Nativescript | Firebase notification not working - ios

Question

I'm having a problem using firebase in my Nativescript application, when I'm using android its working great but not working with IOS. the problem is on message sending.
I'm using the push-plugin in the client side
This is the register part in the IOS client side using pushPlugin
const iosSettings:any = {
badge: true,
sound: true,
alert: true,
interactiveSettings: {
actions: [{
identifier: 'READ_IDENTIFIER',
title: 'Read',
activationMode: "foreground",
destructive: false,
authenticationRequired: true
}, {
identifier: 'CANCEL_IDENTIFIER',
title: 'Cancel',
activationMode: "foreground",
destructive: true,
authenticationRequired: true
}],
categories: [{
identifier: 'READ_CATEGORY',
actionsForDefaultContext: ['READ_IDENTIFIER', 'CANCEL_IDENTIFIER'],
actionsForMinimalContext: ['READ_IDENTIFIER', 'CANCEL_IDENTIFIER']
}]
},
notificationCallbackIOS: (message: any) => {
alert(JSON.stringify(message));
}
};
pushPlugin.register(iosSettings, (token: string) => {
// update the token in the server
alert("Device registered. Access token: " + token);
});
}
}, (errorMessage: any) => {
alert("Device NOT registered! " + JSON.stringify(errorMessage));
});
This is how i receive my token to the push notification,
after a got the token when i'm using the pusher application everything works great, i'm getting the notification in the IOS device
but the problem is when im trying to send the notification from the server!.
I get this error :
Invalid registration token provided. Make sure it matches the
registration token the client app receives from registering with FCM.
Node code in my server
var payload = {
data: {
targetId:userToken,
body: "some text"
}
};
var options = {
priority: "high",
contentAvailable: true,
timeToLive: 60 * 60 * 24
};
Admin.messaging().sendToDevice(userToken, <any>payload,options)
.then((response) => {
console.log('notification arrived successfully', response.results[0]);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log('notification failed', error);
});

Answer 1

registration token for ios is not the same for android. I encountered the same wall you've encountered. You need to use https://github.com/node-apn/node-apn for IOS push notification. and firebase for android notification. You can do the logic on your backend by saving the token. with a field called type which is ios or android if ios you use node-apn and if android use sendToDevice provided by firebase.
Thats what i'm currently using with my current nativescript projects' I'm working on that involves push notification. Hope that helps you, mate.