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Compatibility

Compatibility lab results: frameworks, platforms, iOS modes and notification types.

Pushtifly tests each framework at two levels:

  • Automated, on every server or SDK release. The server sends to an FCM and APNs simulator, and the exact payload the device would receive is verified. It also checks that each framework's SDK interprets it the same way (id, deep link, buttons, media and data).
  • On real devices: a physical Android, an iPhone with an Xcode build (sandbox) and TestFlight (production), with the app in the foreground, in the background and closed.

Last automated run: 2026-11-02 — 120 of 120 cases passed (1220 checks).

Automated verification

Types: visible (with text, buttons, deep link, data and image), data (data_only: the text travels in data) and silent (silent).

Framework Android (FCM) iOS (direct APNs) iOS (via FCM) Installation ID (FID)
Native (Android / iOS) · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
Native (Android / iOS) · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent — —
Ionic + Capacitor · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent — —
Ionic + Capacitor · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent — —
Cordova · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent —
Cordova · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent —
Flutter · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
Flutter · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
React Native · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
React Native · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
Expo · official SDK ✔ visible, data, silent — ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent
Expo · without SDK (REST) ✔ visible, data, silent ✔ visible, data, silent — —

"—" means that integration doesn't produce that token type: for example, firebase_messaging always delivers FCM on iOS.

Installation ID (FID): recent Firebase SDKs replace the registration token with the Firebase Installation ID. Pushtifly recognizes it and sends it in message.fid. The column summarizes Android and iOS via FCM in the integrations that can already use it.

Each case checks:

  • provider and APNs environment;
  • _phid and _ph;
  • flat keys according to the payload profile;
  • text, translated buttons, category and mutable-content on iOS;
  • native image (Android and fcm_options), channel and priority;
  • size under 4 KB.

What each integration covers

Integration With the app open Buttons Images Opens and clicks
Official SDK Yes Android with the app open; iOS with the extension Yes (iOS with the extension) Automatic
Without SDK (REST) Depends on the plugin Your own implementation Android yes; iOS with your own extension Call /v1/events

Payload profiles

Without an SDK, each plugin reads the data differently. Pushtifly adjusts the payload to the app's framework. With an official SDK, the device only receives _phid and _ph.

Profile Flat keys Text in data-only messages
Official SDK none title, body
Capacitor, Flutter, React Native, native, others deepLink, imageUrl title, body
Cordova deepLink, imageUrl, image title, message
Expo deepLink, imageUrl title, message

Tests on real devices

Visible notification in each app state.

Framework Android foreground Android background Android closed iOS foreground iOS background iOS closed
Native (Android / iOS) · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
Native (Android / iOS) · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending
Ionic + Capacitor · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
Ionic + Capacitor · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending
Cordova · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
Cordova · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending
Flutter · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
Flutter · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending
React Native · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
React Native · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending
Expo · official SDK pending pending pending pending pending pending
Expo · without SDK (REST) pending pending pending pending pending pending

Your framework isn't listed? Any app that gets an FCM or APNs token works via REST.