Receive notification only the app is in foreground

[GENL]

I build a mobile social network and I want to update the number of likes of a post using a push notification. But I don't want the users to be disturbed each time a post is liked when the app is in background. So is there a way to tell the mobile app to receive notification only when the app is in foreground?

Thanks

[butaminas]

You can set how these notifications are handled in your app code. You can trigger an event when a push notification is received and decide what you do with it - this is where you check if the app is in the foreground or not and only then display the notification.