What meta-data tags are required in AndroidManifest.xml for a React Native Android app to receive push notifications?

For a React Native (bare workflow) Android app, add the Pushwoosh meta-data tags inside the <application> element of android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml.

Required meta-data

• com.pushwoosh.appid — your application code from the Pushwoosh Control Panel.
• com.pushwoosh.apitoken — your Device API Token, found in the Control Panel under API Access. Without it the SDK’s requests are rejected with 401.

<application ...>
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.pushwoosh.appid"
        android:value="XXXXX-XXXXX" />
    <meta-data
        android:name="com.pushwoosh.apitoken"
        android:value="YOUR_DEVICE_API_TOKEN" />
</application>

If you initialise the plugin from JavaScript with Pushwoosh.init({ pw_appid: "XXXXX-XXXXX" }), the com.pushwoosh.appid tag is optional, but the API token entry is still needed.

No Sender ID any more

A com.pushwoosh.senderid meta-data tag is no longer used. Legacy FCM Sender ID / Server Key credentials were discontinued by Google in June 2024, and in the current Pushwoosh Android SDK setSenderId() is a no-op. Remove the tag if you still have it — FCM configuration now comes entirely from google-services.json plus the FCM v1 service account key uploaded in Pushwoosh.

Additional troubleshooting

• Place google-services.json (downloaded from Firebase Console) in android/app/, and apply the com.google.gms.google-services Gradle plugin in your app-level build.gradle.
• In Pushwoosh, go to Settings → Configure platforms, click Connect in the Android row and upload the FCM service account JSON key from Firebase Console → Project settings → Service accounts.
• Make sure the package name in google-services.json matches your release applicationId.

Rebuild the application after making these changes.