Flutter Local Notification not working in background?

Question

I am using flutter local notification to display schedule notification in my app. But unfortunately it is not working when app is in terminated state.

Here is my code:

class Notifications {
static final FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin _notifications =
  FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin();

static Future<NotificationDetails> _notificationDetails() async {
return const NotificationDetails(
    android: AndroidNotificationDetails(
      'weekly notification channel id',
      'weekly notification channel name',
      channelDescription: 'weekly notification description',
      playSound: true,
      sound: RawResourceAndroidNotificationSound('azan1'),
      importance: Importance.high,
    ),
    iOS: IOSNotificationDetails(sound: 'azan1.mp3', presentSound: true));
}

static void init() async {
tz.initializeTimeZones();
const AndroidInitializationSettings android =
    AndroidInitializationSettings('@mipmap/ic_launcher');
const IOSInitializationSettings iOS = IOSInitializationSettings();
InitializationSettings settings =
    const InitializationSettings(android: android, iOS: iOS);
await _notifications.initialize(settings);
final String locationName = await FlutterNativeTimezone.getLocalTimezone();
tz.setLocalLocation(tz.getLocation(locationName));
}

static void showScheduledNotification(
int id, {
required DateTime scheduledDate,
String? title,
String? body,
String? payload,
}) async {
await _notifications.zonedSchedule(
  id,
  'Azan Time',
  '$body Prayer Time',
  _scheduleDaily(
      Time(scheduledDate.hour, scheduledDate.minute, scheduledDate.second)),
  await _notificationDetails(),
  androidAllowWhileIdle: true,
  uiLocalNotificationDateInterpretation:
      UILocalNotificationDateInterpretation.absoluteTime,
  matchDateTimeComponents: DateTimeComponents.time,
  payload: payload,
 );
 }

static tz.TZDateTime _scheduleDaily(Time time) {
tz.TZDateTime now = tz.TZDateTime.now(tz.local);
tz.TZDateTime schdeuledDate = tz.TZDateTime(tz.local, now.year, now.month,
    now.day, time.hour, time.minute, time.second);
return schdeuledDate.isBefore(now)
    ? schdeuledDate.add(const Duration(days:1))
    : schdeuledDate;
}

static Future<void> cancelNotification(int id) async {
await _notifications.cancel(id);
}

static Future<void> cancelAllNotifications() async {
await _notifications.cancelAll();
 }
 }

I have also added all properties in Android.xml file. But still it is not working if anybody know the solution of this problem kindly answer this question.

Answer 1

Local notifications might be a bit tricky. Look at the flutter_local_notifications README file:

Some Android OEMs have their own customised Android OS that can prevent applications from running in the background. Consequently, scheduled notifications may not work when the application is in the background on certain devices (e.g. by Xiaomi, Huawei). If you experience problems like this then this would be the reason why. As it's a restriction imposed by the OS, this is not something that can be resolved by the plugin. Some devices may have setting that lets users control which applications run in the background. The steps for these can vary but it is still up to the users of your application to do given it's a setting on the phone itself.

It has been reported that Samsung's implementation of Android has imposed a maximum of 500 alarms that can be scheduled via the Alarm Manager API and exceptions can occur when going over the limit.

Source: https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_local_notifications#scheduled-android-notifications