iOS and Apple

[labrocca]

NOTE: Please test in a least two browsers (i.e. Chrome and Firefox). This helps with diagnosing problems quicker.

Setup

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Operating System: <Linux | Windows | OS X> Node Version: <4.2 | 6.0 | ...> web-push Version: <1.0.0>

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• [ ] Chrome
• [ ] Firefox
• [ ] Opera for Android
• [ ] Samsung Internet Browser
• [ ] Other

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Expected

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Features Used

• [ ] VAPID Support
• [ ] GCM API Key
• [ ] Sending with Payload

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Since this year iOS now handles Web Pushes on Apple iPhones, will this be updated to support it?

[khromov]

Since this year iOS now handles Web Pushes on Apple iPhones, will this be updated to support it?

This library already works with Safari + iOS, I've tested it.

[labrocca]

Since I don't have an iOS device I'm not able to really test myself. Are you saying that the current setup I have which works on desktops (Apple, Windows), Chrome, and other browsers will work on iOS Safari without any edits or updates?

[khromov]

@labrocca It should, but there are some caveats. For example on iOS, a person has to add the app to their home screen via the share menu first, then launch the app from the home screen icon (which resets all cookies/localstorage), and then subscribe to push based on a callback triggered on a user gesture such as clicking a button.

Provided you handle the push registration correctly with Notification.permission and serviceWorkerRegistration.pushManager.subscribe etc. (which this library does not really help with as far as I understand), then it will work correctly.

PS. You need a physical device to test this. When I was trying it out in the XCode Simulator it did not work, as the Simulator cannot create push tokens at all.

[labrocca]

Does the library work with the release 3.2.2 or do I have to update the code, I see a lot of recent edits.

Also, thank you for the responses. I'm very bad at JS (PHP Coder) and I'm afraid I will break my existing working notification trying to get Apple to work.

[khromov]

@labrocca The GitHub tags do not seem to be updated, the latest version on NPM is 3.6.3 which works. I cannot answer if a version from 2017 works or not.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/web-push