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[@notifee/react-native](react-native/reference/index) / InitialNotification

# Interface: InitialNotification

An interface representing a notification & action that launched the current app / or Android activity.

View the [App open events](/react-native/events#app-open-events) documentation to learn more.

This interface is returned from [`getInitialNotification`](/react-native/reference/getinitialnotification) when
an initial notification is available.

Deprecated for iOS in favour of `onForegroundEvent`

## Platform

android

## Properties

### input?

> `optional` **input**: `string`

The input from a notification action.

The input detail is available when the [`EventType`](/react-native/reference/eventtype) is:

* [`EventType.ACTION_PRESS`](/react-native/reference/eventtype#action_press)
* The notification quick action has input enabled. View [`AndroidInput`](/react-native/reference/androidinput) for more details.

#### Platform

android API Level >= 20

#### Defined in

[packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts:118](https://github.com/invertase/notifee/blob/main/packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts#L118)

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### notification

> **notification**: [`Notification`](react-native/reference/Interface.Notification)

The notification which the user interacted with, which caused the application to open.

#### Defined in

[packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts:101](https://github.com/invertase/notifee/blob/main/packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts#L101)

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### pressAction

> **pressAction**: [`NotificationPressAction`](react-native/reference/Interface.NotificationPressAction)

The press action which the user interacted with, on the notification, which caused the application to open.

#### Defined in

[packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts:106](https://github.com/invertase/notifee/blob/main/packages/react-native/src/types/Notification.ts#L106)