How to test Push Notification is working in my application

Question

In my application I am implementing the Push Notification Service.
I have a Content Provider server, which contains some products in it.
I have generated the SSL Client Certificate and attached it to my development Provisioning profile. This profile is also added to my application.
I have written the code inside the delegate methods (guided by Apple guideline for implementing the Push Notification). All set.

Now I want to test my application whether it is handing the push notification as per the requirement. Any idea on how can I test it would help me a lot.
Should I have to add new product to the content provider server to test this?

If yes, how much will APNS take to send the push notification to my device?

Solution 1

Very cool guide is posted here: Programming Apple Push Notification Services

And an application named PushMeBaby Mac Os App which you can download and use for sending push-notifications to your devices from a Mac.

APNS will send the push notification to your device as soon as your device will become available. If I've not mistaken your device pings APNS every minute.

Solution 2

I tried all 3 of the above suggestions with no success. In case someone else is ends up here looking for a solution to this, I found this and it works great:

Pusher https://github.com/noodlewerk/NWPusher

Solution 3

If you want to support both Certificate and Token based authentication with APNS, then you can try Push Notifications

Solution 4

What about curl:

curl -d '{"aps":{"alert":"This is a test notification"}}' --cert YourCertificate.pem:YourPassword -H "apns-topic: com.example.yourapp" --http2  https://api.development.push.apple.com/3/device/YourDeviceToken

First you need curl with http2 support.
And you need to convert your push certificate to pem format using openssl.

Solution 5

You should try the the branch of PushMeBaby, it worked for me.

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Comments

[Naved]

I am running PushMeBaby application, but it does not load the certificate causing not to send any push notification. I have added that certificate as guided in the tutorial, but still it is not working. any idea? Is the certificate for sandbox or production?

[Nekto]

As is said in tutorial - you should use for sandbox and input your device token in PushMyBaby.

[Naved]

I did it so. I have added the certificate in resources using "Copy items into destination group folders" too. but still it is not working

[Naved]

Solved: Mine certificate name was "aps_developer_identity-1.cer" and not "aps.developer.identity-1.cer". Thank you for your support.

[Oleg Trakhman]

+1 Worked for me too; Original PushMeBaby didn't send pushes from accepted answer

[Viral Narshana]

This app worked for me. itunes.apple.com/us/app/easy-apns-provider-push-notification‌​/…

[shim]

Note this appears to be a more recently updated version.

[Dhruv Sangvikar]

The only problem with NWPusher is that it will not support HTTP/2

[Augusto Gonzalez]

This should be marked as the right answer. The app is soo cool. I was afraid I had to use node-apn, so I have to spend one day more debugging.

[double-beep]

While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.

[phil]

very straightforward for simple testing

[Amarjeet Singh Rai]

Thank you! Very simple to do

[jeet.chanchawat]

link to "PushMeBaby Mac Os App" is dead