diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index d8c9ecd..e60e21c 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion flutter.targetSdkVersion
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName
+        multiDexEnabled true
     }
 
     buildTypes {
@@ -68,4 +69,5 @@ flutter {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+    coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.1.5'
 }
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 83ae220..0f10c23 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2' //needs to be >= 4.2.2 for local notifications
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
index 70693e4..521aa68 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import UIKit
 import Flutter
+import flutter_local_notifications
 
 @UIApplicationMain
 @objc class AppDelegate: FlutterAppDelegate {
@@ -7,7 +8,13 @@ import Flutter
     _ application: UIApplication,
     didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?
   ) -> Bool {
+    FlutterLocalNotificationsPlugin.setPluginRegistrantCallback { (registry) in
+      GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: registry)
+    }
     GeneratedPluginRegistrant.register(with: self)
+    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
+      UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self as? UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate
+    }
     return super.application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions)
   }
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 1cda953..61493d6 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Generated by pub
 # See https://dart.dev/tools/pub/glossary#lockfile
 packages:
+  args:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: args
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.4.0"
   async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -43,6 +50,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.5"
+  dbus:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: dbus
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.7.8"
   fake_async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -76,6 +90,27 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.0.1"
+  flutter_local_notifications:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: flutter_local_notifications
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "13.0.0"
+  flutter_local_notifications_linux:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: flutter_local_notifications_linux
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0+1"
+  flutter_local_notifications_platform_interface:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: flutter_local_notifications_platform_interface
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.0.0"
   flutter_test:
     dependency: "direct dev"
     description: flutter
@@ -149,6 +184,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.3"
+  petitparser:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: petitparser
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "5.1.0"
   platform:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -266,6 +308,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.4.12"
+  timezone:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: timezone
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.9.1"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -286,7 +335,14 @@ packages:
       name: xdg_directories
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.0.0"
+    version: "0.2.0+3"
+  xml:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: xml
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "6.1.0"
 sdks:
   dart: ">=2.18.2 <3.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.0.0"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index ea481f5..2e92257 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dependencies:
   # Use with the CupertinoIcons class for iOS style icons.
   cupertino_icons: ^1.0.2
   shared_preferences: ^2.0.17
+  flutter_local_notifications: ^13.0.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: