Trigger notification on iOS Simulator from the Flutter project

In the field of app development, ensuring a smooth user experience is paramount. This often involves incorporating push notifications, a key feature that keeps users engaged and informed. For Flutter developers, this presents a unique challenge. Basically, the iOS simulator does not show the push notifications from the Firebase, unlike its real-device counterpart.

However, there is a straightforward workaround that allows you to bypass this limitation and test notifications on the iOS simulator by following some simple steps.

Steps to Display iOS Simulator Push Notifications from Firebase:

• The iOS app needs notification permission to be allowed to show any kind of notification.
• You can use any third-party plugin to ask for notification permission on iOS.
  • The best plugin for run-time permission management is a permission_handler
• Put the below JSON in assets/payload.json

{
 "aps": {
   "alert": {
     "title": "Notification title",
     "subtitle": "Notification subtitle",
     "body": "Notification payload"
   }
 }
}

• Add below code snippet in the pubspec.yaml

flutter:
 uses-material-design: true

 assets:
   - assets/

• Run the flutter pub get command
• Run the app and then a notification permission alert will pop up on the simulator. Allow it to enable notifications.
• Then open the terminal on project space and hit the following command with replacing your packageName.

xcrun simctl push booted packageName assets/payload.json

Yeah!! That’s it. After following the above steps, you should be able to receive the notifications on your iOS Simulator. This method not only saves time but also bridges the gap between development and real-world application.

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