Sending Standard Push Notifications to Newsstand Apps

Question

How do you send standard push notifications to a Newsstand app? When I say "standard", I mean the typical alert box that pops up with the message.

I am using Urban Airship and have the "content-available" push working fine like so:

 {"aps": 
        {
         "content-available": 1
        }, 
         "device_tokens": ["1234ABCDKKGGOGOGG85986598750870870875708ASD"]
 }

But when I try to send a standard push, the alert never pops and my delegate

application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo

is not called:

     {"aps": 
        {
         "alert": "Hi, from Urban Airship!"
        }, 
         "device_tokens": ["1234ABCDKKGGOGOGG85986598750870870875708ASD"]
 }

Down vote with no comment explaining why? (That wasn't very helpful was it, Slinky...) — Jeff B, Sep 21 '12 at 15:52
I would of at least expected a snarky comment asking if I registered the constant UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert — Slinky, Sep 21 '12 at 16:28

Slinky · Answer 1 · 2012-09-21T16:35:37.640

2

Forgot to register for the alert (standard) push, which is set by adding the constant UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeNewsstandContentAvailability | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert];

edited Sep 21 '12 at 16:35

answered Sep 21 '12 at 16:27

Slinky

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D'oh, haha glad you were able to find it. – Richard J. Ross III Sep 21 '12 at 16:41

Sending Standard Push Notifications to Newsstand Apps

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