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title: Step 4. Configuring React Native apps for push notifications
description: Explains how to configure your React Native app project to receive push notifications on Android and iOS.
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  configuring_ios_for_push_notifications: Configuring iOS for push notifications
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# Step 4. Configuring React Native apps for push notifications

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In this step, you configure your React Native project to support push notifications on both Android and iOS.

## Configuring Android for push notifications

To enable push notifications on Android, you add the Firebase configuration file to your project and apply the Google services Gradle plugin.

1. In Android Studio, open the `android` directory of your React Native project and switch to the Project view.

2. Copy the `google-services.json` file that you [downloaded from the Firebase console](01_configure_push_services.html#create_firebase_key) into the `android/app` directory of your project.

3. To make the file available to the app, add the Google services Gradle plugin (`com.google.gms.google-services`) as a dependency to your project.

   1. In your ***root-level*** Gradle file (`android/build.gradle` or `android/build.gradle.kts`):

      * Kotlin

      * Groovy

      `android/build.gradle.kts`

      ```kotlin
      plugins {
          // ...

          // Add the dependency for the Google services Gradle plugin
          id("com.google.gms.google-services") version "4.4.2" apply false
      }
      ```

      `android/build.gradle`

      ```groovy
      plugins {
          // ...

          // Add the dependency for the Google services Gradle plugin
          id 'com.google.gms.google-services' version '4.4.2' apply false
      }
      ```

   2. In your ***app-level*** Gradle file (`android/app/build.gradle` or `android/app/build.gradle.kts`):

      * Kotlin

      * Groovy

      `android/app/build.gradle.kts`

      ```kotlin
      plugins {
          // ...

          // Add the Google services Gradle plugin
          id("com.google.gms.google-services")
      }
      ```

      `android/app/build.gradle`

      ```groovy
      plugins {
          // ...

          // Add the Google services Gradle plugin
          id 'com.google.gms.google-services'
      }
      ```

4. Add the `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` permission inside the `<manifest>` element in the `android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml` file:

   Adding post notification permission to `AndroidManifest.xml`

   ```xml
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
   ```

## Configuring iOS for push notifications

To enable push notifications on iOS, you verify that the Push Notifications capability is enabled for your app in Xcode, and confirm it in the Apple Developer console.

1. In Xcode, open the `ios` directory of your React Native project.

2. In the Project navigator, select the project root.

3. In the editor, under Targets, click your application, then click the Signing & Capabilities tab.

4. Confirm that the application has the Push Notifications capability. If not, click + Capability to add it.

5. With an admin account, log in to the [Apple Developer console](https://developer.apple.com/account).

6. Navigate to **Program resources** > **Certificates, IDs & Profiles** > **Identifiers**.

7. Click the name of the application to which you are adding push notification support.

8. On the Capabilities tab, ensure Push Notifications is selected.