Push Notifications

Push works over Firebase Cloud Messaging on both platforms. No Notification Service Extension is required on iOS.

Firebase configuration

1. Create (or open) your Firebase project at Firebase Console and register your iOS and Android apps with their bundle id / package name.
2. Add the config files to the native projects:
   • iOS: GoogleService-Info.plist added to the App target in Xcode.
   • Android: google-services.json in android/app/.
3. In Project settings → Service accounts, generate a private key and send it to support@meetinglawyers.com so our backend can send pushes to your app (treat it as a credential — keep it out of source control and send it via secure email).

Android

The MeetingLawyers SDK pulls in Firebase Crashlytics. Once google-services.json is present, apply the com.google.gms.google-services and com.google.firebase.crashlytics gradle plugins or the app crashes on launch with "The Crashlytics build ID is missing".

Register the device

After authenticating, ask for the notification permission and register the FCM token with the SDK:

import { MeetingLawyers } from './plugins/meeting-lawyers';

await MeetingLawyers.registerForPushNotifications();

The promise rejects with a descriptive message when Firebase is not configured; the rest of the integration keeps working without push.

Message forwarding

The wrapper already forwards everything to the SDK natively:

• iOS: the plugin acts as MessagingDelegate and UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate. MeetingLawyers pushes are handed to the SDK (which shows them and opens the chat when tapped); any other push is shown normally.
• Android: MeetingLawyersFirebaseService forwards FCM messages and token refreshes to the SDK. If your app already has its own FirebaseMessagingService, add these forwards to it instead:

@Override
public void onMessageReceived(@NonNull RemoteMessage message) {
    super.onMessageReceived(message);
    String data = message.getData().get("data");
    if (data != null && MeetingLawyersSDK.Companion.isInitialized()) {
        MeetingLawyersSDK.Companion.getClientInstance().onPushMessageReceived(data);
    }
}

@Override
public void onNewToken(@NonNull String token) {
    super.onNewToken(token);
    if (MeetingLawyersSDK.Companion.isInitialized()) {
        MeetingLawyersSDK.Companion.getClientInstance().onNewTokenReceived(token);
    }
}

note

Push is not available on every iOS simulator: it requires an Apple Silicon Mac with a recent macOS and Xcode. If the FCM token cannot be obtained on your simulator, test push reception on a physical device.