react-native-push-notification - local notifications not working on Android - react-native

Question

can someone please let me know where Im going wrong.
From what I can see on instructions....theres no amendments required to Android specific files if you are only using local notifications and also using autolinking....except for adding googlePlayServicesVersion = "<Your play services version>" // default: "+" to android/build.gradle....and <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/> plus <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" /> to AndroidManifest.xml
Below is my main source code
PushNotification.configure({
// (optional) Called when Token is generated (iOS and Android)
onRegister: function(token) {
console.log('onRegister token:', token);
},
// (required) Called when a remote is received or opened, or local notification is opened
onNotification: function(notification) {
console.log('onNotification:', notification);
notification.finish(PushNotificationIOS.FetchResult.NoData);
},
// Should the initial notification be popped automatically
popInitialNotification: true,
requestPermissions: true,
});
userNowInactive = () => {
this.showNotification();
}
showNotification = () => {
PushNotification.localNotification({
//ios and android properties
title: 'Face2Face: Beacon Timer Expired',
message: 'Perhaps set your beacon timer for another hour?',
playSound: true,
soundName: 'sound.mp3',
//android only properties
channelId: 'your-channel-id',
autoCancel: true,
// largeIcon: 'ic_launcher',
// smallIcon: 'ic_launcher',
bigText: 'Face2Face: Beacon Timer Expired',
subText: 'Perhaps set your beacon timer for another hour?',
vibrate: true,
vibration: 300,
priority: 'high',
//ios only properties...is there any?
});
};

Answer 1

Did you create a channel?
It seems you need to create one to get it to work.
https://github.com/zo0r/react-native-push-notification#channel-management-android
To use channels, create them at startup and pass the matching channelId through to PushNotification.localNotification or PushNotification.localNotificationSchedule.
PushNotification.createChannel(
{
channelId: "channel-id", // (required)
channelName: "My channel", // (required)
channelDescription: "A channel to categorise your notifications", // (optional) default: undefined.
playSound: false, // (optional) default: true
soundName: "default", // (optional) See `soundName` parameter of `localNotification` function
importance: 4, // (optional) default: 4. Int value of the Android notification importance
vibrate: true, // (optional) default: true. Creates the default vibration patten if true.
},
(created) => console.log(`createChannel returned '${created}'`) // (optional) callback returns whether the channel was created, false means it already existed.
);