I am completely New to Apple Push Notifications service. I am trying to implement it for my applications. I searched well in google as well as in stackoverflow, but not satisfied. I am trying to implement provider in c#. I have tried MoonAPNs too.
Can anybody here suggest me good step by step tutorial on it that is very simple. I have already obtained ios developer and apn certificates as well as p12 key. I need help then on. Thanks in advance.
Remote Notifications Communicate with Apple Push Notification service (APNs) and receive a unique device token that identifies your app. Use basic macOS command-line tools to send push notifications to Apple Push Notification service (APNs).
Setting up Push Notifications in iOS. Go back to the iOS project you created earlier and select the main target. Under the Signing & Capabilities tab, click on the + Capability button, then select Push Notifications. This will enable your app to receive push notifications from OneSignal.
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Here is the infrastructure and process I am using:
Brief Overview: I use PushSharp for communicating with the APNS servers. I have a SQL Server backend DB setup to handle all the subscriptions and notifications that get sent. I also have a virtual server (several actually) that all have the .p12 certs copied to them. These servers have process that checks the table for any push notifications that need to go out and then pass the dataset along to the PushSharp process.
Detailed Specs: Table 1 - APNS_Subscriptions
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[APNS_Subscriptions](
[id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[DeviceToken] [varchar](250) NULL,
[DeviceID] [varchar](250) NULL,
[NetworkID] [varchar](250) NULL,
[Application] [varchar](250) NULL,
[AddedOn] [datetime] NULL,
[Active] [bit] NULL,
[Dev] [bit] NULL,
[BadgeCount] [int] NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_APNSSubscriptions] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
Table 2 - APNS_PushNotifications
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[APNS_PushNotifications](
[id] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[DeviceToken] [varchar](250) NULL,
[AlertMessage] [varchar](250) NULL,
[BadgeNumber] [int] NULL,
[SoundFile] [varchar](250) NULL,
[ApplicationName] [varchar](250) NULL,
[AddedOn] [datetime] NULL,
[AddedBy] [varchar](250) NULL,
[ProcessedOn] [datetime] NULL,
[ViewedOnDeviceDateTime] [datetime] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_APNS_PushNotifications] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
I add subscriptions via this SP (this is called through a webservice via each iPhone app that implements APNS:
[ins_APNS_Sub]
@MyDeviceID VARCHAR(250) ,
@MyDeviceToken VARCHAR(250) ,
@MyApplicationName VARCHAR(250)
AS
DECLARE @Count AS INT
SET @Count = ( SELECT COUNT(id)
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions
WHERE DeviceID = @MyDeviceID
AND DeviceToken = @MyDeviceToken
AND [Application] = @MyApplicationName
)
IF @Count = 0
BEGIN
DECLARE @NetworkID AS VARCHAR(250)
SET @NetworkID = ( SELECT TOP 1
networkid
FROM dbo.AuthenticatedDevices
WHERE deviceid = @MyDeviceID
AND COALESCE(banned, 0) = 0
ORDER BY lastupdatedon DESC
)
IF @NetworkID IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
INSERT INTO dbo.APNS_Subscriptions
( DeviceToken ,
DeviceID ,
NetworkID ,
[Application] ,
AddedOn ,
Active
)
VALUES ( @MyDeviceToken , -- DeviceToken - varchar(250)
@MyDeviceID , -- DeviceID - varchar(250)
@NetworkID , -- NetworkID - varchar(250)
@MyApplicationName , -- Application - varchar(250)
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP , -- AddedOn - datetime
1 -- Active - bit
)
END
END
Push Notifications are added via this SP:
[ins_APNS_PushNote]
@MyNetworkID VARCHAR(250) , -- NetworkID of recipient or ALL to go to all recipients
@MyApplicationName VARCHAR(250) , -- Application Name for the iOS app
@APNSAlertMessage VARCHAR(225) , -- Alert Message (Required)
