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[@nativescript/firebase-messaging] How to catch the push notification message on background without tapping the notification?

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, firebase, ios, typescript
Domain
mobile

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First review the plugin's Firebase messaging behavior on iOS and Android, then determine whether background delivery without a notification tap is supported; done would require a documented, reproducible implementation path or a clear platform limitation.

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Description

Hi, I am using push notification to sync some data.

On foreground, it automatically trigger .onMessage()
On background, user need to click the notification then trigger .onMessageTap()

What I want to do is even if user ignore the notification, catch the message and sync some data on background.
Is there any way to address this?

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
62
Forks
53
Avg merge
8d 4h
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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