This document provides an overview of Apple Push Notification service (APN), including examples of local and remote notifications, the notification architecture with feedback and gateway servers, the authorization process for receiving notifications on iPhone, and code examples for registering devices, sending notifications, and receiving notifications when the app is in the background or is launched. Key steps include generating a certificate, protecting it with OpenSSL, sending notifications to the gateway in JSON format, and handling notifications in specific app delegate methods depending on the app's active state.

1. Apple notification push

2. SummaryExample of notificationArchitecture APNIPHONE AuthorizationYourcode in XcodeMyprovider RegisterCertificateSend a notificationReturn disableddevicesReceive a notification push

3. Example of notificationExist 2 notification versions : Local Notification Push

4. Remote Notification PushWe work with second type of notification

5. Architecture APNFeedBack server send notificationIn JSON. It indicate you, device who uninstall application or device dysfunctional Gateway server receive notificationIn JSON. After reception, it sends notification to selected device

6. IPHONE AuthorizationTo receive notification in IPHONE, users must accept to notification reception. Once to accept, you must register identifier of IPHONE to send it to corporate server (your provider)

7. In yourAppDelegateAlways use application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method for launching your application when it have optionsThis method, we ask iphone ID user to receive notification or not …

8. Your code in XcodeThis code sends device identifier to your provider to register them.This code must be always in AppDelegate ApplicationDelegate of UIApplication must be useNext slide presents my code Application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken must be called;The register always must be made.

9. My codeFunction which recover Device ID and remove space blank. After call a function in backgroundFunction which send info to your provider. Baseurlregister is my url address of my serveur

10. My providerMy script make in PHP and may be use in other programming languageYour server must be accessible (choose a web server much easier)

11. My PHP code register IDIPHONE

12. Message FormatTo transfer a message, you use JSONFormat includes alert message, badge, and soundYou can use a personalize sound to put in you application 

13. ExampleThis code send a alert message, use a default sound of IPHONE and notify app to 1 Don’t worry to write json, PHP have a function which allow to convert a table to json

14. certificateDon’t think to send notification without minimum security levelYou must create a security certificate and send it to iphone provisionning portal and recover the new one in iphone provisionning portal of your application. Procedure explained on developer portal, don’t forgot enable notification push service

15. Create a certificate

16. certificateAfter to inform apple of your certificate, we transform it to regroup all information with openssl (download it if you didn’t have it)

17. Certificate .PEMOpen your terminal and tapezTest yourconnection, if failreverifyyour certificat, it’sbad

18. Send a notification on gatewayTo communicate with gateway sandbox, we go to create a secured network by using ssl protocol.My script is in php, my certificate recently created must put in folder protected by htacessWarning if you do not protect your certificate, an hacker can send a lot of notification in your place.

19. Script sendNotif.php

20. Return disableddevices on feedback.sandbox

21. Receive a notification pushWhenyoureceive a notification, more often you must specify the good view to show

22. You have 2 options

23. when application enter in background