React Native Module for Urban Airship

This plugin provides client-side integration for the Urban Airship Engage Platform in iOS and Android app environment.

• Supported React Native platforms
• Prerequisites
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Urban Airship
• Getting Started
  • Android setup
  • Xcode setup
• Methods
• Usage

Supported React Native platforms

• Android (4.1+)
• iOS (8+)
• React Native (0.27)

Prerequisites

Android

• Android Studio 2.0 or higher
• Node 4.4
• React Native Commnad Line Tools
• [Recommended] Watchman
• [Recommended] Flow

iOS

• Xcode 8.0 or higher
• Node 4.4
• React Native Command Line Tools
• Certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)
• iOS App Development Certificate
• [Recommended] Watchman
• [Recommended] Flow

Urban Airship

• App properly set up. See Urban Airship > Add New App.

Getting Started

In your React Native project, install the following module:

npm install react-native-ua --save

Android setup

1. Include the following module to your android/settings.gradle in your React Native project:

include ':react-native-ua'
project(':react-native-ua').projectDir = file('../node_modules/react-native-ua/android')

1. Include the react-native-ua module in your app compile dependencies, inside the android/app/build.gradle file:

// ... 
 
dependencies {
    // ... 
 
    compile project(':react-native-ua') // add react-native-ua module 
}

1. Create the android/app/src/main/assets/airshipconfig.properties file and update it with your Urban Airship App's data:

gcmSender = Your GCM sender ID (Your Google API project number)
 
developmentAppKey = Your Development App Key
developmentAppSecret = Your Development App Secret
 
# If inProduction is true set production key and secret
inProduction = false
 
productionAppKey = Your Production App Key
productionAppSecret = Your Production Secret

1. Inside MainApplication.java, located at android/app/src/main/java/your/app/domain, add the ReactNativeUAPackage to your app package list:

// ... 
 
import com.globo.reactnativeua.ReactNativeUAPackage; // import react-native-ua package 
 
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
    // ... 
 
    @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
        return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
            // ... 
            new ReactNativeUAPackage() // set react-native-ua package using application 
        );
    }
}

Xcode setup

1. Open your iOS React Native project.
2. Select the project node, in Targets section:

• Inside Capabilities tab, turn Push Notification on
• Then turn Background Modes on.
• Inside Background Modes, enable Remote Notifications.

1. Find the ReactNativeUAIOS.xcodeproj file within node_modules/react-native-ua/ios and drag it into the Libraries node in Xcode.

2. Add AirshipConfig.plist from folder ios/ in the project node

3. Edit the file and add your App Key, App Secret and App Master Secret, the same used within Urban Airship setup (⚙ > APIs & Integrations > Urban Airship API).

4. Back to the project node, select the Targets section:

• In the Build Settings tab, go to Linking > Other Linker Flags and include the following tags:

  -ObjC
  -lz
  -lsqlite3
  

• Then go to Search Paths > Header Search Paths, add the following path and select the recursive option:

  $(SRCROOT)/../node_modules/react-native-ua/ios
  

1. In the Build Phases tab:

• Open the Link Binary With Libraries section, click on the plus sign (➕) and select libReactNativeUAIOS.a from Workspace.

• Now expand the Copy Bundle Resources, click on the plus sign (➕) and add the following file:

  node_modules/react-native-ua/ios/Libraries/Airship/AirshipResources.bundle
  

1. Inside AppDelegate.m, import ReactNativeUAIOS.h and setup the module. Follow the example below:

#import "ReactNativeUAIOS.h"
 
// ... 
 
@implementation AppDelegate 
 
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  // setup react native urban airship using AirshipConfig.plist (the default way) 
  [ReactNativeUAIOS setupUrbanAirship:launchOptions];
 
  // OR setup react native urban airship programmatically. The following example use the content of AirshipConfig-dev.plist instead of the default AirshipConfig.plist 
  NSString *configPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"AirshipConfig-dev" ofType:@"plist"];
  UAConfig *config = [UAConfig configWithContentsOfFile:configPath];
  [ReactNativeUAIOS setupUrbanAirship:launchOptions withConfig:config];
  // ... 
}
 
// ... 
 
@end

1. To enable location add this two string keys with their values inside Info.plist:

• NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription: Urban Airship location service
• NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription: Urban Airship location service when app is in use

Methods

• ReactNativeUA.enable_notification(): Prompt user to enable notification receivement;
• ReactNativeUA.disable_notification(): Prompt user to disable notification receivement;
• ReactNativeUA.enable_geolocation(): Prompt user to enable geolocation;
• ReactNativeUA.enable_action_url(): Enable url action. The app will open the default browser with passed url;
• ReactNativeUA.disable_action_url(): Disable url action (Default). The notification handler will receive payload with a url property;
• ReactNativeUA.handle_background_notification(): Handle notifications when app is in background;
• ReactNativeUA.add_tag("tag"): Set tag to the user;
• ReactNativeUA.remove_tag("tag"): Remove added tag;
• ReactNativeUA.set_quiet_time_enabled(true): Enable/disable a quiet notification period.
• ReactNativeUA.set_quiet_time({ startHour: 22, startMinute: 0, endHour: 7, endMinute: 0 }): Set the quiet period.
• ReactNativeUA.are_notifications_enabled((error, enabled) => {}): Check if notifications are enabled by user. The callback is optional, this method also returns a promise.
• ReactNativeUA.set_named_user_id("nameUserId"): Set named user id;
• ReactNativeUA.on_notification((notification) => {}): Add handler to handle all incoming notifications. Attention: this method need to be called on componentWillMount() of the component lifecycle.
• ReactNativeUA.get_channel_id((error, channelId) => {}): Get channel id for device. The callback is optional, this method also returns a promise.

Usage

import React, { Component } from 'react';
 
import {
    AppRegistry,
    Text,
    View
} from 'react-native';
 
import ReactNativeUA from 'react-native-ua'; // import module
 
 
class SampleApp extends Component {
 
    constructor(props) {
      super(props);
 
      ReactNativeUA.enable_notification(); // prompt user to enable notification
 
      ReactNativeUA.enable_geolocation(); // prompt user to enable geolocation
 
      ReactNativeUA.enable_action_url(); // enable url action
 
      ReactNativeUA.handle_background_notification(); // handle notifications when app is in background
 
      ReactNativeUA.add_tag('tag'); // set tag to the user
 
      ReactNativeUA.set_named_user_id('user_id'); // set named user id
 
      ReactNativeUA.set_quiet_time_enabled(true); // activate a quiet period
 
      ReactNativeUA.set_quiet_time({
        startHour: 22,
        startMinute: 0,
        endHour: 7,
        endMinute: 0
      }); // set the period to 22:00-07:00
    }
 
    componentWillMount() {
        // add handler to handle all incoming notifications
        ReactNativeUA.on_notification((notification) => {
            console.log('notification:',
                        notification.url, // if action url is disabled
                        notification.platform,
                        notification.event,
                        notification.alert,
                        notification.data);
 
            alert(notification.alert);
        });
 
        // Check if user enabled notifications
        ReactNativeUA.are_notifications_enabled().then(enabled => {
          console.log('notifications enabled:', enabled);
        })
 
        // Get channel id for device
        ReactNativeUA.get_channel_id().then(channelId => {
          console.log('channel id:', channelId);
        })
    }
 
    render () {
        return (
            <View>
                <Text>ReactNativeUA</Text>
            </View>
        );
    }
}
 
AppRegistry.registerComponent('SampleApp', () => SampleApp);