Mobile Notifications 2.0.0: Permission modal opening at launch & can't delay

I just added the Mobile Notifications 2.0.0 to my app and now it immediately presents a notification permission dialog when it starts. Before anything else happens.

I've added this explicit call to ask for permissions purposefully very late in my game (actually a 2nd Scene). I assumed this late request would get rid of the automatic ask at launch, but it still happens:

Code (CSharp):

1.     IEnumerator RequestAuthorization()
2.     {
3.         var authorizationOption = AuthorizationOption.Alert | AuthorizationOption.Badge;
4.         using (var req = new AuthorizationRequest(authorizationOption, true))
5.         {
6.             while (!req.IsFinished)
7.             {
8.                  yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();
9.             };
10.             Debug.Log("done");
11.         }
12.     }

I've now removed this request, and even got rid of all references and includes like

using Unity.Notifications.iOS;

, but the modal is still popping up immediately. It only stops if I remove Mobile Notifications through the Package Manager.

One thing to note is that I've been using Firebase Cloud Messaging for at least a year or two in this project, and something similar used to happen with FCM causing an immediate permission ask (similar to this person's problem). I was able to get rid of it by being careful when I first referenced FCM code, and also by setting FirebaseMessagingAutoInitEnabled = false[/ICODE] in the Info.plist

Is this problem because Mobile Notifications and Firebase Cloud Messaging are confusing one another and trying to manage the iOS notification systems at the same time?

Anything else I should be trying?

Unity 2019.4.16
Mobile Notifications 2.0.0
Firebase Cloud Messaging 8.8.0

 

THANK YOU! You are amazing and saved the day, and probably my whole week

I would log a note for the Unity product team that the user experience of receiving a permission request immediately upon opening an app is a very poor one. Unless it's Instagram or something everyone knows, a user doesn't know the value of the app yet, so they'll probably say no. It's the reason Apple strongly suggests waiting to ask until there's a clear reason to do so.

If that's truly the case, perhaps it shouldn't default to recognized bad behavior like this.

I also didn't see any means of doing this through the API (is there?) so I had no idea it existed. And if this is only possible via the Editor UI, is it mentioned in the documentation and I missed it?

Again, thank you so much for helping Aurimas-Cernius, and I hope you don't mind, and take into consideration, improving the UX/docs for the developer, so we can improve the UX our users!

For anyone who may stumble upon this:

 

Yes, that's totally it! Thanks for much for the response!

It's funny that the docs say,

It's recommended to make the authorization request during the app's launch cycle.

It's certainly easier for the developer, but it's been very documented that it's a very poor experience for the user, and in the end, for the business, if people reject the permission immediately. Apple's guidelines talk a lot about this practice.

Also I think the docs with the example of the request for authorization, and a sample notification, should be updated to also include a snippet that demonstrates

RequestAuthorizationOnAppLaunch = false;

so folks like me don't miss it's an option.

 

Hi, my Android devices ask for permission on launch. is there a configuration to disable it for Android?

 

How to ask for the (notification)permission manually then? (for Android)

 

Thanks for the quick reply!

I tried the code from the link you shared above but nothing happened when I ran the app. I've added the following code at the very start of the application right on the splash screen but I got no pop-up asking for notification permissions.
I've also tried it calling on a button click but still nothing happened.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Here's the piece code I copied from the link you shared:
"
IEnumerator RequestNotificationPermission()
{
var request = new PermissionRequest();
while (request.Status == PermissionStatus.RequestPending)
yield return null;
// here use request.Status to determine users response
}

"

 

Switched it to sdk 33, and built it on Android 13 devices (tried it on 2 devices) still nothing happened.
(I always deleted the previous version from the phone before building the new one)

 

While running in the editor on a Windows laptop I'm getting "RequestPending", but surprisingly when I'm building and running it on an Android 13 device it's printing nothing.

 

got these errors after the code was entered in that coroutine

 

These are enabled in minification.

 

it's working after disabling both the "Use R8" & "Release" checkboxes. I've 2 questions can you please answer these?

1- First thing, will unchecking these 2 checkboxes gonna have any negative impact on other aspects of our app? (should I keep them unchecked from now on in my project)
2- Secondly, I've tested it on Andriod 13, will it also gonna work on older Android versions using the same code** or do I have to do any other changes?

Same code**
IEnumerator RequestNotificationPermission()
{
var request = new PermissionRequest();
while (request.Status == PermissionStatus.RequestPending)
yield return null;
// here use request.Status to determine users response
}

 

okay thanks got it, but surprisingly while building apk it's building the project fine but when I tried building the app bundle (.aab) I got the following errors and the project is failing to build after disabling both the "Use R8" & "Release" checkboxes.



> Configure project :launcher
WARNING: The option setting 'android.enableR8=false' is deprecated.
It will be removed in version 5.0 of the Android Gradle plugin.
You will no longer be able to disable R8
> Task :launcherreBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlibreBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibraryreBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlibreBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcherreReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlibreReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlibreReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibraryreReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
> Task :UnityDataAssetPack:generateAssetPackManifest UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcher:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibraryackageReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlibackageReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlibackageReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcherrocessReleaseAssetPackManifests UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :unityLibraryackageReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
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> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
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> Task :unityLibrary:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
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> Task :unityLibraryackageReleaseAssets
> Task :unityLibraryrocessReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
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> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:stripReleaseDebugSymbols NO-SOURCE
> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:copyReleaseJniLibsProjectOnly UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseRFile
> Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
> Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcher:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcher:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcherrocessReleaseManifest
C:\Users\adkar\OneDrive\Desktop\octothink_unity_appflyer\Library\Bee\Android\Prj\IL2CPP\Gradle\launcher\src\main\AndroidManifest.xml:4:2-98 Warning:
uses-permission#android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE was tagged at AndroidManifest.xml:4 to replace another declaration but no other declaration present
> Task :launcher:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses
> Task :launcher:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
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> Task :launcher:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
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> Task :launcher:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
> Task :launcher:mergeReleaseAssets
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> Task :launcher:mergeReleaseResources
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aapt2.exe W 08-07 17:12:21 118148 84924 LoadedArsc.cpp:657] Unknown chunk type '200'.
> Task :launcherrocessReleaseResources
> Task :launcher:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac
> Task :launcher:dexBuilderRelease FAILED
> Task :launcher:mergeReleaseJavaResource
> Task :launcher:desugarReleaseFileDependencies
> Task :launcher:mergeReleaseNativeLibs
78 actionable tasks: 13 executed, 65 up-to-date
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

 

Any guess why that's happening?

 

Helpful, Thanks