# \[Solved\] One signal notifications if app is in the background?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** solved, notification, push-notifications\
**Created:** [January 8, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940 "2020-01-08T06:09:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![betterautomations](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/betterautomations/32/56105_2.png) [@betterautomations](https://community.thunkable.com/u/betterautomations)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/1 "2020-01-08T06:09:19Z")

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Is this supported? If Android or iOS puts my app to sleep will OneSignal notifications still come through? I searched before asking but couldn’t find the answer on cross platform.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/2 "2020-01-08T06:11:02Z")

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these will still come through. sometimes they come through delayed but they still come!

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**Author:** ![betterautomations](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/betterautomations/32/56105_2.png) [@betterautomations](https://community.thunkable.com/u/betterautomations)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/3 "2020-01-08T06:13:17Z")

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Grateful for the lightning fast reply. If they come through does that mean the entire app wakes up in the background?

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/4 "2020-01-08T06:24:18Z")

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> [@betterautomations](#):
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> e through does that mean the entire app wakes up in the background?

hmm… I’m not totally sure about that. I don’t think so. I’m not fully aware of the architecture behind how push notifications work, but to my knowledge the app doesn’t have to be on at all.

i think one important part when you publish would be to let users know they should leave on notifications so that they don’t miss any important updates. I often deny notifications because i don’t realize what they may have to offer.

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**Author:** ![betterautomations](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/betterautomations/32/56105_2.png) [@betterautomations](https://community.thunkable.com/u/betterautomations)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/5 "2020-01-08T06:26:27Z")

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I think I found the answer with more digging. The app does not appear to wake but OneSignal’s part of the program does. Push notifications must be sent, I am pretty sure, via a script running on some server, or by a human. Not from within the Thunkable app.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/6 "2020-01-08T06:30:59Z")

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> [@betterautomations](#):
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> etty sure, via a script running on some server, or by a human. Not from within the Thunkable app.

I think that android and ios phones have push messaging capabilities built in. seems almost like a native function. not a function added by the app you build.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-one-signal-notifications-if-app-is-in-the-background/396940/7 "2024-11-08T11:46:06Z")

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