feat: add support for Notification Service Extension

[moh4sa]

Plugin(s)

• [ ] Analytics
• [ ] App
• [ ] App Check
• [ ] Authentication
• [ ] Crashlytics
• [ ] Cloud Firestore
• [ ] Cloud Functions
• [X] Cloud Messaging
• [ ] Cloud Storage
• [ ] Performance
• [ ] Remote Config

Current problem

currently @capacitor-firebase/messaging does support Notification Service Extension

Preferred solution

add support for "Notification Service Extension"

Alternative options

https://capacitorjs.com/docs/guides/push-notifications-firebase#images-in-push-notifications

Additional context

No response

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[robingenz]

I know from https://github.com/capawesome-team/capacitor-firebase/issues/731 that the problem is the Firebase Messaging pod. Have you tried using the same version of the pod that the plugin uses?

Currently this is ~> 10.25, see https://github.com/capawesome-team/capacitor-firebase/blob/1075c9caf328b1acf670f71b199834a3e14ef9f7/packages/messaging/CapacitorFirebaseMessaging.podspec#L16C38-L16C46.

target 'pushextension' do
-  pod 'FirebaseMessaging'
+  pod 'FirebaseMessaging', '~> 10.25'
end

[moh4sa]

@robingenz this is what I got: [capacitor] ✖ update ios - failed! [capacitor] [error] Analyzing dependencies [capacitor] [!] CocoaPods could not find compatible versions for pod "Firebase/Messaging~> 10.25": [capacitor] In Podfile: [capacitor] Firebase/Messaging~> 10.25 [capacitor]
[capacitor] None of your spec sources contain a spec satisfying the dependency: Firebase/Messaging~> 10.25.

[robingenz]

How does your Podfile look?

[moh4sa]

require_relative '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios/scripts/pods_helpers'

platform :ios, '15.0'
use_frameworks!

# workaround to avoid Xcode caching of Pods that requires
# Product -> Clean Build Folder after new Cordova plugins installed
# Requires CocoaPods 1.6 or newer
install! 'cocoapods', :disable_input_output_paths => true

def capacitor_pods
  pod 'Capacitor', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios'
  pod 'CapacitorCordova', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/ios'
  pod 'CapacitorFirebaseAnalytics', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor-firebase/analytics'
  pod 'CapacitorApp', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/app'
  pod 'CapacitorHaptics', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/haptics'
  pod 'CapacitorKeyboard', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/keyboard'
  pod 'CapacitorPushNotifications', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/push-notifications'
  pod 'CapacitorStatusBar', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/status-bar'
end

target 'App' do
  capacitor_pods
  # Add your Pods here
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging' '~> 10.25'
  pod 'CapacitorFirebaseAnalytics/Analytics', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor-firebase/analytics'
end

target 'NotificationService' do
  pod 'Firebase/Messaging' '~> 10.25'
end

post_install do |installer|
  assertDeploymentTarget(installer)
end

[robingenz]

You forgot the comma. Please copy the text as I have provided it here.

[moh4sa]

@robingenz I got new error node_modules/@capacitor-firebase/analytics/ios/Plugin/FirebaseAnalytics.swift:4:8 No such module 'FirebaseCore'

[robingenz]

This is another error that has already been solved, see: https://github.com/capawesome-team/capacitor-firebase/issues/622. For this reason, I am closing this issue as resolved.

[moh4sa]

@robingenz Multiple commands produce `'/Users/xx/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-ezouattdyjhpmjfmuuwbpceeevmy/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/App/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/GoogleUtilities_Privacy.bundle'

Showing All Messages Target 'GoogleUtilities-54d832b6-GoogleUtilities_Privacy' (project 'Pods') has create directory command with output '/Users/mohdalshehri/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-ezouattdyjhpmjfmuuwbpceeevmy/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/App/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/GoogleUtilities_Privacy.bundle'

Showing All Messages Target 'GoogleUtilities-7cacef58-GoogleUtilities_Privacy' (project 'Pods') has create directory command with output '/Users/mohdalshehri/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-ezouattdyjhpmjfmuuwbpceeevmy/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/App/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/GoogleUtilities_Privacy.bundle'`

this is the main issue I am facing since #731

[robingenz]

Do you have the full error message? These are just normal log outputs.

---

The error you mentioned in #731 seems to be a different one:

Target 'GoogleUtilities-7cacef58' (project 'Pods') has create directory command with output '/Users/mohdalshehri/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/App-ezouattdyjhpmjfmuuwbpceeevmy/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/App/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/iphoneos/GoogleUtilities.framework'

[moh4sa]

here is a screenshot of the full error:

[robingenz]

Remove the following code from your Podfile:

target 'pushextension' do
  pod 'FirebaseMessaging', '~> 10.25'
end

Now sync your Capacitor project (npy cap sync) and try it again.

[moh4sa]

@robingenz but this is needed for push notification service extension otherwise the feature it wont work

[robingenz]

Have you tested it? The pod is already added by the plugin itself.

[moh4sa]

yes @robingenz it gives me this error

[robingenz]

You use the Capacitor Firebase Messaging plugin from Capawesome, right? You are NOT using the Capacitor Push Notifications plugin.

[moh4sa]

no Im using the official plugin from capacitor https://capacitorjs.com/docs/guides/push-notifications-firebase#images-in-push-notifications

[robingenz]

As already mentioned, please use the Capacitor Firebase Messaging plugin from Capawesome so that there are no conflicts with the SDK version.

[moh4sa]

I will use it if it supportsNotification Service Extension but as far as I know it doesn't which is why I created this Feature request to migrate to Capacitor Firebase Messaging after it support Notification Service Extension otherwise I can't use @capacitor-firebase do to these conflicts

[robingenz]

The Notification Service Extension should already work with @capacitor-firebase/messaging as this is a feature of the Firebase Messaging SDK (and not the plugin). There are just no docs for it. If you swap the plugins and remove the code block from the Podfile, it should work.

[moh4sa]

@robingenz I've tried it, but it gives me the same error as before.

yes @robingenz it gives me this error

[robingenz]

It seems like your project is a little messed up. It's hard for me to help you via GitHub/Chat. The last thing I can offer you is that you book a consulting hour with me (see here) and we look at it together.

[moh4sa]

@robingenz thanks for the support, it appears its a cocoaPods issue I was able to fix after checking this issue