[aerogear-dev] APNS/UPS: With iOS 8.0 the 'alert' no longer just a string

[Corinne Krych]

Is there an option to move this payload from under alert to a dedicated
"ios" section as we have the "windows" one explained in UPS guide [1]?
With this option Cordova will still have to deal with extended ios features
for alert and we will have a new payload version.

Out of all options, I think a Cordova support need to be done anyway.

++
Corinne
[1] https://aerogear.org/docs/unifiedpush/push-message-format-dev/

On 2 June 2015 at 18:09, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> since iOS 8.0 we have the option for UI actions on the push notification:
>
> http://cdn.iphonehacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lock-screen-notifications.jpg
>
> This is supported on java-apns and therefore on the UPS, however this
> causes the alert to be an object, and not a String, if the 'action' is
> provided.
> Another feature that is leveraging this is the support for Safari, there
> is a 'title' on the alert object, used by Apple Watch (iOS 8.3) as well.
>
> Sending always an object from the UPS to the APNs cloud breaks the Cordova
> code, since it's expecting a string.
>
> On the UPS I could do construct the object only if things like title or
> action are actually set. This would fix the issue on Cordova. However, this
> means that our Cordova code would not support the 'action', introduced in
> iOS 8.0
>
>
> I can see a few options:
> * for 1.1.0 -> do if/else and send object only if present. However, this
> would still mean the Cordova plugin has to check if the alert is just a
> string, to avoid crahes
> * for 1.2.0 (or 1.1.x, if really needed) -> Add Cordova support for alert
> being an object (helps for Apple Watch apps and supports the 'action')
>
> Any thoughts or other options?
>
> Thanks,
> Matthias
>
>
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