. The following are the sources which I tried:

stackoverflow solution 1

stackoverflow solution 2

Current code =>

NotificationService.dart:

class NotificationService {
  static final FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin
      _flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin = FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin();
  static Future initialize() async {
    final FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin =
        FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin();
    AndroidInitializationSettings androidInitializationSettings =
        AndroidInitializationSettings('@mipmap/ic_launcher');
    InitializationSettings initializationSettings =
        InitializationSettings(android: androidInitializationSettings);
    await flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.initialize(
      initializationSettings,
      // onSelectNotification: doSomething(),
    );
  }
  static Future showNotification(RemoteMessage message) async {
    AndroidNotificationDetails androidDetails = AndroidNotificationDetails(
      "default_notification_channel_id",
      "channel",
      enableLights: true,
      enableVibration: true,
      priority: Priority.high,
      importance: Importance.max,
      largeIcon: DrawableResourceAndroidBitmap("ic_launcher"),
      styleInformation: MediaStyleInformation(
        htmlFormatContent: true,
        htmlFormatTitle: true,
      ),
      playSound: true,
    );
    await _flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.show(
        message.data.hashCode,
        message.data['title'],
        message.data['body'],
        NotificationDetails(
          android: androidDetails,
        ));
  }
}

main.dart:

Future<void> _firebaseMessagingBackgroundHandler(RemoteMessage message) async {
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  print('Handling a background message ${message.messageId}');
  print('Notification Message: ${message.data}');
  NotificationService.showNotification(message);
}
void main() async {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Firebase.initializeApp();
  FirebaseMessaging.onBackgroundMessage(_firebaseMessagingBackgroundHandler);
  runApp(
    MyApp(),
  );
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
  @override
  State<MyApp> createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    NotificationService.initialize();
    FirebaseMessaging.onMessage.listen((RemoteMessage message) {
      NotificationService.showNotification(message);
    });
  }
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(...)

One more point to add, when the app is in background (the case where I can receive notification), I get the output of the first 2 print statements i.e. message.messageId and message.data:

I/flutter ( 3363): Handling a background message 0:1637822186109880%5dd28a92f9fd7ecd
I/flutter ( 3363): Notification Message: {body: Price is at Bull! Buy Now!, title: Hello Traders!}

But when the app is in foreground (the case where I do not receive notification), I get the following output: D/FLTFireMsgReceiver( 3363): broadcast received for message

It would really help if someone could help me out, It's been days debugging, finding solution. Thank you!

AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.trading_app">
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
   <application
        android:label="TradingApp"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon"
            android:resource="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
        <meta-data         
            android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_channel_id"                 
            android:value="@string/default_notification_channel_id" />
        <receiver android:name="com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ScheduledNotificationBootReceiver">
        <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"></action>
        </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver android:name="com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ScheduledNotificationReceiver" />
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:launchMode="singleTop"
            android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
            <meta-data
              android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
              android:resource="@style/NormalTheme"
              />
            <meta-data
              android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.SplashScreenDrawable"
              android:resource="@drawable/launch_background"
              />
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <meta-data
            android:name="flutterEmbedding"
            android:value="2" />
            <!-- <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_channel_id"
            android:value="high_importance_channel" /> -->
    </application>
</manifest>

Solution

I dont know if it will work or not for you, but here is my code to show notification when app on foreground. I put messageHandler on initState(). LocalNotification is a custom class, so you can either create a same class, or just put whatever inside showNotification to onMessage

  Future<void> messageHandler() async {
  await FirebaseMessaging.instance.setForegroundNotificationPresentationOptions(
    alert: true,
    badge: true,
    sound: true,
  );
  FirebaseMessaging.onMessage.listen((RemoteMessage event) {
    LocalNotification.showNotification(event);
  });
}
  static Future<void> showNotification(RemoteMessage payload) async {
    var android = AndroidInitializationSettings('logo_rs');
    var initiallizationSettingsIOS = IOSInitializationSettings();
    var initialSetting = new InitializationSettings(android: android, iOS: initiallizationSettingsIOS);
    final FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin = FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin();
    flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.initialize(initialSetting);
    const AndroidNotificationDetails androidDetails = AndroidNotificationDetails(
        'default_notification_channel_id',
        'Notification',
        'All Notification is Here',
        importance: Importance.max,
        priority: Priority.high,
        ticker: 'ticker',
        icon: "logo_rs",
        playSound: true,
        sound: RawResourceAndroidNotificationSound("notification")
    );
    const iOSDetails = IOSNotificationDetails();
    const NotificationDetails platformChannelSpecifics = NotificationDetails(android: androidDetails, iOS: iOSDetails);
    await flutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.show(0, payload.notification!.title, payload.notification!.body, platformChannelSpecifics);
  }

Add try to put this on your AndroidManifest

   <meta-data  android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_channel_id"
                android:value="@string/default_notification_channel_id" />

String.xml (new file inside res/values)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<resources>
    <string name="default_notification_channel_id" translatable="false">fcm_default_channel</string>
</resources>

Comments

[Manish]

any updates on this, i am also facing the same issue?

[Admin]

Hi, thanks for your answer but I don't think so there is anything I missed according to your answer! Still it's not showing and there's no error...

[Ananda Pramono]

Try putting this in your AndroidManifest <meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notifica‌​tion_channel_id" android:value="@string/default_notification_channel_id" /> And change your cahnnel ID to 'default_notification_channel_id'

[Admin]

I did as you told but I'm getting the following error while debugging (build failed): Element meta-data#com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification‌​_channel_id at AndroidManifest.xml:61:13-63:55 duplicated with element declared at AndroidManifest.xml:16:9-18:71. I think this is because of duplicate meta-data ?. I have edited the question with AndroidManifest.xml.

[Admin]

Okay, that was because there was a duplicate meta-data (the last one), I commented that and it build successfully but still, I cannot see the foreground notification, background notification working as usual...

[Admin]

Still, the same output, and how does checking some print statements solve the problem?

[Peter Obiechina]

Your problem was that foreground notification was not showing. My code above would confirm that your device received it. Then you know the error is from showNotification(). When you say "same output", does your code print "handling a foreground message..."?

[Admin]

No, it doesn't print Handling a foreground message, it just prints D/FLTFireMsgReceiver( 2809): broadcast received for message. Okay, I get your point, so what could be wrong in showNotification because it is working with background...