Firebase Notification does NOT show up when app is open [closed]

Question

In my testing, when send out Firebase Notification to Android, the notification does NOT show up when the user has the app open on the screen. Is this a default behavior?

What should I do if I want the user to always receive notification no matter they have the app open or not?

Answer 1

For notification messages the default behavior is indeed that:

• the OS displays them when the app is not active.
• they're delivered to your application code when the app is active.

Also see:

• The Firebase documentation on message types.
• Flutter: Push notifications even if the app is closed, mostly since it shows how to show your own notifications.