I am trying to get push notifications to work on iOS, but I can not get access to the device token!
My Unity version is 5.4.1f1.
I have enabled the Push Notifications capability in XCode and all the certificates are setup correctly:
In my script in the start method I call this:
UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationServices.RegisterForNotifications
(UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationType.Alert | UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationType.Badge
| UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationType.Sound, true);
Then from the update method I call this method:
private bool RegisterTokenWithPlayfab( System.Action successCallback,
System.Action<PlayFabError> errorCallback )
{
byte[] token = UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationServices.deviceToken;
if(token != null)
{
// Registration on backend
}
else
{
string errorDescription = UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationServices.registrationError;
Debug.Log( "Push Notifications Registration failed with: " + errorDescription );
return false;
}
}
The token keeps being empty, so the else-branch is entered every call. Also, the registrationError keeps being empty.
Can someone point me in the right direction on this? What else can I try or how can I get more infos on what is going wrong??
Try this one
Go to your application target. Choose Capabilities and ensure that ‘Push Notifications’ is enabled there.
You need to check deviceToken in a Coroutine or Update.
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Networking;
using System.Collections;
using NotificationServices = UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationServices;
using NotificationType = UnityEngine.iOS.NotificationType;
public class NotificationRegistrationExample : MonoBehaviour
{
bool tokenSent;
void Start()
{
tokenSent = false;
NotificationServices.RegisterForNotifications(
NotificationType.Alert |
NotificationType.Badge |
NotificationType.Sound, true);
}
void Update()
{
if (!tokenSent)
{
byte[] token = NotificationServices.deviceToken;
if (token != null)
{
// send token to a provider
string token = System.BitConverter.ToString(token).Replace('-', '%');
Debug.Log(token)
tokenSent = true;
}
}
}
}
The implementation is horrible, but we don't have callbacks from Unity side so we need to keep listening that variable value.
Check the documentation:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/iOS.NotificationServices.RegisterForNotifications.html
Also seems to need internet. I guess there is an Apple service going on there.
Yes, registration error is empty even when user deniy permissions.
What i did is to use UniRX and set an Observable fron a Coroutine with a time out so it dont keep forever asking for it.
If you accepted and you do not received the token might be the internet conection. And i guess you are teying this on a real device.
We are using Twilio in our application for voice communication.
When making voice call, we are setting up Twilio device as below.
If call is not successful, we are retrying few more time calling below function again.
My question is doesn't destroy function delete the event handlers as well? And why do I see in log "[Device] Found existing Device; using new token but ignoring options" when I call setup after calling destroy?
function setupTwilio(token) {
if (angular.isFunction(Twilio.Device.destroy)) {
console.log('Destroying Twilio device');
Twilio.Device.destroy(); // Destroy before setup incase we have already run this
}
startEventHandlers(); // add event handlers for Twilio events e.g. connect, disconnect
trySetup = function () {
var params = { debug: ( DEBUG ? true : false ) };
if (DEBUG) {
console.log('trying the twilio setup at ' + new Date());
console.log(Twilio.Device.instance);
}
// Twilio will not hit the handlers specified in startEventHandlers until a successful setup has been created, so run try catch here
try {
Twilio.Device.setup(token, params);
} catch (e) {
if (DEBUG) {
console.log('TwilioSetup uncaught error: ' + e);
}
}
};
if (angular.isDefined(token)) {
trySetup();
}
}
Destroy will trigger the offline event handler. Try setting up the device inside the offline event handler:
Twilio.Device.offline(function() {
Twilio.Device.setup(token, params);
});
I googled javapns and nothing show that it support broadcast diffusion.
It there a trick to make it support broadcast?
I am using this code right now, and adding all my available tokens in the call:
try {
PushNotificationPayload payload = PushNotificationPayload.complex();
payload.addAlert("Hello World");
payload.addBadge(1);
payload.addSound("default");
payload.addCustomDictionary("id", "1");
System.out.println(payload.toString());
List<PushedNotification> NOTIFICATIONS = Push
.payload(payload, "D:\\keystore1.p12", "123456", true,
"-------------");
for (PushedNotification NOTIFICATION : NOTIFICATIONS) {
if (NOTIFICATION.isSuccessful()) {
/* APPLE ACCEPTED THE NOTIFICATION AND SHOULD DELIVER IT */
System.out
.println("PUSH NOTIFICATION SENT SUCCESSFULLY TO: "
+ NOTIFICATION.getDevice().getToken());
/* STILL NEED TO QUERY THE FEEDBACK SERVICE REGULARLY */
} else {
String INVALIDTOKEN = NOTIFICATION.getDevice().getToken();
/* ADD CODE HERE TO REMOVE INVALIDTOKEN FROM YOUR DATABASE */
/* FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS */
Exception THEPROBLEM = NOTIFICATION.getException();
THEPROBLEM.printStackTrace();
/*
* IF THE PROBLEM WAS AN ERROR-RESPONSE PACKET RETURNED BY
* APPLE, GET IT
*/
ResponsePacket THEERRORRESPONSE = NOTIFICATION
.getResponse();
if (THEERRORRESPONSE != null) {
System.out.println(THEERRORRESPONSE.getMessage());
}
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e);
}
Real Broadcast notification does not exists. IOS Push notification service has only one implementation and it takes token list of clients.
