When does a FCM token expire?

Question

When do FCM tokens expire? Is it at 6 months?

Answer 1

It doesn't expire though. It renews itself if one of the following happens.

According to https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/android/client:

1. -The app deletes Instance ID
2. -The app is restored on a new device
3. -The user uninstalls/reinstall the app
4. -The user clears app data.

Monitor token generation

The onTokenRefreshcallback fires whenever a new token is generated, so calling getToken in its context ensures that you are accessing a current, available registration token. Make sure you have added the service to your manifest, then call getToken in the context of onTokenRefresh, and log the value as shown:

@Override
public void onTokenRefresh() {
    // Get updated InstanceID token.
    String refreshedToken = FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getToken();
    Log.d(TAG, "Refreshed token: " + refreshedToken);

    // If you want to send messages to this application instance or
    // manage this apps subscriptions on the server side, send the
    // Instance ID token to your app server.
    sendRegistrationToServer(refreshedToken);
}

EDIT

onTokenRefresh() is now deprecated. onNewToken() should be used instead.