Is there a trick to do background tasks with react native expo?

Question

I know expo cannot execute code when the app is in the background but i really need to find a alternative. I need to update my redux state when i receive a push notification in the background.

Is there any additional library to help me to do such things ?

Answer 1

As of Apr 2019, Expo does allow some background tasks to be done, using their TaskManager. Two examples of built-in backgrounds task are:

• Background geolocation (including geofencing): see docs.
• Background fetch: see docs.