Mastering Flutter Local Notifications: Implementing Instant & Scheduled Alerts on iOS & Android

Learn to master Flutter's local notifications in this hands-on codelab. You'll explore the purpose and benefits of local notifications and use the flutter_local_notifications package to handle them effectively. From displaying instant notifications with titles, messages, and custom icons to scheduling alerts with time zone awareness, you'll cover it all. Create recurring and periodic notifications, customize importance, priority, sounds, and vibration patterns, and manage notification clicks to navigate users to specific screens. Dive deeper into advanced features like progress indicators, grouped notifications, interactive actions, full-screen alerts, and media-rich notifications. You'll also learn to debug common notification issues across devices and OS versions, ensuring a smooth and professional implementation. By the end of this codelab, you'll be equipped to implement robust notification features in your Flutter apps, enhancing user engagement and experience.

Codelab Objectives

In this codelab, you’ll explore:

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of local notifications in Flutter
  • Explore the flutter_local_notifications package for notification handling
  • Display instant notifications with titles, messages, and custom icons
  • Create custom notification channels for Android and understand their role
  • Schedule notifications with time zone awareness using the timezone package
  • Implement recurring notifications for daily or weekly alerts
  • Set up periodic notifications that repeat at fixed time intervals
  • Customize notification importance, priority, sound, and vibration patterns
  • Trigger notifications in the foreground with controlled alerts and display options
  • Handle notification clicks to navigate users to specific app screens
  • Cancel or update scheduled, periodic, and active notifications
  • Retrieve and manage pending and active notifications programmatically
  • Display notifications with progress indicators for ongoing tasks
  • Group multiple notifications into stacks for better organization
  • Add interactive actions like buttons to notifications
  • Set up full-screen notifications for urgent alerts
  • Display media-rich notifications with images and additional details
  • Debug common issues with notifications on different devices and OS versions

Codelab Content

Meet the instructor

Rohan Joshi

Content Author & Course Instructor

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