react-native-push-notification: iOS - Notifications not showing up when app is in background

I can trigger notifications when the app is in the foreground (i.e. they appear in the dropdown notifications area) but they don’t seem to appear once the app is in the background.

// AppDelegate.m
/**
 * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
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#import "AppDelegate.h"

#import "RCTRootView.h"

#import "RCTPushNotificationManager.h"


@implementation AppDelegate

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
  NSURL *jsCodeLocation;

  /**
   * Loading JavaScript code - uncomment the one you want.
   *
   * OPTION 1
   * Load from development server. Start the server from the repository root:
   *
   * $ npm start
   *
   * To run on device, change `localhost` to the IP address of your computer
   * (you can get this by typing `ifconfig` into the terminal and selecting the
   * `inet` value under `en0:`) and make sure your computer and iOS device are
   * on the same Wi-Fi network.
   */

  jsCodeLocation = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://192.168.1.101:8081/index.ios.bundle?platform=ios&dev=true"];

  /**
   * OPTION 2
   * Load from pre-bundled file on disk. The static bundle is automatically
   * generated by the "Bundle React Native code and images" build step when
   * running the project on an actual device or running the project on the
   * simulator in the "Release" build configuration.
   */

//   jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];

  RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBundleURL:jsCodeLocation
                                                      moduleName:@"olisReactNative"
                                               initialProperties:nil
                                                   launchOptions:launchOptions];

  self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
  UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
  rootViewController.view = rootView;
  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
  return YES;
}

// Required to register for notifications
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:(UIUserNotificationSettings *)notificationSettings
{
[RCTPushNotificationManager didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:notificationSettings];
}
// Required for the register event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken
{
[RCTPushNotificationManager didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:deviceToken];
}
// Required for the notification event.
// https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/pushnotificationios.html#content
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)notification
{
NSLog(@"didReceiveRemoteNotification");
[RCTPushNotificationManager didReceiveRemoteNotification:notification];
}

// Required for the localNotification event.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification
{
[RCTPushNotificationManager didReceiveLocalNotification:notification];
}

@end

    PushNotification.localNotification({
      // No idea why, but seems like I need the Android only properties as well to trigger a notification in the dropdown

      /* Android Only Properties */
      id: 0, // (optional) default: Autogenerated Unique ID
      title: "My Notification Title", // (optional)
      ticker: "My Notification Ticker", // (optional)
      largeIcon: "ic_launcher", // (optional) default: "ic_launcher"
      smallIcon: "ic_notification", // (optional) default: "ic_notification" with fallback for "ic_launcher"

      /* iOS and Android properties */
      message: "My Notification Message" // (required)
    });