Push — NativePHP Mobile plugin#

Push notifications for NativePHP Mobile: direct APNs (.p8 key, no Firebase) on iOS and Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android.

The core nativephp/mobile package ships the PHP facade (PushNotifications::enroll/checkPermission/getToken), the JS bridge and the TokenGenerated event — but no native handlers, and no way to read what a push actually contains. This plugin fills both gaps on both platforms.

	iOS	Android
Transport	APNs direct (`.p8`)	Firebase Cloud Messaging
Token	`UNUserNotificationCenter` + `registerForRemoteNotifications()`	`FirebaseMessaging`
Foreground notification	shown (`willPresent`)	shown (`FirebaseMessagingService`)
Payload delivered to PHP	✅ `MessageReceived`	✅ `MessageReceived`
Tap delivered to PHP	✅ `NotificationTapped`	✅ `NotificationTapped`
Cold-start tap	✅	✅ (carried on the launch intent)
Unenroll (logout)	✅	✅ (`deleteToken`)
Badge	✅	❌ no platform API
Provisional permission	✅	❌ no equivalent

Installation#

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composer require guppylab/plugin-push
php artisan native:plugin:register guppylab/plugin-push
php artisan native:run   # rebuild the native project

composer require guppylab/plugin-push
php artisan native:plugin:register guppylab/plugin-push
php artisan native:run   # rebuild the native project

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use Guppylab\Push\PushNotificationServiceProvider;
 
public function plugins(): array
{
    return [
        PushNotificationServiceProvider::class,
    ];
}

use Guppylab\Push\PushNotificationServiceProvider;

public function plugins(): array
{
    return [
        PushNotificationServiceProvider::class,
    ];
}

Publish the config to change the notification channel or the status bar icon:

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php artisan vendor:publish --tag=push-config

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=push-config

Usage#

Enrolment, permission checks and token reads use the core's API — this plugin only makes them work natively:

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use Native\Mobile\Facades\PushNotifications;
 
PushNotifications::enroll();          // asks permission and enrolls the device
PushNotifications::checkPermission(); // granted|denied|not_determined|provisional
PushNotifications::getToken();        // last token received, or null

use Native\Mobile\Facades\PushNotifications;

PushNotifications::enroll();          // asks permission and enrolls the device
PushNotifications::checkPermission(); // granted|denied|not_determined|provisional
PushNotifications::getToken();        // last token received, or null

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use Native\Mobile\Attributes\OnNative;
use Native\Mobile\Events\PushNotification\TokenGenerated;
 
#[OnNative(TokenGenerated::class)]
public function onToken(string $token, ?string $id = null): void
{
    // iOS: raw APNs device token in hex — what a backend posting to
    // api.push.apple.com with an ES256 (.p8) JWT needs.
    // Android: FCM registration token.
}

use Native\Mobile\Attributes\OnNative;
use Native\Mobile\Events\PushNotification\TokenGenerated;

#[OnNative(TokenGenerated::class)]
public function onToken(string $token, ?string $id = null): void
{
    // iOS: raw APNs device token in hex — what a backend posting to
    // api.push.apple.com with an ES256 (.p8) JWT needs.
    // Android: FCM registration token.
}

Reading the push itself#

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use Guppylab\Push\Events\MessageReceived;
use Guppylab\Push\Events\NotificationTapped;
use Native\Mobile\Attributes\OnNative;
 
#[OnNative(MessageReceived::class)]
public function onPush(MessageReceived $event): void
{
    $orderId = $event->get('order_id');
}
 
#[OnNative(NotificationTapped::class)]
public function onTap(NotificationTapped $event): void
{
    if ($event->link) {
        $this->redirect($event->link);
    }
}

use Guppylab\Push\Events\MessageReceived;
use Guppylab\Push\Events\NotificationTapped;
use Native\Mobile\Attributes\OnNative;

#[OnNative(MessageReceived::class)]
public function onPush(MessageReceived $event): void
{
    $orderId = $event->get('order_id');
}

#[OnNative(NotificationTapped::class)]
public function onTap(NotificationTapped $event): void
{
    if ($event->link) {
        $this->redirect($event->link);
    }
}

MessageReceived fires for visible notifications received while the app is running and for data-only (silent) pushes. NotificationTapped fires when the user taps one, including the tap that cold-started the app.

