[Aerogear-users] UPS push to IOS removes the badge
If UPS is given a push command with no "badge" value the IOS badge icon is being
removed when the notification is received. Expected behavior is that the badge icon would
be unchanged if no badge value is set.
When USP receives a push command with no "badge" value it is sending APNS a
"badge" value of -1.
The Apple push payload spec says the badge icon is removed if the "badge" value
is 0, and the icon is unchanged if there is no "badge" value. The spec does not
say what happens if the "badge" value is less than zero.
Tested devices are removing the badge icon when -1 is set.
Please change UPS so no "badge" value is sent to APNS when the UPS command has
no "badge" value.
For example you could change the sendPushMessage function of
APNsPushNotificationSender.java to:
PayloadBuilder builder = APNS.newPayload()
// adding recognized key values
.alertBody(message.getAlert())
//.badge(message.getBadge()) // do not set badge here
.sound(message.getSound())
.alertTitle(apns.getTitle())
.alertAction(apns.getAction())
.urlArgs(apns.getUrlArgs())
.category(apns.getActionCategory())
.localizedTitleKey(apns.getLocalizedTitleKey());
if (message.getBadge() >= 0)
builder.badge(message.getBadge()); // only set badge if needed
- Kelvin