@APNSSoundFile VARCHAR(250) = NULL ,
@WhoRequested VARCHAR(250) -- Process Name that called this SP
AS
-- Get the current badge count, make a temp table and increment the appropriate rows in the Sub table
DECLARE @UpdateTable AS TABLE
(
DeviceToken VARCHAR(250) ,
NetworkID VARCHAR(250) ,
ApplicationName VARCHAR(250) ,
BadgeCount INT
)
IF @MyNetworkID = 'ALL'
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @UpdateTable
( DeviceToken ,
NetworkID ,
ApplicationName ,
BadgeCount
)
SELECT DeviceToken ,
NetworkID ,
[Application] ,
BadgeCount
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions
WHERE [Application] = @MyApplicationName
AND COALESCE(Dev, 0) = 0
UPDATE @UpdateTable
SET BadgeCount = BadgeCount + 1
UPDATE sub
SET sub.BadgeCount = temp.BadgeCount
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions sub
INNER JOIN @UpdateTable temp ON temp.DeviceToken = sub.DeviceToken
AND temp.NetworkID = sub.NetworkID
AND temp.ApplicationName = sub.[Application]
INSERT INTO dbo.APNS_PushNotifications
( DeviceToken ,
AlertMessage ,
BadgeNumber ,
SoundFile ,
ApplicationName ,
AddedOn ,
AddedBy
)
SELECT sub.DeviceToken ,
@APNSAlertMessage ,
temp.BadgeCount ,
@APNSSoundFile ,
@MyApplicationName ,
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
@WhoRequested
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions sub
INNER JOIN dbo.AuthenticatedDevices ad ON ad.deviceid = sub.DeviceID
INNER JOIN @UpdateTable temp ON temp.DeviceToken = sub.DeviceToken
AND temp.ApplicationName = sub.[Application]
WHERE COALESCE(ad.banned, 0) = 0
AND sub.[Application] = @MyApplicationName
-- AND ad.networkid = @MyNetworkID
AND COALESCE(sub.Dev, 0) = 0
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DECLARE @Count AS INT = ( SELECT COUNT(id)
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions
WHERE NetworkID = @MyNetworkID
AND Active = 1
AND [Application] = @MyApplicationName
)
IF @Count = 0
BEGIN
RETURN
END
INSERT INTO @UpdateTable
( DeviceToken ,
NetworkID ,
ApplicationName ,
BadgeCount
)
SELECT DeviceToken ,
NetworkID ,
[Application] ,
BadgeCount
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions
WHERE [Application] = @MyApplicationName
AND COALESCE(Dev, 0) = 0
AND NetworkID = @MyNetworkID
UPDATE @UpdateTable
SET BadgeCount = BadgeCount + 1
UPDATE sub
SET sub.BadgeCount = temp.BadgeCount
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions sub
INNER JOIN @UpdateTable temp ON temp.DeviceToken = sub.DeviceToken
AND temp.NetworkID = sub.NetworkID
AND temp.ApplicationName = sub.[Application]
INSERT INTO dbo.APNS_PushNotifications
( DeviceToken ,
AlertMessage ,
BadgeNumber ,
SoundFile ,
ApplicationName ,
AddedOn ,
AddedBy
)
SELECT sub.DeviceToken ,
@APNSAlertMessage ,
temp.BadgeCount ,
@APNSSoundFile ,
@MyApplicationName ,
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
@WhoRequested
FROM dbo.APNS_Subscriptions sub
INNER JOIN dbo.AuthenticatedDevices ad ON ad.deviceid = sub.DeviceID
INNER JOIN @UpdateTable temp ON temp.DeviceToken = sub.DeviceToken
AND temp.ApplicationName = sub.[Application]
WHERE COALESCE(ad.banned, 0) = 0
AND sub.[Application] = @MyApplicationName
AND sub.networkid = @MyNetworkID
AND COALESCE(sub.Dev, 0) = 0
AND COALESCE(sub.Active, 0) = 1
END
This is called from several different places in several different DB's this way: EXECUTE [ins_APNS_PushNote] @NetworkID ,@iOSApplicationName ,@AlertMessage ,@SoundFile ,@RequestedBy
The SP that retrieves these APNS requests for the virtual server (PushSharp):
[get_APNSToSend]
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @CurrentTimestamp AS DATETIME = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
UPDATE dbo.APNS_PushNotifications
SET ProcessedOn = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
WHERE ProcessedOn IS NULL
SELECT id ,
DeviceToken ,
AlertMessage ,
BadgeNumber ,
SoundFile ,
ai.APNSDistCertFile AS APNSCertFile
FROM dbo.APNS_PushNotifications apns
INNER JOIN dbo.ApplicationInfo ai ON ai.ApplicationName = apns.ApplicationName
WHERE ProcessedOn = @CurrentTimestamp
