Trigger notification on iOS Simulator from the Flutter project

Basically, the iOS simulator does not show the push notifications from the firebase. There is a workaround to test notifications on the iOS simulator by following some simple steps.

Steps:

• 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 doing this, you should be able to receive the notifications on your iOS Simulator.

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Nayan Babariya

A Senior Flutter Engineer with specialization in the Flutter framework for building cross-platform mobile applications. I have a strong understanding of the Flutter ecosystem and am able to use its various features and tools to build high-quality, scalable, and maintainable apps.