Comments on: APN on Rails has a new Home.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:16:42 +0000

Thanks Mark for reply.

I read this on Apple docs:

“You should regularly connect with the feedback web server and fetch the current list of those devices that have repeatedly reported failed-delivery attempts. Then you should cease sending notifications to the devices associated with those applications. See “The Feedback Service” for more information.”

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/CommunicatingWIthAPS/CommunicatingWIthAPS.html

My question is: Does your program take cares of this “feedback server”?

By the way, do you know any program on the appstore that uses your APN gem?

Thanks for your program.

By: Mark Bates

Mark Bates — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:54:59 +0000

Ricardo, APN is as about as reliable as it can be. Push notifications are not guaranteed by Apple to actually be delivered, so keep that in mind when you’re developing your app. If the user has their phone turned off or they don’t have reception at that time the notification will most likely never be delivered. Don’t confuse push notifications with SMS. I wouldn’t trust them to tell me something life critical.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:48:55 +0000

Hi!

I didn’t try APN at the moment. I wonder if someone uses APN in real life projects, were reliability is important. Is there any case where you lost notifications?

What do you think? Any example?

Thank you very much for your help.