The Airship React Native module allows a developer to integrate push notification services with React Native apps targeting both Android and iOS. This module is designed to be cross-platform, and applications making use of it can leverage the same code on both platforms.

Resources

• Sample
• API docs
• Github Repo

Requirements

• React Native >= 0.60.0
• React Native cli >= 2.0.1

iOS

• Xcode 11+

Android

• minSdkVersion 16+
• compileSdkVersion 29

Installation

Using Yarn

Using NPM

Android Setup

1. Create the airshipconfig.properties file in the application’s main/assets.

   Example airshipconfig.properties

   developmentAppKey = Your Development App Key
   developmentAppSecret = Your Development App Secret
   
   productionAppKey = Your Production App Key
   productionAppSecret = Your Production Secret
   
   notificationIcon = ic_notification
   notificationAccentColor = #ff0000

2. Download the Android Firebase configuration file google-services.json from the application’s Firebase console into the root directory at android/app/google-services.json.

If your react-native application does not have an associated app in the Firebase console, follow the FCM setup instructions to set one up.

EU Cloud Site

If your app uses Airship’s EU cloud site, you will need to set the site in airshipconfig.properties:

# EU Cloud Site
site = EU

iOS Setup

1. Install pods

2. Open your apps project in the generated .xcworkspace file, add the following capabilities:

• Push Notification
• Background Modes > Remote Notifications

3. Create a plist named AirshipConfig.plist and include it in your application’s target.
   Example AirshipConfig.plist

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
     <key>developmentAppKey</key>
     <string>Your Development App Key</string>
     <key>developmentAppSecret</key>
     <string>Your Development App Secret</string>
     <key>productionAppKey</key>
     <string>Your Production App Key</string>
     <key>productionAppSecret</key>
     <string>Your Production App Secret</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>

EU Cloud Site

If your app uses Airship’s EU cloud site, you will need to add that to AirshipConfig.plist.

  <key>site</key>
  <string>EU</string>

Notification Service Extension

To take advantage of notification attachments, such as images, animated gifs, and video, you will need to create a notification service extension.

Send Your First Push Notification

At this point in the guide, if you followed all the steps above you should be ready to send a test push notification to verify everything is set up properly.

Before sending a push, you must enable user notifications. The module does not enable user notifications by default in order to avoid prompting the user for permissions. But for a testing purposes, you can enable user notifications as soon as the application is ready. You may also want to set default foreground presentation options to display the notification in the foreground on iOS 10. On older iOS devices, make sure you background the app before sending the push.

import {
  UrbanAirship,
  UACustomEvent,
} from 'urbanairship-react-native'


class SampleApp extends Component {

  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    UrbanAirship.setUserNotificationsEnabled(true)
  }

  ...
}