So you have to get tokens of your client, then use your script.
I have spent lot of time to find correct cordova plugin for parse push notifications for both Android & iOS platforms.
My requirements are:
To receive parse push notification (in both android & iOS)
Able to store all the incoming push notifications in mobile local storage Sqlite.
I have tried all the below parse push cordova plugins for both Android & iOS platforms.
https://github.com/avivais/phonegap-parse-plugin
https://github.com/taivo/parse-push-plugin
https://github.com/campers/parse-push-plugin
https://github.com/manishiitg/parse-push-plugin
For Android: All the above plugins are working perfectly to fulfill my above mentioned requirements.
For iOS: Only 1st plugin i.e https://github.com/avivais/phonegap-parse-plugin is working. And that too i was not able to save the notifications in local storage sqlite. That means only my 1st requirement is fulfilled but not my 2nd requirement.
All the github pages of remaining plugins (i.e 2nd, 3rd, 4th) states that:
"Please note that I've only worked on the Android aspect of this fork. The iOS side is not yet up to date."
Is there any plugin which will work for both Android & iOS platforms to fulfill my 2 requirements?
(or)
If there is no common plugin for both the platforms, then how can I store the incoming plugins in iOS sqlite?
Please help me. Thanks in advance.
I happen to maintain https://github.com/taivo/parse-push-plugin
It looks like you caught my fork at its infancy. I picked it up when the upstream fork seemed stagnant for a while and at that time I was only addressing the Android aspect. Since then I've provided full iOS support. And it works for parse-server as well as the out-going parse.com. I also did one better and made installation just a matter of
cordova add https://github.com/taivo/parse-push-plugin
and writing a few config.xml tags to indicate server url, and app id.
That should take out the big pain of manually messing with Android Manifest, Java, and Objective C when setting up the plugin.
It should now meet or exceed your requirement. To receive push notification and store in sqlite, all you have to do is set an event handler in javascript. Be sure to wrap it with some sort of device ready or platform ready event handler to ensure the plugin has properly loaded.
$ionicPlatform.ready(function(){
if(window.ParsePushPlugin){
ParsePushPlugin.on('receivePN', function(pn){
console.log('yo i got this notif:' + JSON.stringify(pn) );
//
// do your sqlite storage here
//
});
}
});
You just might be interested in the Azure Push Notifications. It combines both Push notification services so you can send messages to both devices from one central point.
I quote:
Notification Hubs A scalable, cross-platform solution for sending push
notifications to mobile devices, Notification Hubs works well with
Cordova apps. Notification Hubs manages the registrations with each
PNS. More important, Notification Hubs lets you create template
registrations so you can send messages to all registered devices,
regardless of platform, with only a single line of code. You can also
use tags to send targeted notifications only to devices with specific
registrations. For more information about Notification Hubs, see the
Azure Web site at aka.ms/nkn4n4.
Here i have a helper class for registering your device with the pushnotification service. For sending push notifications, you can use an azure portal and send styled push notifications in json format.
