i have an app and i'm thinking about implementing push notifications in it. however, i want to use remote notifications. i've tried Parse's push notification service and it's great and works well. You can type any text you want to inform your users about and just press send in order to be delivered to all your App users. On the other hand, i don't know if Apple has any such service that can facilitate the process of sending remote notifications. so which is better to stick to, Apple or Parse? and can i have the same service as Parse from Apple?
Yes, you can get the same services as Parse. You have to build your own server that will talk with Apple APNS. Just for example sending a push notification from your own server without using parse is here.
I didn't understand what are you trying to ask.
You can use Apple push notification service for sending remote content. With Any content related to your App.
Check RemoteNotifications for details. Parse is also using the Apple's push notification service.
Edit: For implementing your own servers for push notification check this tutorial : Push Notification Services
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I am currently debugging for an existing iOS application, and I need to use the data from push notification to perform some actions. Since the backend team failed to provide me with the data model of their push notification, I have to figure it out myself.
The push is only available on TestFlight build (which means I couldn't print the push notification in my Xcode). Therefore I tried to setup a proxy using mitmproxy to intercept it. But somehow the push notification is not shown in the mitmproxy terminal.
I did some basic research and it seems to me it is impossible to intercept and see the push notification from apns on my macbook. Can someone give me a hint of where to look for and start with?
So, i'm developing a IOS VOIP app, and find out that i need to use a Push notification server to make my app work on background to receive incoming calls and etc.
I searched and dont find anything about how can i set-up, develop, use, find about, a push notification server/gateway
I found some server who are paid and dont help me on anything, because i can't pay it right now.
I'm sorry to write a question entirely of text, with no code, but there's no code to use right now.
Yes i read the documentation, and articles, and etc, but they just talk about "Setup your server and send a push to apns", nothing useful about what i should use or how can i set-up a server.
Here's what i already found about it:
Mizu VOIP push gateway
How to create a native iOS app that can receive VoIP push notifications
Session Talk push gateway
Mizu VOIP Push notifications
Push notifications docs
In case doesn't exist a non-paid alternative to a push notification server/gateway, is there a workaround to this problem with the newest IOS changes? (I found something like a workaround said by the Zoiper team here)
Thanks in advance!
[EDIT]
The solution was using the Flexisip proxy server.
I want to send push notification to all users who is installed my iOS app. Can you tell me the best and easy process for this?I want to send push without storing or using any specific device token. It will work for all users. I'm using FCM for this but for user segment i don't get push notification. For single device by given fcm token it's working fine.
If you want to send push notification manually to everyone who has your app installed already you should use Firebase cloud messaging.
You can read more here: https://firebase.google.com.
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Can one use a 3rd party service to send Push Notifications without relying on the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS)?
If it is a requirement that one use the APNS service, is it simply a requirement for App Store approval or is it a technological limitation?
I have seen other questions, such as this one: Apple push notification without Apple Server, but it mainly deals with sending files and is several years old.
Apple requires you to use APNS to send push notifications to devices. This cannot be done without APNS, if you found a way around this then Apple would most likely reject the app.
Click here to read the documentation. When you register for push notifications you are actually getting the device token for your app on that specific device from APNS, therefore that is an APNS specific token and you will need to use APNS to send the notification.
Just wanted to conform if my understanding is correct. As per my understanding, the mechanism involved in delivering the push notification to iOS App is Server -> GCM -> APNS -> iOS App. I am an iOS developer and I know that Apple strictly never allows a server other than APNS server to send a remote notification to iOS App. So, just wanted to know whether the notification is directly pushed to the iOS App from GCM or, via APNS.
Push messages are always sent by APNS.
What services like Google Cloud Messaging or Parse.com do is facilitating the administration of push messages - eg enabling an app to switch pushon or off for an app, or group users so you can send push messages to certain user groups instead of all of them.
GCM is not involved in Push Notification in iOS.
It is carried out through APNS.
Please refer
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/ApplePushService.html
It will clear all your doubts.
Everything will be clear if you just look at image:
Its showing complete APNS process. This is the process for iOS, no GCM included for iOS.