Testing if push notification is turned on

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NOTE: This was apparently due to some sort of corruption in the Settings, the code was apparently fine all along...

Following the conversation in this thread: Remote Notification iOS 8, I added this boilerplate code to my app:

if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge categories:nil]];
} else {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert];
}
if ([[inLaunchOptions allKeys] containsObject:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey]) {
    [appTracking registerPush:[inLaunchOptions objectForKey:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey]];
}

I also added the application:didRegisterUserNotificationSettings handler, which calls a single line of code, [application registerForRemoteNotifications]. This code is called when the app starts.

Reading that thread, it is suggested that this is all that is required, and that this will cause application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken to be called. But that is definitely not happening in my app.

Did I miss a step, or simply mis-understand how to set this up?

Are you sending the token to your server and using that to send push notifications through Apple's server? — Marcus Adams, Jan 22 '15 at 15:28

Mustafa Ibrahim · Answer 1 · 2015-01-22T15:35:13.390

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you need to add the following line [application registerForRemoteNotifications] after [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert]; iOS 8 condition

Good Luck

edited Jan 22 '15 at 15:35

answered Jan 22 '15 at 15:25

Mustafa Ibrahim

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Sorry, it appears we were both editing. I do have that line of code, it just never gets called. – Maury Markowitz Jan 22 '15 at 15:27
do you test on a real device or simulator? – Mustafa Ibrahim Jan 22 '15 at 15:27
you need to add the following line [application registerForRemoteNotifications] after iOS 8 condition. Good Luck – Mustafa Ibrahim Jan 22 '15 at 15:34
I have that line of code, and I can see it is being called. – Maury Markowitz Jan 22 '15 at 15:35
Don't add it in the callback method. Add it in didFinishLuanchWithOptions. This line is the one which call application:didRegisterUserNotificationSettings – Mustafa Ibrahim Jan 22 '15 at 15:38
OMG. Ok well apparently the entire problem was due to the system settings being screwed up. I went to Settings->Notifications and simply flicked on switch on and off and presto, the message started arriving again. No, it was not the "allow" switch, that was on from the start. Weird! – Maury Markowitz Jan 22 '15 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '15 at 15:34

Try This :

if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
    UIUserNotificationType userNotificationTypes = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert |
                                                    UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |
                                                    UIUserNotificationTypeSound);
    UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:userNotificationTypes
                                                                             categories:nil];
    [application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
    [application registerForRemoteNotifications];
} else {
    [application registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge |
                                                     UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert |
                                                     UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound)];
}

No luck. I see that you have basically called registerForRemoteNotifications earlier than I do, but that doesn't seem to have an effect. — Maury Markowitz, Jan 22 '15 at 15:37
the idea is about [application registerForRemoteNotifications] — NSSakly, Jan 22 '15 at 15:48

Testing if push notification is turned on

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