Ios Background App Push Notification
So we re all clear the 14 2 1 fix was for text messages not being received at all.
Ios background app push notification. It was not addressing the absent text alert notifications bug of not knowing you have a new text. If your app is running it can be in two states. User reports indicate that this issue is still not fixed in the new ios 14 2 1 update.
If your app s server based content changes infrequently or at irregular intervals you can use background notifications to notify your app when new content becomes available. You ll receive a push notification along with a success message. Background data notifications are silent meaning they do not display any message or play a sound when received by your app.
If your app wasn t running and the user launches it by tapping the push notification ios passes the notification to your app in the launchoptions of application didfinishlaunchingwithoptions. Pushkit reference from apple. Click send in the push notifications tester app.
Here s a comment from a user regarding this. Send the app to the device background but leave the device unlocked. Now that you re all set up it s finally time to dive into the code.
In summary pushkit the new framework in ios 8 is the new push notification mechanism which can silently launch your app into the background with no visual alert prompt even your app was killed by swiping out from app switcher amazingly you even cannot see it from app switcher. A background notification is a remote notification that doesn t display an alert play a sound or badge your app s icon. Push notifications work well when the app is in the background and you can see the notification banner.
If your app was running either in the foreground or the background the system notifies your app by calling application didreceiveremotenotification fetchcompletionhandler. In the capabilities tab turn on push notifications and background modes and enable background fetch and remote notifications under background modes. They are designed to keep your app s data up to date by providing a way to wake up the app to refresh the data in the background.