var Pushman = {
Initialize: function (hubConnString, hubName, gcmSenderId, callbackRegistered, callbackUnRegistered, callbackInlineNotification, callbackBackgroundNotification, callbackError) {
//store connection and callback information on app startup for Push Registration later
Pushman.HubConnectionString = hubConnString;
Pushman.HubName = hubName;
Pushman.GcmSenderId = gcmSenderId;
//callbacks
Pushman.RegisteredCallback = callbackRegistered;
Pushman.UnRegisteredCallback = callbackUnRegistered;
Pushman.NotificationForegroundCallback = callbackInlineNotification;
Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback = callbackBackgroundNotification;
Pushman.ErrorCallback = callbackError;
},
RegisterForPushNotifications: function (tags) {
//setup Azure Notification Hub registration
Pushman.Hub = new WindowsAzure.Messaging.NotificationHub(Pushman.HubName, Pushman.HubConnectionString, Pushman.GcmSenderId);
Pushman.Hub.registerApplicationAsync(tags).then(Pushman.onRegistered, Pushman.onError);
//setup PushPlugin registration
Pushman.Push = window.PushNotification;
var push;
//register depending on device being run
if (device.platform == 'android' || device.platform == 'Android' || device.platform == "amazon-fireos") {
//android
push = Pushman.Push.init(
{ "android": { "senderID": Pushman.GcmSenderId } }
);
push.on('registration', Pushman.onRegistered);
push.on('notification', Pushman.onAndroidNotification);
push.on('error', Pushman.onError);
} else {
//iOS
push = Pushman.Push.init(
{ "ios": { "alert": "true", "badge": "true", "sound": "true" } }
);
push.on('registration', Pushman.onRegistered);
push.on('notification', Pushman.onIOSNotification);
push.on('error', Pushman.onError);
}
},
UnRegisterForPushNotifications: function () {
if (Pushman.Hub != null) {
//dont pass through error handler
//unreg azure
Pushman.Hub.unregisterApplicationAsync()
.then(Pushman.onUnRegistered, null);
//unreg native
Pushman.Push.unregister(Pushman.onUnRegistered, null);
}
},
onRegistered: function (msg) {
Pushman.log("Registered: " + msg.registrationId);
//only call callback if registrationId actually set
if (msg.registrationId.length > 0 && Pushman.RegisteredCallback != null) {
Pushman.RegisteredCallback(msg);
}
},
onUnRegistered: function () {
Pushman.log("UnRegistered");
if (Pushman.UnRegisteredCallback != null) {
Pushman.UnRegisteredCallback();
}
},
onInlineNotification: function (msg) {
Pushman.log("OnInlineNotification: " + msg);
if (Pushman.NotificationForegroundCallback != null) {
Pushman.NotificationForegroundCallback(msg);
}
},
onBackgroundNotification: function (msg) {
Pushman.log("OnBackgroundNotification: " + msg);
if (Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback != null) {
Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback(msg);
}
},
onColdStartNotification: function (msg) {
Pushman.log("OnColdStartNotification: " + msg);
if (Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback != null) {
Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback(msg);
}
},
onError: function (error) {
Pushman.log("Error: " + error);
if (Pushman.ErrorCallback != null) {
Pushman.ErrorCallback(error);
}
},
onAndroidNotification: function (e) {
switch (e.event) {
case 'registered':
if (e.regid.length > 0) {
Pushman.onRegistered("Registered");
}
break;
case 'message':
if (e.foreground) {
//if this flag is set, this notification happened while app in foreground
Pushman.onInlineNotification(e.payload.message);
} else {
//otherwise app launched because the user touched a notification in the notification tray.
if (e.coldstart) {
//app was closed
Pushman.onColdStartNotification(e.payload.message);
}
else {
//app was minimized
Pushman.onBackgroundNotification(e.payload.message);
}
}
break;
case 'error':
Pushman.onError(e.msg);
break;
default:
Pushman.onError("Unknown message");
break;
}
},
onIOSNotification: function (event) {
//TODO: not sure how ios works re cold start vs inline msg types?
if (event.alert) {
navigator.notification.alert(event.alert);
}
if (event.badge) {
Push.setApplicationIconBadgeNumber(app.successHandler, app.errorHandler, event.badge);
}
},
tokenHandler: function (result) {
// iOS - not sure its use though appears somewhat important
// Your iOS push server needs to know the token before it can push to this device
// here is where you might want to send it the token for later use.
alert('device token = ' + result);
},
log: function (msg) {
console.log(msg);
},
}
///"class" variables - not sure how to put them into the js "class"
Pushman.Push = null;
Pushman.Hub = null;
Pushman.HubConnectionString = null;
Pushman.HubName = null;
Pushman.GcmSenderId = null;
Pushman.NotificationForegroundCallback = null;
Pushman.NotificationBackgroundCallback = null;
Pushman.RegisteredCallback = null;
Pushman.UnRegisteredCallback = null;
Pushman.ErrorCallback = null;
I did not write this myself, all credit goes to this guy.
Then you just need to initialize the plugin when the application starts:
//azure notificationshub connection information
notificationHubPath = "notificationhub name";
connectionString = "notificatin hub connectionstring";
//sender id for google cloud services
var senderIdGCM = "sender id from google gcm";
//tag registration (csv string), can be empty but not undefined
var registrationTagsCsv = ""; //test1, test2
var app = {
Initialize: function () {
//reg for onload event
this.AppStart();
},
AppStart: function () {
"use strict";
document.addEventListener('deviceready', app.onLoad, false);
document.addEventListener('deviceready', onDeviceReady.bind(this), false);
function onDeviceReady() {
// Handle the Cordova pause and resume events
document.addEventListener('pause', onPause.bind(this), false);
document.addEventListener('resume', onResume.bind(this), false);
// TODO: Cordova has been loaded. Perform any initialization that requires Cordova here.
};
function onPause() {
// TODO: This application has been suspended. Save application state here.
};
function onResume() {
// TODO: This application has been reactivated. Restore application state here.
