Firebase cloud messaging not received when app in background

Question

I recently updated my app to send messages through FCM and it works great when the app is run on Jelly Bean. The problem is it doesn\'t in case it\'s

Answer 1

It sounds like you're missing wake-lock permission in your Manifest file

Answer 2

Ok, turns out Huawei has some power-saving features which cause that some apps won't be able to receive notifications, so it's not related to the Android version.

I couldn't find a way to fix this programmatically, but if anyone's interested, go to Settings / Protected apps and select the apps you want to allow to be run on the background, so they receive notifications.

More info here.

Answer 3

Go to settings app choose your app then make sure you tick Show Notification and Untick Restrict to Launch