← Blog · August 8, 2026

React Native FCM + Pushbrain setup in under 10 minutes

React Native apps already using @react-native-firebase/messaging can add Pushbrain as a management layer: paste your service-account JSON, install the Pushbrain SDK alongside Firebase, and ship a release. Tokens register against your Firebase tenant on next app launch.

Steps

  1. Sign up and create an app in Pushbrain.
  2. Upload Firebase service-account credentials (encrypted at rest).
  3. Install pushbrain-react-native with your existing @react-native-firebase packages.
  4. Call pushbrain.init({ sdkKey }) from your app entry — use your project's existing Firebase config.
  5. Ship — parallel FCM sends during rollout are fine.

Once tokens flow into Pushbrain, you get scheduling, AI copy, audience health, and dashboard sends without building token pruning and campaign APIs yourself. See Firebase integration for the full guide.

Also see Flutter FCM setup if you maintain a Flutter app too.