expo app scheduled local notification getting triggered immediately, not getting scheduled

Question

I have built an app with react js using expo. I am trying to schedule a local notification. The notification ID is getting generated. But it is triggered immediately, not being scheduled. I logged all the scheduled notifications using const scheduled = await Notifications.getAllScheduledNotificationsAsync();but the scheduled array is returning []. I am calling this scheduleDailyNotification() function after successful signup. I have built my app in developer mode. And still having this problem. Can anyone help?

import * as Notifications from 'expo-notifications';
import { Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
import Constants from "expo-constants";
import * as Device from 'expo-device';
Notifications.setNotificationHandler({
 handleNotification: async () => ({
 shouldShowAlert: true, // ✅ Ensures the notification is displayed
 shouldPlaySound: true, // ✅ Enables sound
 shouldSetBadge: false, // ❌ No badge update
 }),
});
async function createNotificationChannel() {
 if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
 await Notifications.setNotificationChannelAsync('default', {
 name: 'Default Channel',
 importance: Notifications.AndroidImportance.MAX,
 vibrationPattern: [0, 250, 250, 250],
 lightColor: '#FF231F7C',
 });
 }
}
// ✅ Request Notification Permission and return boolean status
async function requestNotificationPermission() {
 const { status } = await Notifications.getPermissionsAsync();
 Alert.alert("🔍 Initial Permission Status", status); // ✅ Show initial permission status
 console.log("🔍 Initial Permission Status", status);
 if (status !== 'granted') {
 const { status: newStatus } = await Notifications.requestPermissionsAsync();
 Alert.alert("📢 New Permission Status", newStatus); // ✅ Show new permission status
 console.log("📢 New Permission Status", newStatus);
 if (newStatus !== 'granted') {
 Alert.alert('❌ Permission Denied', 'Notifications are disabled.');
 return false;
 }
 }
 
 return true;
}
// ✅ Schedule Daily Notification
async function scheduleDailyNotification() {
 await createNotificationChannel();
 await Notifications.cancelAllScheduledNotificationsAsync(); // Clears old schedules to prevent duplicates
 await Notifications.scheduleNotificationAsync({
 content: {
 title: "Daily Reminder",
 body: "It is a scheduled notification!",
 sound: "default",
 priority: Notifications.AndroidNotificationPriority.MAX,
 },
 trigger: {
 hour: 20, // ✅ 8:10 PM (24-hour format)
 minute: 10,
 repeats: true, // 🔄 Repeat every day
 useUTC: false,
 },
 });
 // ✅ Fetch all scheduled notifications to verify it's scheduled
 const scheduled = await Notifications.getAllScheduledNotificationsAsync();
 console.log("📅 Scheduled Notifications:", scheduled);
 if (scheduled.length > 0) {
 Alert.alert("✅ Notification Scheduled", `Next reminder at 3:00 PM`);
 } else {
 Alert.alert("❌ No Notifications Scheduled", "Something went wrong.");
 }
}
export { scheduleDailyNotification };

• Coder Guy: I am having the same issue, how did you fix this?
• Heshoom: did you find the solution yet?

Answer 1

Try the above code mentioned by Mohammad, if the array is not empty and you are still facing the same issue as in the issue of it not scheduling the notification then you should define the type of the notification - In my application I'm using a date that is calculated from an API and so i use type: Notifications.SchedulableTriggerInputTypes.DATE in my scheduleNotificationAsync function then inside that function trigger then type - Please note there are multiple types of notification schedulable triggers so you should experiment to see which one best fits your needs.

Answer 2

In the trigger, you need to specify the trigger type:

await Notifications.scheduleNotificationAsync({
 content: {
 title: "Daily Reminder",
 body: "It is a scheduled notification!",
 sound: "default",
 priority: Notifications.AndroidNotificationPriority.MAX,
 },
 trigger: {
 hour: 20, // ✅ 8:10 PM (24-hour format)
 minute: 10,
 repeats: true, // 🔄 Repeat every day
 useUTC: false,
 type: SchedulableTriggerInputTypes.DAILY, // ***NEED THIS HERE***
 },
 });

https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/notifications/#dailytriggerinput