push.on('registration') event not called on IOS.

[sethannabel]

Expected Behaviour

I've recently started developing against this plugin starting with version 1.6 and now 1.6.1. When I startup my app I expect push.on('registration') to be called on IOS and Android so I can capture the registrationId and send it to my backend server. push.on('registration') isn't called on IOS, but works fine on Android.

Actual Behaviour

On IOS I don't see push.on('registration') being called, but I do on Android.

Reproduce Scenario

Install push plugin and sample code on Cordova app and run on IOS device, startup app and look at logs to confirm, do same on Android device and

Platform and Version

IOS 9.3 on Iphone 6 and on IOS 8.3 on Iphone 5 - not working on either
Android 6.01 on Nexus 5 - working

System Info

ionic info

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.0.0
Gulp version: CLI version 3.8.11
Gulp local: Local version 3.9.0
Ionic Version: 1.2.4-nightly-1917
Ionic CLI Version: 1.7.14
Ionic App Lib Version: 0.7.0
ios-deploy version: 1.8.2
ios-sim version: 3.1.1
OS: Mac OS X El Capitan
Node Version: v0.12.7
Xcode version: Xcode 7.3 Build version 7D175

Cordova CLI version and cordova platform version

cordova --version
6.0.0

cordova platform
Installed platforms: android 5.1.1, browser 4.0.0, ios 4.1.0

Plugin version

cordova plugin version | grep phonegap-plugin-push
phonegap-plugin-push 1.6.1 "PushPlugin"

Sample Push Data Payload

NA

Sample Code that illustrates the problem

https://gist.github.com/sethannabel/68ae83a338ad4bc1eb6e

Logs taken while reproducing problem

https://gist.github.com/sethannabel/496aa1a8d4bcd1be900b

[ghost]

I have the same setup and the same issue on an iPhone 5s with iOs 9.3

[macdonst]

@sethannabel and @s4lesman do you have a certificate from Apple with push enabled? The ID of that certificate should match the ID of your project which is used as XCode's bundle identifier.

[sethannabel]

I do. You can see from my ios log sample gist that the plugin actually logs the token it gets back from the Apple APN_SANDBOX.

2016-03-24 09:36:03.583 myapp[764:254130] Push Plugin register success: <d261b86f 8edd7172 e9f70063 6c91f201 de959ef8 3f444802 ad8e4ab2 bc699cd2>

I can also use the APN Tester tool

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apn-tester-free/id626590577?mt=12

to manually send a notification to my device if I copy the token that I see in the logs. It seems that the plugin is just not calling my push.on('registration') event which I need to gain access to the token programmatically.

Attached screenshots from my iPhone and APN Tester Tool. Since I'm seeing the token in the logs I believe my Apple Certificates are setup correctly in Xcode and my project.

NotificationTestScreenshot.pdf
APNTesterScreenshot.pdf

[panaggio]

I had the several similar problems yesterday using cutting edge Xcode, iOS, cordova, .... I've downgraded a lot of stuff after that, and now on iOS 9.2.1 and Xcode 7.2 this doesn't happen anymore. I'm still using cordova 6.1 and version 1.6.0 (1.6.1?) of the plugin.

As I saw you saying iOS 9.3, so I'm here to alert about Xcode, that might be on the latest version.

It seems there are some issues related to Xcode 7.3 (and maybe iOS 9.3) with cordova itself. (That's me saying that; I didn't see a lot of people saying, just my experience using it on the past two days, before the downgrade). So your issue might be not related with the plugin itself (as mine weren't). I've reported one on cordova that I'm sure is related to ios-deploy or cordova-cli, and I'm investigating the others to report on the right place.

But this doesn't mean that the issue isn't really here. Just some advice about using Xcode 7.3 right now.

[macdonst]

@sethannabel why are you calling unregister right after init?

https://gist.github.com/sethannabel/68ae83a338ad4bc1eb6e#file-gistfile1-txt-L23

[ghost]

@macdonst yes I do, and I dont do the unregister. Ive double checked xcode and the push service, I am able to register with GCM , I get the token, but then when I use it on the API end, it does not get to the phone. It does get to the Android device...

[macdonst]

@sethannabel I'm just saying if you try to run that example code it will invalidate the token.

[ghost]

I fixed my problem by filling everything on the push object.

[sethannabel]

Commenting out unregister in my code fixed the problem. Thanks for the help!

[lucasabba]

Exactly what does it mean that I need to fill everything on the push object?
Thanks to all!

[oussaki]

@macdonst brother , can you please tell us the correct steps to setup push notifications for IOS , because it works on android so good but in ios it doesn't , thank you

[macdonst]

@oussaki follow Tim's excellent guide at setting up your Apple Certificates https://github.com/timkim/phonegap-day-workshop-app-submission/wiki/packaging#ios

Just remember to enable push when you generate your cert.

[oussaki]

@macdonst Im i supposed to sign the app with a cert before trying to run it on the simulator ?
because the onRegister function is never called in the simulator .

[macdonst]

@oussaki yes, without a cert you won't get pushes. Also, test on a real device, not the iOS simulator as you won't get pushes.

[bandhavya]

I have the same issue

We are trying push notification for IOS but Register event is not getting called

My code:

var push = PushNotification.init({
"ios": {
"alert": "true",
"badge": "true",
"sound": "true"
}
});

push.on('registration', function(data) {
alert(data.registrationId);
});

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