Fixed notifications vanishing when app wasn't ready and sometimes showing up twice

app.json

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
       "supportsTablet": true
     },
     "android": {
-      "useNextNotificationsApi": true,
       "googleServicesFile": "./google-services.json",
       "adaptiveIcon": {
         "backgroundColor": "#E6F4FE",
@@ -39,7 +38,9 @@
             "backgroundColor": "#000000"
           }
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      "expo-font",
+      "expo-web-browser"
     ],
     "experiments": {
       "typedRoutes": true,

app/index.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 import { createDrawerNavigator, DrawerContentScrollView, DrawerItemList } from '@react-navigation/drawer';
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Button, Linking, ScrollView, Text, TextInput, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
-import { STORAGE_KEY, useNotificationListener } from '../hooks/useNotificationListener';
+import { clearStoredNotifications, useNotificationListener } from '../hooks/useNotificationListener';
 import { usePushNotifications } from '../hooks/usePushNotifications';
 import { version as appVersion } from '../package.json';
 import { styles } from '../styles/styles';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default function App() {
 	const handleLogout = async () => {
 		if (unregisterToken) await unregisterToken();
 		await AsyncStorage.removeItem(API_KEY_STORAGE);
-		await AsyncStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+		await clearStoredNotifications();
 		setApiKey(null);
 		setApiKeySaved(false);
 		setNotifications([]);

hooks/useNotificationListener.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import AsyncStorage from "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage";
 import * as Notifications from "expo-notifications";
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { AppState } from "react-native";
 import { Category, categoryKeys } from "../types/Category";
 import { Item } from "../types/Item";
 
@@ -8,107 +9,62 @@ export const STORAGE_KEY = "notifications-data";
 const MAX_STORED_NOTIFICATIONS = 100;
 const MAX_AGE_DAYS = 60;
 
-// Simple queue to prevent race conditions
+let chain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
-class StorageQueue {
+function enqueue(task: () => Promise<void>) {
-	private queue: Array<() => Promise<void>> = [];
+	chain = chain.then(task).catch((e) => console.error("Storage task failed:", e));
-	private processing = false;
+	return chain;
-
-	async add(task: () => Promise<void>) {
-		this.queue.push(task);
-		if (!this.processing) {
-			await this.process();
-		}
 }
 
-	private async process() {
+function mergeItems(newItems: Item[], emit: (items: Item[]) => void) {
-		this.processing = true;
+return enqueue(async () => {
-		while (this.queue.length > 0) {
+	const saved = await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
-			const task = this.queue.shift();
+	const prev: Item[] = saved ? JSON.parse(saved) : [];
-			if (task) {
+	const merged = cleanOldItems(
-				try {
+	deduplicateItems([...newItems, ...prev].map((i) => ({ ...i, timestamp: Number(i.timestamp) })))
-					await task();
+	);
-				} catch (e) {
+	await AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(merged));
-					console.error("Storage task failed:", e);
+	emit(merged);
+});
 }
-			}
-		}
-		this.processing = false;
-	}
-}
-
-const storageQueue = new StorageQueue();
 
 export function useNotificationListener(onItems: (items: Item[]) => void) {
 	const onItemsRef = useRef(onItems);
-	const mountedRef = useRef(true);
+	useEffect(() => { onItemsRef.current = onItems; }, [onItems]);
-	
-	// Keep ref updated but don't trigger effect re-runs
-	useEffect(() => {
-		onItemsRef.current = onItems;
-	}, [onItems]);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
-		mountedRef.current = true;
+		let active = true;
+		const emit = (items: Item[]) => { if (active) onItemsRef.current(items); };
+		const add = (n: Notifications.Notification) => {
+		const item = mapNotificationToItem(n);
+		if (item) mergeItems([item], emit);
+		};
 
-		(async () => {
+		const sync = async () => {
-			try {
+			const incoming: Item[] = [];
-				const saved = await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+			const delivered = await Notifications.getPresentedNotificationsAsync();
-				let existing: Item[] = saved ? JSON.parse(saved) : [];
+			incoming.push(...delivered.map(mapNotificationToItem).filter((i): i is Item => !!i));
 
-				// Parse timestamp correctly
+			const last = await Notifications.getLastNotificationResponseAsync();
-				existing = existing.map((i) => ({
+			const lastItem = last && mapNotificationToItem(last.notification);
-					...i,
+			if (lastItem) incoming.push(lastItem);
-					timestamp: Number(i.timestamp),
-				}));
 
-				// Load delivered notifications from the system
+			await mergeItems(incoming, emit);
-				const delivered = await Notifications.getPresentedNotificationsAsync?.();
+			};
-				const deliveredItems: Item[] = delivered
+		sync().catch(console.error);
-					?.map(mapNotificationToItem)
-					.filter((i): i is Item => i !== null) ?? [];
 
