iOS 8 enabled device not receiving PUSH notifications after code update

Question

I recently upgraded one of my test iphones to iOS 8 and then upgraded the PUSH registration code as below (using xCode 6)

-(BOOL)hasNotificationsEnabled {      NSString *iOSversion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];     NSString *prefix = [[iOSversion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] firstObject];     float versionVal = [prefix floatValue];       if (versionVal >= 8)     {          NSLog(@"%@", [[UIApplication sharedApplication]  currentUserNotificationSettings]);         //The output of this log shows that the app is registered for PUSH so should receive them          if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] currentUserNotificationSettings].types != UIUserNotificationTypeNone) {              return YES;          }      }     else     {         UIRemoteNotificationType types = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes];         if (types != UIRemoteNotificationTypeNone){             return YES;         }      }      return NO; }  -(void)registerForPUSHNotifications {      NSString *iOSversion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];     NSString *prefix = [[iOSversion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] firstObject];     float versionVal = [prefix floatValue];       if (versionVal >= 8)     {               //for iOS8         UIUserNotificationSettings *settings =         [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeAlert |          UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |          UIUserNotificationTypeSound categories:nil];         [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];         [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];       }     else     {              [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes: (UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];       } } 

Despite this upgrade and the fact that [[UIApplication sharedApplication] currentUserNotificationSettings] shows PUSH is enabled for the device, I am not receiving PUSH notifications.

I am using Parse and doing everything by the book as far as they are concerned ( https://parse.com/tutorials/ios-push-notifications) .

Is anyone experiencing the same issue? Is there something else that I may be missing ?

Answer 1

The way to register for push notifications has been changed in iOS 8: Below is the code for all versions till iOS 9:

if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];  } else {     [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:      (UIUserNotificationTypeBadge | UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert)]; } 

In case you want to check whether push notifications are enabled or not use below code:

- (BOOL) pushNotificationOnOrOff {     if ([UIApplication instancesRespondToSelector:@selector(isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications)]) {         return ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications]);     } else {         UIRemoteNotificationType types = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes];         return (types & UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert);     } }  #ifdef __IPHONE_8_0 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application   didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:   (UIUserNotificationSettings *)notificationSettings {     //register to receive notifications     [application registerForRemoteNotifications]; }  - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application handleActionWithIdentifier:(NSString   *)identifier forRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo completionHandler:(void(^)())completionHandler {     //handle the actions     if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"declineAction"]){     }     else if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"answerAction"]){     } } #endif 

Above code will run on Xcode 6+ only...