Setting up push notifications for iOS

To set up push notifications for iOS devices, you must use the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS). To use APNS, you must be a registered Apple iOS Developer and obtain an Apple APNS certificate for your application.

1. Follow the required steps to obtain your APNS certificate and password. For more information, see the developerWorks® article Understanding and setting up artifacts required to use iOS devices and APNS in a development environment.
2. Choose either of the following:
   • For a Hybrid app, place the Apple APNS certificate file at the root of the application folder, along with the application-descriptor.xml file.
   • For a Cordova app, place the .p12 file in the root of the Cordova project, along with the Cordova app config.xml file.
3. Install the Entrust CA root certificate by using SSL port 443.
   While you work in development mode, rename your certificate file to apns-certificate-sandbox.p12. When you move to production, rename your certificate file to apns-certificate-production.p12. In both cases, place the certificate file in the environment root folder or in the application root folder. When the hybrid application has both iPhone and iPad environments, separate certificates are necessary for push notification. In that case, place those certificates in the corresponding environment folders.

   Note: The environment root folder takes the highest priority.

   For more information, see the iOS Developer Library.

4. In the application-descriptor.xml file, for <iPhone> set the following attributes for the <pushSender> element:

   Attribute	Description
   password	The APNS certificate password received from Apple.