diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotifications.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotifications.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotifications.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotifications.java
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.service.notification.StatusBarNotification;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.google.firebase.messaging.RemoteMessage;
 
 public class CommAndroidNotifications extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
   private NotificationManager notificationManager;
@@ -46,4 +49,18 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void getInitialNotification(Promise promise) {
+    RemoteMessage initialNotification =
+        getCurrentActivity().getIntent().getParcelableExtra("message");
+    if (initialNotification == null) {
+      promise.resolve(null);
+      return;
+    }
+    WritableMap jsReadableNotification =
+        CommAndroidNotificationParser.parseRemoteMessageToJSForegroundMessage(
+            initialNotification);
+    promise.resolve(jsReadableNotification);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/native/push/android.js b/native/push/android.js
--- a/native/push/android.js
+++ b/native/push/android.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 type CommAndroidNotificationsModuleType = {
   +removeAllActiveNotificationsForThread: (threadID: string) => void,
+  +getInitialNotification: () => Promise<?AndroidForegroundMessage>,
   ...
 };
 export type AndroidForegroundMessage = {
diff --git a/native/push/push-handler.react.js b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
--- a/native/push/push-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
@@ -349,9 +349,7 @@
       return;
     }
     this.initialAndroidNotifHandled = true;
-    const initialNotif = await getFirebase()
-      .notifications()
-      .getInitialNotification();
+    const initialNotif = await CommAndroidNotifications.getInitialNotification();
     if (initialNotif) {
       await this.androidNotificationOpened(initialNotif);
     }