AND ai.APNSDistCertFile IS NOT NULL
END
Now for the changes I made to the PushSharp app. Really just boils down to two methods: static void Main(string[] args) { checkForPushRequest(); }
static void checkForPushRequest()
{
string YourConnString = "YourConnectionStringToTheDBGoesHere";
Stored_Procedure SP = new Stored_Procedure {
Name = "get_APNSToSend",
Parameters = new List<SqlParameter>()
};
try {
System.Data.DataTable dt = DatabaseOperations.Execute_Database_Command(YourConnString, SP, true);
if ((dt != null) && !(dt.Rows.Count < 1)) {
foreach (System.Data.DataRow dRow in dt.Rows) {
string deviceToken = Convert.ToString(dRow[1]);
string alertMessage = Convert.ToString(dRow[2]);
int badgeNumber = Convert.ToInt16(dRow[3]);
string soundFile = Convert.ToString(dRow[4]);
string apnsCertFileToUse = Convert.ToString(dRow[5]);
sendPush(deviceToken, alertMessage, soundFile, badgeNumber, apnsCertFileToUse);
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
// Handle your exception
}
}
static void sendPush(string DeviceToken, string AlertMessage, string SoundFile, int BadgeNumber, string apnsCertFileToUse)
{
//Create our service
PushService push = new PushService();
//Wire up the events
push.Events.OnDeviceSubscriptionExpired += new PushSharp.Common.ChannelEvents.DeviceSubscriptionExpired(Events_OnDeviceSubscriptionExpired);
//push.Events.OnDeviceSubscriptionIdChanged += new PushSharp.Common.ChannelEvents.DeviceSubscriptionIdChanged(Events_OnDeviceSubscriptionIdChanged);
push.Events.OnChannelException += new PushSharp.Common.ChannelEvents.ChannelExceptionDelegate(Events_OnChannelException);
push.Events.OnNotificationSendFailure += new PushSharp.Common.ChannelEvents.NotificationSendFailureDelegate(Events_OnNotificationSendFailure);
push.Events.OnNotificationSent += new PushSharp.Common.ChannelEvents.NotificationSentDelegate(Events_OnNotificationSent);
//Configure and start Apple APNS
// IMPORTANT: Make sure you use the right Push certificate. Apple allows you to generate one for connecting to Sandbox,
// and one for connecting to Production. You must use the right one, to match the provisioning profile you build your
// app with!
// This comes from the ApplicationInfo table. Each app that supports APNS has it's own certfile name in the column
string certFileToUse = "C:\\APNS_Certs\\" + apnsCertFileToUse;
var appleCert = File.ReadAllBytes(certFileToUse);
//IMPORTANT: If you are using a Development provisioning Profile, you must use the Sandbox push notification server
// (so you would leave the first arg in the ctor of ApplePushChannelSettings as 'false')
// If you are using an AdHoc or AppStore provisioning profile, you must use the Production push notification server
// (so you would change the first arg in the ctor of ApplePushChannelSettings to 'true')
push.StartApplePushService(new ApplePushChannelSettings(false, appleCert, "P12PasswordHere"));
//Fluent construction of an iOS notification
//IMPORTANT: For iOS you MUST MUST MUST use your own DeviceToken here that gets generated within your iOS app itself when the Application Delegate
// for registered for remote notifications is called, and the device token is passed back to you
push.QueueNotification(NotificationFactory.Apple()
.ForDeviceToken(DeviceToken)
.WithAlert(AlertMessage)
.WithSound(SoundFile)
.WithBadge(BadgeNumber));
//Console.WriteLine("Waiting for Queue to Finish...");
//Stop and wait for the queues to drains
push.StopAllServices(true);
// Console.WriteLine("Queue Finished, press return to exit...");
}
I added a Console project to the PushSharp solution and deployed the Console to the APNS server. This console app is fired based on scheduled task to run every minute.
If you have more questions, let me know. I have been using this process for the last year in an enterprise environment and have had no issues. Works flawlessly.
As your using MoonAPNS I would suggest reading the 4-part guide on Sending Apple Push Notifications in ASP.NET and C# by the libraries author.
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