Get reminders on your phone when the app is closed
Turn on push notifications for the device, send a test, and read the delivery check if nothing arrives. iPhone has one extra rule.
About 3 minutes · For everyone who uses the app · Last reviewed
What you need
- The app installed on the phone (on an iPhone or iPad this is required, not optional). Put OpenTodo on your phone
- A server on an
https://address: browsers require it for push. Installing the app
Steps
- Open OpenTodo from its icon, then Settings → Notifications. Get reminders when the app is closed
- Turn on Enable notifications on this device and allow notifications when the browser asks. Get reminders when the app is closed
- Select Send test notification. Your server sends a real push to this device, the same way it sends reminders, and a notification appears even while OpenTodo is open. Check that it works
- Repeat on every device where you want reminders: phone, laptop, tablet. Each device decides for itself. Snoozing or dismissing on one applies to all. Get reminders when the app is closed
What the test tells you
- Received on this device: done. Reminders will reach this device while the app is closed. Check that it works
- Accepted, but this device has not reported receiving it: the push left your server but the phone did not show it. Check the operating system’s notification settings for the app or browser, and focus or do-not-disturb modes. On iPhone and iPad, make sure you are in the installed app. Check that it works
- The subscription expired or the push service rejected the test: select Re-enable. Check that it works
Privacy
A push goes through your browser’s push service and contains only an id and a time, encrypted so the service cannot read it; your phone shows the title from its own copy of the task. Privacy
If it does not work
- “Notifications are blocked for this site”: you said no when the browser asked. Allow notifications for your OpenTodo address in the browser’s site settings, then Re-enable. When notifications don’t arrive
- “Push notifications are turned off on this server”: the person running your server switched push off. Reminders still show inside the app. When notifications don’t arrive
- On an iPhone, see reminders not arriving on an iPhone for the two things that catch most people. On iPhone and iPad