};
},
onLoad: function () {
app.log("Initializing...");
//setup push notifications
Pushman.Initialize(connectionString, notificationHubPath, senderIdGCM,
app.onNotificationRegistered, app.onNotificationUnRegistered,
app.onNotificationInline, app.onNotificationBackground, app.onNotificationError);
//hookup cmd buttons
app.registerForPush();
//$("#register").click(app.registerForPush);
//$("#unregister").click(app.unRegisterForPush);
app.onAppReady();
},
registerForPush: function (a, c) {
app.log("Registering...");
//register for tags
Pushman.RegisterForPushNotifications(registrationTagsCsv);
},
unRegisterForPush: function (a, c) {
app.log("UnRegistering...");
//register for tags
Pushman.UnRegisterForPushNotifications();
},
onAppReady: function () {
app.log("Ready");
},
onNotificationRegistered: function (msg) {
app.log("Registered: " + msg.registrationId);
},
onNotificationUnRegistered: function () {
app.log("UnRegistered");
},
onNotificationInline: function (data) {
app.log("Inline Notification: " + data);
},
onNotificationBackground: function (data) {
app.log("Background Notification: " + data);
},
onNotificationError: function (error) {
app.log("Error: " + error);
},
log: function (msg) {
console.log(msg);
},
};
If you want to store the messages then you just need to add your code for storing to sql where the messages get received. You'll need an azure account to make this work, here you can get a free trail. It will allow you to send up to 1 million push notifications a month free of charge.
I think this article may be of use, it has more of a direct native workaround for your hybrid app to work
http://www.hiddentao.com/archives/2015/04/10/parse-push-notifications-for-your-android-and-ios-cordova-app/.
I'm working on a Cordova android app, and this seems to be a working solution
I want to store position coords (latitude, longitude) in a table in my MySQL DB querying a url in a way similar to this one: http://locationstore.com/postlocation.php?latitude=var1&longitude=var2 every ten seconds. PHP script works like a charm. Getting the coords in the device ain't no problem either. But making the request to the server is being a hard one. My code goes like this:
public class LocationHTTPSender extends Thread {
for (;;) {
try {
//fetch latest coordinates
coords = this.coords();
//reset url
this.url="http://locationstore.com/postlocation.php";
// create uri
uri = URI.create(this.url);
FireAndForgetDestination ffd = null;
ffd = (FireAndForgetDestination) DestinationFactory.getSenderDestination
("MyContext", uri);
if(ffd == null)
{
ffd = DestinationFactory.createFireAndForgetDestination
(new Context("MyContext"), uri);
}
ByteMessage myMsg = ffd.createByteMessage();
myMsg.setStringPayload("doesnt matter");
((HttpMessage) myMsg).setMethod(HttpMessage.POST);
((HttpMessage) myMsg).setQueryParam("latitude", coords[0]);
((HttpMessage) myMsg).setQueryParam("longitude", coords[1]);
((HttpMessage) myMsg).setQueryParam("user", "1");
int i = ffd.sendNoResponse(myMsg);
ffd.destroy();
System.out.println("Lets sleep for a while..");
Thread.sleep(10000);
System.out.println("woke up");
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
System.out.println("Exception message: " + e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
I haven't run this code to test it, but I would be suspicious of this call:
ffd.destroy();
According to the API docs:
Closes the destination. This method cancels all outstanding messages,
discards all responses to those messages (if any), suspends delivery
of all incoming messages, and blocks any future receipt of messages
for this Destination. This method also destroys any persistable
outbound and inbound queues. If Destination uses the Push API, this
method will unregister associated push subscriptions. This method
should be called only during the removal of an application.
So, if you're seeing the first request succeed (at least sometimes), and subsequent requests fail, I would try removing that call to destroy().
See the BlackBerry docs example for this here
Ok so I finally got it running cheerfully. The problem was with the transport selection; even though this example delivered WAP2 (among others) as an available transport in my device, running the network diagnostics tool showed only BIS as available. It also gave me the connection parameters that I needed to append at the end of the URL (;deviceside=false;ConnectionUID=GPMDSEU01;ConnectionType=mds-public). The code ended up like this:
for (;;) {
try {
coords.refreshCoordinates();
this.defaultUrl();
this.setUrl(stringFuncs.replaceAll(this.getUrl(), "%latitude%", coords.getLatitude() + ""));
this.setUrl(stringFuncs.replaceAll(this.getUrl(), "%longitude%", coords.getLongitude() + ""));
cd = cf.getConnection(this.getUrl());
if (cd != null) {
try {
HttpConnection hc = (HttpConnection)cd.getConnection();
final int i = hc.getResponseCode();
hc.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
//dormir
Thread.sleep(15000);
} catch (Exception e) {
} finally {
//cerrar conexiones
//poner objetos a null
}
Thanks for your help #Nate, it's been very much appreciated.