Please explain what are the major differences between Rich Push Notification and Simple Push Notification? And want to know which one is better?
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Perhaps I missed the specific WWDC video, but there is a concept increasingly predominant on iOS amongst chat apps where the avatar of the sender and reciever is observed within the PUSH notifications. Articles exist on Apples official documentation where it implicitly suggests that such a Push notification where Avatars are utilised would only be possible for apps that make use of communication UX.
This is vague.
My question for clarification which will affect the direction of our commercial app used by millions is quite simply can we make use of this functionality for a uni directional communication app?
I have a short question - I am using AWS Pinpoint for push notification delivery in my React Native App that I am currently developing. Can I use Pinpoint for push notification delivery even if the user denies 3rd party tracking on iOS (Apple Tracking Transparency)? I mean I would solely want to use Pinpoint for delivering the pushs but Pinpoint is indeed also a tracking tool…
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thanks and best regards
The Smart Home Maker
Ok after more thoroughly studying the Apple App Tracking Transparency guidelines I see that if I only use tracking for myself but do not share information with other apps or websites, it is still allowed to track so there should also be no problem using AWS Pinpoint for push notification delivery even if the user declines app tracking.
Was wondering how facebook and instagram gets their notification notices whenever you're using the app. eg. Message number on facebook, Somebody followed you on instagram, etc. Is it using push notifications? Or just regular executions of an api? It seems expensive to do push notifications cuz of the monthly fee of a VPS. (Based off of this tutorial http://www.raywenderlich.com/32960/apple-push-notification-services-in-ios-6-tutorial-part-1)
I wanted to know any other options that I can use as I only need something witht the same effect as facebook or instagram.
Thoughts?
Yes. They do use push notification for updates of friends/follow/IM.
The cost of using Push Notifications is something big company can easily afford and it is nothing compared to how much money a iOS app can make to the dev.
Yes,
This rule clearly states that any advertising or marketing activity by Push Notification could cost your a ban in App Store.
So how about Groupon and other special offer focused apps? Each day I receive notifications from Groupon with clear marketing content, and when I open it I'm redirected into the view with big "Buy" button (Btw. do you know any other live apps using push in similar way? I mean not exact Groupon-clone apps).
Ofcourse user need to have a choice if he wants to receive such notifications or not, and from who (like in Groupon you can choose subscribed cities), privacy policy need to clearly state what kind of notifications user will receive. Maybe the frequency of notifications does matter (1 per day for Groupon)?
Ok lets get back to the point of my question:
Whats the receipe for such app which explicitly bends the 5.6 rule to stays up and running in App Store?
Have you ever trying to submit similar application?
App reviews rules are not strict, since Groupon is just that, an advertisement platform, an app is expected to send these kind of push notification.
But if, for example, the Facebook app would be using push notification to tell there users to download some other app the rulle 5.6 will come in to play.
But just that some other app got approved does in no way mean that you app will, even if it has the same functionality. So the answer you are seeking for will not do you any good, since even if someone got there app approved will not mean you will get it approved.
I am developing an alarm app in iphone. To set alarm I have to use APNS (Apple Push Notification Service). Can you suggest me how to do this or some important tutorial regarding this.
Start here for authoritative information from the Push Notification Service Programming Guide. You might also search here on Stack Overflow, and on Google. If you can explain in more detail what, exactly, you're looking for help with, we can help with more specific information.
If your plan is to have someone configure alarms on some web site (or desktop app, or whatever), and the use push to send a notification to the device when the alarm "goes off", I encourage you to reconsider that. Push is an unreliable medium (in the same sense as UDP): no guarantees are made as to when, or whether, the notifications will be delivered. It is not something you should depend on to happen at a particular time. It does not get you around the prohibition on background processes on iPhone.
That said, you can certainly try. The Programming Guide I linked above will get you started. There are definitely many APNS tutorials on the web. And if you have specific questions, this site can certainly help. But right now, you're asking, essentially, "how do I write my app?" That's a pretty broad scope for a Q&A site like this.
I believe that you actually mean Local Notifications, not Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). Using Local Notifications you can set timers that will show an alert to the user after a specific time. Using APNS you can basically push events from a server to the users handset.
I suggest you read the Push Notification Service Programming Guide.