Does an app still receive data if iOS APNS is turned off? - ios

If the user turned off (assuming the user accepted to receive Push Notification in the app, but went to Settings to turn it off) Push Notification in Settings for an app, does this app still receive data sent in the notification when opening the app. This app does not receive/retrieve/request data in any other way except Push Notification.

The answer is simple: No, it doesn't.

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Send push Notification to Multiple Apps

I wanted to know if it is possible to send a Push to App A and App B at the same time, and if the user has both apps installed, only one will be shown.
Edit:
I was trying to prevent duplicate Notifications to be shown if the user has both Apps installed. But it seems this is not possible to do on the App side. We will have to come up with something server side to prevent duplicate messages to be sent.
Each app has its own deviceToken on that device. To send pushes to both apps you would need to send the push to both device tokens. The device will display both notifications.

Callback function for push notifications while app is killed (titanium iOS)

I cant find a clear answer about this in the Titanium documentation. Is it possible to directly respond to a push notification while the app is killed ?
I know that the callback is called when you open the app trough the push notification. but is there a way to respond when the app is opened manually ?
I tried to use remote-notification as UIBackgroundModes, but this only helps for paused apps.
My goal is to show the push notification in a in-app message center.
You should never rely on push notifications to deliver you payloads, they are too limited for that. If the user receives 5 push notifications and opens the app via the app icon, you will never receive any of the payloads. If he opens the app via one of those notifications you will only receive that payload.
You could use silentpush:
http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/iOS_Background_Services-section-37539664_iOSBackgroundServices-SilentPush
But the app should always query a back-end to get the actual data. That's how WhatsApp does it as well, as you can see when you open it via a notification it will then still fetch the message(s) form the server.

How can I turn off push notifications of other apps when Im using my app

I created an app which receives push notifications from my server. At the same time, if some other app is sending push notifications (for e.g., whatsaap, twitter), the notification is getting displayed when I'm using my app. I want to hide all other app's push notifications except my app's push notifications. Can this be done in iOS? I want my app to receive push notifications only from my server but not from the other apps.
Thanks in advance.
Try to think like your customer. Would they like to receive the push notifications of the other apps (whatsapp, twitter, the notification that a very important email just arrived)? Of course they would. Your App is one of many and most probably not the most important one they own.
Let me provide some background first.
Your app can only receive notifications from your service/server.
The user might have apps that are receiving notifications from the respective service/server.
e.g. if the user has FB app, then it would be receiving notification from FB servers.
In the end, you are only responsible for managing your service/server.
There is no way for you to block notifications that are received from other services from your app.
Hope this helps.

Process received apple push notification in monotouch

Is there a way to show or list Apple push notifications on any user page?
It's pretty hard to find where is the alert message is received.
Here is the Xamarin doc for Remote Notifications: http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/notifications/ios/remote_notifications_in_ios/.
iOS handles the push notification for you, your app is only informed of a push notification if you app is running in the foreground or when the user clicks on the notification and you app is opened.
With the iOS SDK there is no way to get a list of notifications for you app, the best way to create this is by keep a list server side.
Have a look at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplicationDelegate.ReceivedRemoteNotification Method

iOS, remove notification with app not running like gmail app

I was observing the behavior of the gmail iOS app. When I receive an email the app shows a notification. I have the app closed, it is not running.
But when I read the email on the pc, the notification disappears immediatly on the iPhone. How is it possible to reproduce this behavior in my app? How can I remotely clear the notifications?
Thanks
Whenever the Gmail server detects that the mail has been read a silent push notification with a badge number of 0 is sent to clear the badge value.
I wish that Facebook did that as well.

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