iPhone doesn't receive notificatins in debug mode - iphone

Question

We have a really weird problem with the remote notifications on iPhone. Device just doesn't receive remote notifications however registration works fine. We checked all certificates and also provisioning profile, also tried to send test notification directly from Azure, the same result as we send with our api. When app is installed from HockeyApp notifications works fine. In debug DidReceiveRemoteNotification method is just not called.
public override async void DidReceiveRemoteNotification(UIApplication application, NSDictionary userInfo, Action<UIBackgroundFetchResult> completionHandler)
{
// Opened by push notification.
if (application.ApplicationState == UIApplicationState.Background || application.ApplicationState == UIApplicationState.Inactive)
{
// Make userInfo readable.
PushNotification notification = CrossDevice.Current.ConvertToNotification(userInfo);
}
// Process notification so we can attach to it's received event.
CrossAzurePushNotifications.Platform.ProcessNotification(userInfo);
// No data is altered.
completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResult.NoData);
}
Note: we are using AzurePushNotifications plugin
xamarin forum question

Answer 1

You should use the 'sandbox' for testing with the debugger attached. See this link or this link for more information about sandbox vs production.
Please also note that switching from production to sandbox in Azure NotificationHub does not always work. Best solution is to create a separate notification hub for test and production.

Answer 2

You need two Notifications Hub: one for testing and one for production.
If you are developing and running the App from Xcode, you have to use the testing Hub with a testing certificate and when you want to upload it to the Apple Store o TestFlight, you have to change the URL and use the Production Hub. If not, there is not woing to work.
You need different certificates, you can check the process here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/notification-hubs-ios-apple-push-notification-apns-get-started
Here is when you decide what kind of certificate you have to choose: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/includes/media/notification-hubs-enable-apple-push-notifications/notification-hubs-appid-create-cert.png