I’m running into an issue with scheduled push notifications and would appreciate insight from anyone who has this working.
I’m building an app for our campground where users can schedule activities. The scheduling portion is working correctly. What I’m trying to implement is a 15-minute push reminder before the activity start time.
The intended flow is:
User taps “Set Notification” →
App creates a scheduled push notification →
User receives that notification 15 minutes before the activity.
From what I understand, this previously required third-party APIs, but with Adalo’s newer Scheduled Notifications feature, this should now be possible natively.
I found this KB article and followed it carefully:
https://help.adalo.com/action-basics/notifications/scheduled-notifications/create-scheduled-notification-on-trigger#schedule-the-notification
According to the documentation, creating a scheduled notification on trigger should allow this to work. However, I cannot get a user to receive a scheduled push notification that they created for themselves.
Here’s what I can confirm:
• A Job ID is successfully created when the scheduled notification is triggered
• Push notifications work between different users in TestFlight
• Group notifications work, as long as the sender is excluded
Specifically:
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UserA → UserB works
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UserB → UserA works
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UserA → Group works (if UserA is excluded)
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UserA → UserA creates a Job ID but no notification is ever delivered
This failure occurs regardless of state:
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App open
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App minimized
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App fully closed
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iPhone screen off
In my test collection, you can see entries like:
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“Kermit to Godzilla” → works
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“Godzilla to Kermit” → works
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“Godzilla to Godzilla” → does not deliver
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“Kermit to Kermit” → does not deliver
So it appears the system will not deliver a scheduled push notification to the same user who triggered it, even though the Job ID confirms the scheduled job is created.
My questions:
• Is self-targeted scheduled push supported?
• Is there an additional configuration requirement I’m missing?
• Has anyone successfully implemented 15-minute self-reminders without third-party services?
I’m about 15 hours into troubleshooting this and want to confirm whether this is configuration error on my end or an architectural limitation of Adalo’s notification system.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
