push notifications not working for some reason

frontend/hooks/usePushNotifications.tsx

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+
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import messaging from "@react-native-firebase/messaging";
+import notifee, { AndroidImportance, EventType } from "@notifee/react-native";
+
+
+async function displayLocalNotification(title?: string, body?: string) {
+    if (!title && !body) return;
+
+    const channelId = await notifee.createChannel({
+        id:         "default",
+        name:       "General",
+        importance: AndroidImportance.HIGH,
+    });
+
+    await notifee.displayNotification({
+        title,
+        body,
+        android: {
+            channelId,
+            pressAction: { id: "default" },
+        },
+    });
+}
+
+
+export function usePushNotifications() {
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const unsubscribeMessage = messaging().onMessage(async remoteMessage => {
+            const title = remoteMessage.data?.title as string | undefined;
+            const body  = remoteMessage.data?.body  as string | undefined;
+            await displayLocalNotification(title, body);
+        });
+
+        const unsubscribeNotifee = notifee.onForegroundEvent(({ type, detail }) => {
+            if (type === EventType.PRESS) {
+                console.log("Notification tapped:", detail.notification);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return () => {
+            unsubscribeMessage();
+            unsubscribeNotifee();
+        };
+    }, []);
+}

frontend/hooks/useUpdatecheck.tsx

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+
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+    GITEA_URL,
+    GITEA_OWNER,
+    GITEA_REPO,
+    RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX,
+    UPDATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS,
+} from '../config/gitea';
+import { version as currentVersion } from '../version.json';
+
+export interface UpdateInfo {
+    /** Build number of the latest release (same unit as currentVersion). */
+    latestVersion: number;
+    /** Direct URL the user can open to read the release notes / download the APK. */
+    releaseUrl: string;
+    /** Tag name as stored on Gitea, e.g. "mobile-v42". */
+    tagName: string;
+}
+
+export interface UseUpdateCheckResult {
+    /** True while the API call is in flight. */
+    checking: boolean;
+    /** Populated once the check completes and a newer build exists. */
+    updateInfo: UpdateInfo | null;
+    /** Non-null when the check failed (network error, timeout, bad response). */
+    error: Error | null;
+    /** Re-run the check manually (e.g. from a "check again" button). */
+    recheck: () => void;
+}
+
+// ─── Gitea releases API ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+interface GiteaRelease {
+    id: number;
+    tag_name: string;
+    name: string;
+    html_url: string;
+    draft: boolean;
+    prerelease: boolean;
+}
+
+async function fetchLatestRelease(): Promise<GiteaRelease> {
+    const url = `${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_OWNER}/${GITEA_REPO}/releases/latest`;
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), UPDATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    try {
+        const res = await fetch(url, { signal: controller.signal });
+
+        if (!res.ok) {
+            throw new Error(`Gitea API returned HTTP ${res.status}`);
+        }
+
+        return (await res.json()) as GiteaRelease;
+    } finally {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+}
+
+/** Parse the integer build number out of a tag like "mobile-v42". Returns NaN if it can't. */
+function parseBuildNumber(tagName: string): number {
+    if (!tagName.startsWith(RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX)) return NaN;
+    return parseInt(tagName.slice(RELEASE_TAG_PREFIX.length), 10);
+}
+
+
+export function useUpdatecheck(): UseUpdateCheckResult {
+    const [checking, setChecking] = useState(false);
+    const [updateInfo, setUpdateInfo] = useState<UpdateInfo | null>(null);
+    const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
+    // A counter we bump to re-trigger the effect without changing the dep array shape.
+    const [trigger, setTrigger] = useState(0);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        let cancelled = false;
+
+        async function check() {
+            setChecking(true);
+            setError(null);
+
+            try {
+                const release = await fetchLatestRelease();
+
+                if (cancelled) return;
+
+                // Skip drafts and pre-releases.
+                if (release.draft || release.prerelease) {
+                    setUpdateInfo(null);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                const latestVersion = parseBuildNumber(release.tag_name);
+
+                if (isNaN(latestVersion)) {
+                    // The tag doesn't follow our scheme — ignore it silently.
+                    setUpdateInfo(null);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (latestVersion > currentVersion) {
+                    setUpdateInfo({
+                        latestVersion,
+                        releaseUrl: release.html_url,
+                        tagName: release.tag_name,
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    setUpdateInfo(null);
+                }
+            } catch (err) {
+                if (cancelled) return;
+                // Don't surface AbortError as a real error — it's just a timeout.
+                if (err instanceof Error && err.name === 'AbortError') {
+                    setError(new Error('Update check timed out. Check your connection.'));
+                } else {
+                    setError(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)));
+                }
+            } finally {
+                if (!cancelled) setChecking(false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        check();
+
+        return () => {
+            cancelled = true;
+        };
+    }, [trigger]);
+
+    return {
+        checking,
+        updateInfo,
+        error,
+        recheck: () => setTrigger(t => t + 1),
+    };
+}