Push notifications not coming when we download the build from testflight or diawi iOS

Question

I have successfully created the .pem and .p12 file by http://www.raywenderlich.com/32960/apple-push-notification-services-in-ios-6-tutorial-part-1 Tutorial. We are using java as a server so I also exported my .p12 key using this link as there was an error of directly exporting the .p12 file Cannot send push notifications using Javapns/Javaapns SSL handshake failure.

Everything is working great in debug mode. Whenever I install a build by xcode I receive the push notifications successfully everytime. But after archiving and uploading the build on testflight or diawi and then installing it on the device I didn't get any push notifications. I am successfully getting the device token from apns server. On debugging at server side we found that the device token they receive and send the notifications is invalid. This response is sent by the apns server to our java server. . I am using Xcode 6.0 or later and my app is compatible with ios7.0 or later. And yes I have made checks in registering for remote notifications for ios 8 and 7.Has anyone has faced this issue because earlier in xcode 5 series this hasn't happen. Please help

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

If you followed Ray Wenderlich's tutorial and you made everything work in development mode, the issue most likely comes the fact that you now need to create a new .pem-file for production mode.

So, you need to perform exactly the same steps that you did with the development certificate (i.e. the .p12-file) you downloaded once more with the production certificate which you can obtain in the iOS dev center as well:

Here is the quote from the tutorial that you probably overread:

If you’re ready to release your app to the public, you will have to repeat this process to make an Ad Hoc or App Store distribution profile.

Answer 2

1.)Check if the pem file you have stored on your server is created by using a development certificate or distribution certificate, for push notifications to work through ttestflight you need to create a pem file in the distribution mode,

2.) also check if the gateway you are delivering to is gateway.push.apple.com:2195, and not the sandbox one,

3.)the notification tokens are also different for development and distribution profile, check all these scenarios and see