Toasts

Toasts pop up in your app the moment a new message arrives for the user.

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What are toasts

A toast is a short popup in the corner of your app. It stays until they close it, or dismisses itself on a timer if you turn on auto-dismiss. Toasts don’t have their own messages. They run on the same feed as the inbox, so every message you send to the inbox channel can pop up as a toast. You don’t send anything extra.

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How toasts work with the inbox

The toast and the inbox play different roles with the same message:

• The toast gets attention right now. It appears the moment the message arrives, and goes away once it’s closed or dismissed.
• The inbox keeps the record. The message stays there after the toast is gone, so the user can come back to it later.

Use them together, or render toasts on their own if your app doesn’t have an inbox.

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How it works

1. Add the toast component to your app with a Courier SDK.
2. Send a message to the inbox channel.
3. Courier delivers it in real time, and the toast pops up while the user has your app open.

The prebuilt toast stacks multiple messages, can dismiss itself on a timer, and supports action buttons and light and dark themes. Theme it to match your brand, or render your own toast component.

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Web and mobile

The prebuilt toast is part of the web SDKs: React · Vue · Angular · Web Components On iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter, listen for new inbox messages and show them in your own UI. To reach users when your app is closed, send push as well.

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