Notification

Overview

The Notification module is designed to facilitate the sending of notifications to users within your application. It provides a comprehensive set of features to manage the delivery of notifications, including support for in-app notifications. Additionally, it includes assets, components/pages used in notification routes, common interfaces, and supports multiple providers such as Firebase, Supabase, and REST.

Key Features of Notification Module

• In-App Notifications: Real-time in-app notifications.

Module Composition

• Components: Provides components and pages used in notification routes.
• Common Interfaces: Defines common interfaces for notification.
• Multiple Providers: Supports Firebase, Supabase, and REST API for notification.
• Notification Hook: Provides hooks for notification.

Notification Providers

• Firebase: Provides notification using Firebase.
• Supabase: Provides notification using Supabase.
• REST: Provides notification using REST.

Notification Functions

• saveTokenInDatabase: Saves the Expo push notification token in the database.
• sendNotification: Sends a notification to the user.

Notification Hook

There are 2 custom hooks provided for notification. They are defined in modules/notifications/hooks.

• The useNotificationHandler hook:
  • Subscribes to the notification channel.
  • Handles the incoming notifications.
• The usePushNotifications hook:
  • Registers the device for push notifications.
  • Requests permissions, gets the push token, and sets up the notification channel.
  • Returns the push token.