Is it true that we can use any component for our own server component? I mean it can be a Java or C# TCP/IP client which connects with Apple servers to push notifications. This can also be a console application, is that right?
Also, is it right that we have to push notifications for APN server, with each and every deviceTokens registered on our own server?
You can use whatever language you want and you will have to send push notifications for every registered device token. You should also investigate apple's feedback API's which you should periodically check to see which of your devices are no longer registered because sending a push has no feedback and you will not know if it is being received or not. If you use a service such as Urban Airship the setup will be much much easier to start and they have helpful API's to give them a group of device tokens or to do a mass push to all registered device tokens.
You are right on both accounts. You can write your own method to send it, and you must send it to each device id.
framework that might help you:
http://www.easyapns.com/
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I have an OpenEdge database, I have created a REST Service and am able to CRUD to it from the outside World.
I have created a Nativescript app that can pull data from the REST service etc, but now i want Push notifications.
I know about the Progress Kinvey backend, and Firebase backend with their push notification features but i don't want to use them.
is there a way to create my own Push notifications on my REST server etc?
So first I would like you to understand how Push Notification works just to make sure we are on same page,
Once your app is installed, you can query for a unique token and save it in your backend for future use. Whenever you want to send a push notification, you have communicate with APNs (Apple Push Notification Server) / FCM (Firebase Cloud Messaging) in order to send a push notification to your iOS / Android device using the unique token you acquired earlier.
So now you must use Firebase as that is the only way you can communicate with Android, yet you may choose to communicate with APNs yourself. But in my opinion, it will be a overhead for you as both have their own protocols, you will have to distinguish your tokens between iOS & Android, use appropriate protocols etc.,
I would suggest you to go with just Firebase plugin (until you are super familiar with APNs already), so you don't have to worry which platform the token belongs to, update / revoke invalid tokens over time etc., FCM has pretty decent APIs & Documentation that can make your life easy here.
i strongly recommend you to see my answer here answer here.
from it:
when you want to pull anything from place_1(e.g. api) to place_2(e.g. browser_client) you most have an identifier of the
place_1_resource (which commonly is the uniform-resource-locator of
api)
when you want to push anything from place_1(e.g. notification_central_server) to place_2(cellphone_client) you most
have an identifier of the place_2_resource
if you don't have any identifier for a cellphone which you want to
send it a notification, your server dont know where to send that
notification so we need a resource_identifier_like for cellphones
which is actually a device_token_like and you have just one approach
to get this device_token_like and that is the FCM/APNS
I work on application in swift3, my application receive data from web server, I need my application push notification when new item added in server side, Even when my application is closed, without consuming mobile resource or periodically update, How can I do that?
Push notifications does not consume resources, your app must not be open to make it work, so it looks like the solution to your problem is just to implement them on your server and app.
Please note that the user will be prompt to accept or decline the use of push notifications, and based on his answer he will receive or not your messages.
To know how to implement push notifications this tutorial might help you.
https://www.raywenderlich.com/123862/push-notifications-tutorial
This is the official apple documentation about push notifications:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/APNSOverview.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008194-CH8-SW1
The official apple documentation explains how to implement the communication between your server and APNs.
Hope it is enough for you to get started with that. :)
I am developing one application.In that i want to get the latest version of my app information using Apple Push Notifications.So please tell me how to do this one.I seen in some posts,in that they mension like configure the APNS in apple site and send abinary information to apple service provider.Is it sufficient to get the latest version information.
You will need to create your own server, to store the identifiers for your users. With this, you can then send notifications to users who have allowed notifications from your app.
Doing this can be quite complicated, so you may want to use a service such as Urban Airship who will provide the server, and instructions on how to implement APNS in your app.
With this done, it can be quite simple to send a push notification to your users from their website.
I want to use Push Notification service for my app ,but I am not sure how to utilize this ,please help
you have a good tutorial for push notifications here explaining the server side implementation details:
http://blog.boxedice.com/2009/07/10/how-to-build-an-apple-push-notification-provider-server-tutorial/
and here explaining the client side details:
http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/programming-apple-push-notification-services
Also here is the link to the Apple developer guide on local and remote push notifications: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Introduction/Introduction.html
Hope this helps.
To send remote push notifications using PHP, I suggest you take a look at the php-apns project on Google Code. I've had good experience with it.
You will have to enable push notifications on iTunes Connect, if you didn't do that already. Your app will have to get the push notifications token from the OS, and deliver it to server. This token may change from one launch to another, so recommended way is to fetch the notification token at launch, and deliver it to the server. Server can then decide when it wants to deliver a notification to which device; at that point, you use php-apns which will connect to Apple's server on port 2195 (make sure you have a hosting which allows that) and, using several certificates you also put on the server, communicate with it.
Make sure the certificates are not downloadable when you upload them on the server.
You cannot test push notifications on the Simulator.
I have just heard that - " push notification " is possible in iPhone
I need following details.
what is push notification ?
How it works ?
What does it requires ?
Any sample code link is available ?
Any documentation link if available ?
Some guidance/tips from "StackOverFlow Masters" about developing the above requirements.
Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge with Stackoverflow family & me.
The sort of background processing you're looking to do is not possible with push notification.
Push notification allows you to notify the user of something. An example would be a Twitter client that sends a notification when the user receives a direct message on Twitter.
Push notification can not react to things happening on the iPhone when the app is not running. Instead, it depends on you having a server that determines when to send a notification and then sends one.
I'm not seeing any need for background processing in your application. If you store the user's initial location, the next time the app loads you can get their location and calculate the distance between the two. If you're looking for the route travelled, you're out of luck unless you make a deal with AT&T like Loopt just did.
Push notification is not really for that purpose, you should read up on push notification in apples site here http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Introduction/Introduction.html, its more for when theres data like a m essage for your user, you can have the user get it without having them open t he application. Now for your purpose, why cant you store the location when htey close the app, once the reopen the app you can reget a location, use the previous location and the new location to calculate the km travelled?
Although only tangentially related to this discussion, I think you might be interested in Loopt's agreement with AT&T to track user's iPhones (for a monthly fee).
Apple Push Notification service (APNs for short) is the centerpiece of the push notifications feature. It is a robust and highly efficient service for propagating information to devices such as iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Each device establishes an accredited and encrypted IP connection with the service and receives notifications over this persistent connection. If a notification for an application arrives when that application is not running, the device alerts the user that the application has data waiting for it.
Software developers (“providers”) originate the notifications in their server software. The provider connects with APNs through a persistent and secure channel while monitoring incoming data intended for their client applications. When new data for an application arrives, the provider prepares and sends a notification through the channel to APNs, which pushes the notification to the target device.
Check this link clearly explained Apple push notification services
http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/programming-apple-push-notification-services