feat: add ability to request the device token without showing permission

index.d.ts

@@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ export interface PushNotificationIOSStatic {
     permissions?: PushNotificationPermissions[] | PushNotificationPermissions,
   ): Promise<PushNotificationPermissions>;
 
+  /**
+   * Requests the APNS token for the app. This is useful for integrating with
+   * other services, such as Amazon's Simple Notification Service.
+   */
+  requestToken(): Promise<PushNotificationPermissions>;
+
   /**
    * Unregister for all remote notifications received via Apple Push
    * Notification service.

ios/RNCPushNotificationIOS.m

@@ -243,6 +243,26 @@ - (void)handleRemoteNotificationRegistrationError:(NSNotification *)notification
   }];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(requestToken:(NSDictionary *)permissions
+                  resolver:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
+                  rejecter:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
+{
+  if (RCTRunningInAppExtension()) {
+    reject(kErrorUnableToRequestPermissions, nil, RCTErrorWithMessage(@"Requesting push notifications is currently unavailable in an app extension"));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Add a listener to make sure that startObserving has been called
+  [self addListener:@"remoteNotificationsRegistered"];
+
+  dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
+    [RCTSharedApplication() registerForRemoteNotifications];
+  });
+  [UNUserNotificationCenter.currentNotificationCenter getNotificationSettingsWithCompletionHandler:^(UNNotificationSettings * _Nonnull settings) {
+    resolve(RCTPromiseResolveValueForUNNotificationSettings(settings));
+  }];
+}
+
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(abandonPermissions)
 {
   [RCTSharedApplication() unregisterForRemoteNotifications];

js/index.js

@@ -410,6 +410,27 @@ class PushNotificationIOS {
     return RNCPushNotificationIOS.requestPermissions(requestedPermissions);
   }
 
+    /**
+   * Requests notification permissions from iOS, prompting the user's
+   * dialog box. By default, it will request all notification permissions, but
+   * a subset of these can be requested by passing a map of requested
+   * permissions.
+   *
+   * See https://reactnative.dev/docs/pushnotificationios.html#requestpermissions
+   */
+  static requestToken(): Promise<{
+    alert: boolean,
+    badge: boolean,
+    sound: boolean,
+    critical: boolean,
+  }> {
+    invariant(
+      RNCPushNotificationIOS,
+      'PushNotificationManager is not available.',
+    );
+    return RNCPushNotificationIOS.requestToken({});
+  }
+
   /**
    * Unregister for all remote notifications received via Apple Push Notification service.
    *