-				// Combine, deduplicate, and clean
+		const receivedSub = Notifications.addNotificationReceivedListener(add);
-				const combined = deduplicateItems([...deliveredItems, ...existing]);
+		const responseSub = Notifications.addNotificationResponseReceivedListener((r) => add(r.notification));
-				const cleaned = cleanOldItems(combined);
+		const appStateSub = AppState.addEventListener("change", (s) => {
-
+		if (s === "active") sync().catch(console.error);
-				await AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(cleaned));
-				
-				if (mountedRef.current) {
-					onItemsRef.current(cleaned);
-				}
-			} catch (e) {
-				console.error("Failed to load notifications:", e);
-			}
-		})();
-
-		const receivedSub = Notifications.addNotificationReceivedListener(async (notification) => {
-			const item = mapNotificationToItem(notification);
-			if (item && mountedRef.current) {
-				await addItem(item, (items) => {
-					if (mountedRef.current) {
-						onItemsRef.current(items);
-					}
-				});
-			}
-		});
-
-		const responseSub = Notifications.addNotificationResponseReceivedListener(async (response) => {
-			const item = mapNotificationToItem(response.notification);
-			if (item && mountedRef.current) {
-				await addItem(item, (items) => {
-					if (mountedRef.current) {
-						onItemsRef.current(items);
-					}
-				});
-			}
 		});
 
 		return () => {
-			mountedRef.current = false;
+		active = false;
 		receivedSub.remove();
 		responseSub.remove();
+		appStateSub.remove();
 		};
-	}, []); // Empty deps - only run once
+	}, []);
 }
 
 function normalizeTimestamp(timestamp: any): number {
@@ -126,11 +82,6 @@ function normalizeTimestamp(timestamp: any): number {
 	return num;
 }
 
-function generateItemId(item: Item): string {
-	// Create a unique ID based on timestamp, title, and info
-	return `${item.timestamp}-${item.title}-${item.info}`.substring(0, 100);
-}
-
 function deduplicateItems(items: Item[]): Item[] {
 	const seen = new Set<string>();
 	const unique: Item[] = [];
@@ -164,11 +115,10 @@ export function mapNotificationToItem(notification: Notifications.Notification):
 			? (rawCategory as Category)
 			: "utility";
 
-		const timestamp = data.timestamp
+		const timestamp = normalizeTimestamp(data.timestamp ?? notification.date);
-			? normalizeTimestamp(data.timestamp)
-			: Date.now();
 
 		return {
+			id: notification.request.identifier,
 			timestamp,
 			category,
 			title: content.title ?? "No title",
@@ -181,27 +131,12 @@ export function mapNotificationToItem(notification: Notifications.Notification):
 	}
 }
 
-async function addItem(item: Item, onItems: (items: Item[]) => void) {
+export function clearStoredNotifications() {
-	await storageQueue.add(async () => {
+	return enqueue(async () => { await AsyncStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY); });
-		try {
-			const saved = await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
-			const prev: Item[] = saved ? JSON.parse(saved) : [];
-
-			const combined = [item, ...prev]
-				.map((i) => ({ ...i, timestamp: Number(i.timestamp) }));
-
-			// Deduplicate and clean
-			const deduplicated = deduplicateItems(combined);
-			const cleaned = cleanOldItems(deduplicated);
-
-			await AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(cleaned));
-			onItems(cleaned);
-		} catch (e) {
-			console.error("Failed to persist notification:", e);
-			// Still call onItems with the new item so UI updates even if persistence fails
-			onItems([item]);
 }
-	});
+
+function generateItemId(item: Item): string {
+	return item.id ?? `${item.timestamp}-${item.title}-${item.info}`.substring(0, 100);
 }
 
 export default null;

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+
 {
   "name": "notifier",
   "main": "expo-router/entry",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "overrides": {
+    "expo": "~54.0.13",
+    "expo-router": "~6.0.11"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "expo start",
     "android": "expo start --android",
@@ -10,30 +15,29 @@
     "lint": "expo lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@expo/vector-icons": "^15.0.2",
+    "@expo/vector-icons": "^15.0.3",
     "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^2.2.0",
     "@react-navigation/bottom-tabs": "^7.4.0",
     "@react-navigation/drawer": "^7.5.10",
     "@react-navigation/elements": "^2.6.3",
     "@react-navigation/native": "^7.1.18",
-    "eas-cli": "^16.23.0",
     "expo": "~54.0.13",
     "expo-constants": "~18.0.9",
-    "expo-device": "^8.0.9",
+    "expo-device": "~8.0.10",
-    "expo-font": "~14.0.9",
+    "expo-font": "~14.0.12",
-    "expo-haptics": "~15.0.7",
+    "expo-haptics": "~15.0.8",
-    "expo-image": "~3.0.9",
+    "expo-image": "~3.0.11",
     "expo-linking": "~8.0.8",
-    "expo-notifications": "^0.32.12",
+    "expo-notifications": "~0.32.17",
     "expo-router": "~6.0.11",
-    "expo-splash-screen": "~31.0.10",
+    "expo-splash-screen": "~31.0.13",
-    "expo-status-bar": "~3.0.8",
+    "expo-status-bar": "~3.0.9",
-    "expo-symbols": "~1.0.7",
+    "expo-symbols": "~1.0.8",
-    "expo-system-ui": "~6.0.7",
+    "expo-system-ui": "~6.0.9",
-    "expo-web-browser": "~15.0.8",
+    "expo-web-browser": "~15.0.11",
     "react": "19.1.0",
     "react-dom": "19.1.0",
-    "react-native": "0.81.4",
+    "react-native": "0.81.5",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.28.0",
     "react-native-reanimated": "~4.1.1",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "~5.6.0",

types/Item.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Category } from "./Category";
 
 export type Item = {
+	id?: string;
 	timestamp: number;
 	category: Category;
 	title: string;