firebase / firebase/firebase-admin-java

Android device only receive 1 notification when offline.

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Description

My app sends non-collapsible push notification.
When push notification are sent while device is online, everything works fine. Notifications are sent one by one. The problem is that if the device is offline (closed or airplane mode) only the last notification sent is received when the device come back online.

A work around that seems to be popular online is to generate unique collapseKey to force firebase to push notification in separate "collapse group".
I know the limit is only 4 collapse key, but it is enough notifications for the app I'm building.

I've achieved the desired result on IOS by settings my apns-collapse-id to a random UUID for each notifications but now that I'me trying with android it doesn't seems to work.

I uses
Firebase-admin version 9.1.1
```

com.google.firebase
firebase-admin
9.1.1

```
This library uses FCM HTTP v1 endpoint

The collapseKey fields works.
When setting it with this function : `AndroidConfig.builder().setCollapseKey("non_unique_collapse_key").build()`

The notifications are overwritten.

If I set it like this : `AndroidConfig.builder().setCollapseKey(UUID.randomUUID().toString()).build()`

All notification are sent separately.

The problem is that if I put my android to airplane mode, send myself 3 notifications (with 3 different collapse_key)
When I put my device back online, I only receive the last notification sent.

The same cannot be said for IOS.

I set my notification like so :
```
ApnsConfig.builder().putHeader("apns-collapse-id", collapseKey)
.setAps(Aps.builder().setAlert(
ApsAlert.builder().setTitle(title).setBody(notificationContent).build()).build())
.build();
```

and when I put my iphone back online, I receive 3 notifications.

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Research direction

Start with the AndroidConfig.builder().setCollapseKey usage and the Firebase Admin Java SDK 9.1.1 configuration described in the issue. Reproduce with an Android device in airplane mode, sending three notifications with distinct collapse keys through the FCM HTTP v1 endpoint, then compare the result with the APNs configuration. Done means determining whether the Android delivery behavior is expected or identifying a documented SDK or FCM issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
backend, mobile-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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