Android React Native Setup

For Android, we’ll be using Firebase Cloud Messaging to power push notifications:

Step 1 - Get your google-services.json

• Go to the Firebase Console, create a new application OR select an existing project.

• Go to Project Settings and under the General tab.

• Click on Your Apps, add an Android application, and download your google-services.json file – you need to put this in the root of your projects android directory.

Step 2 - Configure google-services

Put google-services.json in the root of your project’s android directory (e.g. ./android.

Make sure google-services.json file is included in your Android project’s dependencies by navigating to your project level build.gradle file ( ./android/build.gradle ) and adding the following line:

buildscript {
	// ...
	dependencies {
		// ...
		classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:+'
		// ...	
	}
	// ...
}

Step 3 - Setup dependencies

Following the setup instructions mentioned here - https://github.com/zo0r/react-native-push-notification#android-manual-installation

Unlike iOS, the Android emulator does support push notifications - just make sure you use an emulator with Google Play Services installed (shown by the Play Store Icon in the AVD Manager)