Logout, badge, support#

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use Guppylab\Push\Facades\Push;
 
Push::unenroll();   // delete the device token and stop receiving pushes
Push::setBadge(3);  // iOS only; reports success: false on Android
Push::clearBadge();
Push::isSupported(); // false on an iOS simulator or without google-services.json

use Guppylab\Push\Facades\Push;

Push::unenroll();   // delete the device token and stop receiving pushes
Push::setBadge(3);  // iOS only; reports success: false on Android
Push::clearBadge();
Push::isSupported(); // false on an iOS simulator or without google-services.json

Remove the token from your backend before calling unenroll() — the device cannot forget it on the server's behalf, and afterwards you no longer know it.

Usage (JavaScript / Inertia — Vue or React)#

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import { requestPermission, checkPermission, onToken, onMessage, onTapped } from 'guppylab-plugin-push';
 
const stopToken = onToken((token, id) => { /* register with your backend */ });
const stopTap = onTapped(({ data, link }) => { if (link) router.visit(link); });
 
if (await checkPermission() !== 'granted') {
    await requestPermission();
}

import { requestPermission, checkPermission, onToken, onMessage, onTapped } from 'guppylab-plugin-push';

const stopToken = onToken((token, id) => { /* register with your backend */ });
const stopTap = onTapped(({ data, link }) => { if (link) router.visit(link); });

if (await checkPermission() !== 'granted') {
    await requestPermission();
}

The JS library ships TypeScript definitions and works across Livewire v3/v4 and Inertia (Vue/React).

iOS setup#

The plugin declares the aps-environment entitlement in its manifest, so it is re-injected on every native:run --rebuild. The provisioning profile must include the Push Notifications capability.

No Firebase SDK is used on iOS: the backend talks to APNs directly with a .p8 key.

Sandbox builds. The entitlement is production, so tokens are production APNs tokens and the backend must talk to api.push.apple.com. If you need the sandbox (api.sandbox.push.apple.com) for debug builds, change ios.entitlements.aps-environment to development in the plugin manifest before building. A per-build-type entitlement is not expressible in the plugin manifest today.

Android setup#

FCM requires google-services.json. It is not a plugin asset: the com.google.gms.google-services Gradle plugin expects it in the module root, and NativePHP copies it from nativephp/resources/google-services.json in the app. Drop the file there.

The plugin pulls in firebase-messaging, declares POST_NOTIFICATIONS (asked at runtime on API 33+) and registers PushMessagingService for com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT.

Foreground messages are rendered by the plugin on the configured channel. Background notification messages are rendered by FCM itself from the payload — those do not reach MessageReceived, by design of the platform, but a tap on them still produces NotificationTapped.

Notification channel and icon#

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// config/push.php
'channel' => [
    'id' => 'default',
    'name' => __('Notifications'), // shown in YOUR app's system settings
    'importance' => 'high',        // heads-up banner
],
'android' => [
    'small_icon' => 'ic_notification', // white, transparent background
    'color' => '#2563EB',
],

// config/push.php
'channel' => [
    'id' => 'default',
    'name' => __('Notifications'), // shown in YOUR app's system settings
    'importance' => 'high',        // heads-up banner
],
'android' => [
    'small_icon' => 'ic_notification', // white, transparent background
    'color' => '#2563EB',
],

Android freezes a channel's importance once it has been created, on purpose, so an app cannot escalate itself after the fact. Ship a new channel id when you need to change it.

A full-colour launcher icon is rendered as a white blob in the status bar, which is why small_icon exists. Leave it empty and the launcher icon is used.

Permission states#

checkPermission() returns the PHP vocabulary granted|denied|not_determined, plus provisional|ephemeral on iOS.

On Android 13+ "never asked" is told apart from "denied" via shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale, so a soft-ask can show an "Enable" button instead of sending the user to Settings.

License#

MIT