Android React Native Setup

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

• 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.

  

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:

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

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)