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

[Matthias Wessendorf]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Corinne Krych <corinnekrych at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>

right, since Cordova_iOS boils down to be... iOS :-)


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

I think so too


>
> ++
> 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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