Get the status of the notification permission and programmatically turn on the notification by the settings screen of the app

Question

So I have a settings screen that has a switch on it that can toggle if the notification is ON/OFF. I can access the status of the notification but what I want to do is if I toggle the switch from OFF -> ON I want it to programmatically turn ON the notification settings by not opening the settings of the phone. Im using expo for this one. Should I use askAsync?? if I use this, the notification permission will popup I dont want this one to be displayed.

Here is where I can get the status of the NOTIFICATION

const { status, permissions } = await Permissions.getAsync(
        Permissions.NOTIFICATIONS
      ); ```

what do you mean with you don't want this to be displayed? How is the user supposed to grant your app the permission? — Daniel Dimitrov, Nov 23 '20 at 20:36
@DanielDimitrov by toggling the switch. is it possible to grant the permission by this one? — nani10, Nov 23 '20 at 20:55
I don't think so. those permission dialogs are controlled by the system. You can not go around them. — Daniel Dimitrov, Nov 23 '20 at 21:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '20 at 04:58

You can ask permission by toggleing in only one case if the user has clicked on the no or deny option if he has selected don't ask again then it is not possible(in ios only). If he has disabled you have to go setting page.

 async function requestPermissionForNotification() {
try {
  const permission = await requestNotifications(["alert", "badge", "sound"]);
  if (permission.status === "granted") {
    setupNotification();
  }
} catch (e) {
  console.log(e)
}

To achieve this you can use the various libraries.

Link import {Linking} from 'react-native';

Linking.openSettings();

You can also use react-native-permission. Link [https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-permissions]

Get the status of the notification permission and programmatically turn on the notification by the settings screen of the app

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