I am using Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android.
- I can successfully receive notification and data messages when the app is in the foreground.
- The documentation states that if a notification message is received while the app is in the background then Firebase will send a notification to the system tray on behalf of the app. This is not working for me.
- If a data message is sent and the app is in the background then the onMessageReceived method is called successfully.
- The most troubling scenario is when I force stop the application and then try sending a notification or data message. The onMessageReceived method doesn't get called in this situation.
- I have seen a number of articles on SO discussing the background use case, but I have yet to see any explanation for why no messages are being received when the app is stopped entirely.
I have the following in my manifest:
<service android:name=".MyFirebaseMessagingService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<service android:name=".MyInstanceIdService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.firebase.INSTANCE_ID_EVENT" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
This is what the documentation has to say about extending FirebaseMessagingService:
This is required if you want to do any message handling beyond receiving notifications on apps in the background.
It's not entirely clear what they mean by "message handling beyond receiving notifications on apps in the background". I can only assume that they are talking about handling messages when the app is closed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.