Can I use Apple Push Notification Service to have my app do something without notifying user

My Algorithm wishes to work this way-
If some desired event occurs at my server then I wish to send a small amount of data to every user my app (foreground or background). But, instead of notifying the user I wish my app to do some computation on data and acknowledge server. Remember user must not be notified.
If it's not possible then -
I guess that this can be achieved by creating an open connection between my server and app. But, it will consume a lot of resources.
Also the events can occur any time.

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I buy a server app to create my own network at my home business. the apple push notification service certificates have additional cost? I enter my pass but the app do not show me a price for a device. Normally all apple in-app upgrade show an alert. This certificate have an additional cost?

Server.app > select the server at the top of the left column > select Settings > select the Edit button to the right of enable Apple Push Notification > select Renew.
FWIW, I've previously logged an enhancement request with Apple, as this mechanism involves certificates, and isn't available on the certificates page within Server.app, nor is there a way to access the settings from the alert. This renewal mechanism just isn't as easy to find as it should be. You're not the first to be confounded by this stuff, in other words.

The following Apple Push Notification Service certificate will expire June 10, 2014.

We have a BES10.1.2 server with a UDS server. We have multiple iOS users that access work emails via Work Space/Work Connect. I do not find anything in the licensing that indicates anything is due to expire, however, we are receiving emails that the Apple Push Notification Service certificate is due to expire tomorrow. How do I determine if this is in fact the case? How do I renew this certificate?

Greetings Prem garigapati,
I understand you are receiving a message regarding an expiring certificate. Are you using a version of OS X Server on your computer? This article has additional information which may be helpful:
OS X Server: How to renew expired push certificates - Apple Support
If the certificate you use with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) has expired, you can renew it using OS X Server.
Use these steps to renew any push notification certificates that have expired:
Open the OS X Server app.
Select your server in the Server app sidebar, then click Settings.
Click the Edit button next to the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Enter your organization's Apple ID in the sheet that appears, then click Renew to renew the expired certificate.
Deselect (uncheck) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Select (check) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

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After Software update on 03/20/2012 Apple Mail Application will not open. Error message missing apple push notification service ect...

Greetings Prem garigapati,
I understand you are receiving a message regarding an expiring certificate. Are you using a version of OS X Server on your computer? This article has additional information which may be helpful:
OS X Server: How to renew expired push certificates - Apple Support
If the certificate you use with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) has expired, you can renew it using OS X Server.
Use these steps to renew any push notification certificates that have expired:
Open the OS X Server app.
Select your server in the Server app sidebar, then click Settings.
Click the Edit button next to the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Enter your organization's Apple ID in the sheet that appears, then click Renew to renew the expired certificate.
Deselect (uncheck) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Select (check) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

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I am receiving mails regarding "Apple Push Notification Service Certificate will expire in 30 days",
i dont know what to do at this time, where to verify this one, i know renew of iOS developer program but i don't have any idea about this Push Notification Service Certificate please help my out,

Greetings Prem garigapati,
I understand you are receiving a message regarding an expiring certificate. Are you using a version of OS X Server on your computer? This article has additional information which may be helpful:
OS X Server: How to renew expired push certificates - Apple Support
If the certificate you use with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) has expired, you can renew it using OS X Server.
Use these steps to renew any push notification certificates that have expired:
Open the OS X Server app.
Select your server in the Server app sidebar, then click Settings.
Click the Edit button next to the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Enter your organization's Apple ID in the sheet that appears, then click Renew to renew the expired certificate.
Deselect (uncheck) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Select (check) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

*HELP* - Apple Push Notification Service certificates

For several times now I received the following Message from "[email protected]":
The following Apple Push Notification Service certificates, created for AppleID [email protected] will expire on March 14, 2015. Revoking or allowing this certificate to expire will require existing devices to be re-enrolled with a new push certificate. You can renew your certificates with your OS X server administration tools. macserver.local - apns:com.apple.calendar
macserver.local - apns:com.apple.contact
macserver.local - apns:com.apple.mail
macserver.local - apns:com.apple.mgmt
macserver.local - apns:com.apple.alerts
What does it mean? Where does it come from? I have absolutely no idea?
The only thing that comes into my mind was the exchange of my old TimeCapsule with a MacMini as a Fileserver last year. Those days I played a little with OS Mavericks Server, but finally didn't use it. I didn't even purchase the Server App for Yosemite. Is this any sort of "artefact" from my Server exploration activities? Is there any risk that my poor Mac will explode and kill me on March 14??????????

Server.app > select the server at the top of the left column > select Settings > select the Edit button to the right of enable Apple Push Notification > select Renew.
FWIW, I've previously logged an enhancement request with Apple, as this mechanism involves certificates, and isn't available on the certificates page within Server.app, nor is there a way to access the settings from the alert. This renewal mechanism just isn't as easy to find as it should be. You're not the first to be confounded by this stuff, in other words.

Does the new command 2 binary format work with Apple Push Notification Service? I receive an invalid response status code of 128.

Does the new command 2 binary format work with Apple Push Notification Service? I am sending 2 messages with the same payload to 2 different devices. None of the messages display on either of the devices. It seems that at least 3 should have been displayed. For my first device, I received a response with an invalid status code of 128 and the message identifier is 2 indicating that the first message was OK. However no message was displayed on the phone. For the second device, I did not receive any error response, but no message was displayed on the device.
Does ANS perform any validation on the message identifier? The Local and Push Notification Programmin Guide says the message identifier is:
An arbitrary, opaque value that identifies this notification. This identifier is used for reporting errors to your server.
I know that the device tokens are valid because the same tokens work when I use the legacy basic or enhanced formats. The phones display the messages correctly when I send to ANS using the old ANS message format.
Here is the data and the response:
Sent to ANS: 2 0 0 0 158 1 0 32 120 107 166 143 171 157 143 169 70 135 12 135 246 142 64 224 244 44 116 4 154 65 115 192 206 28 189 56 174 0 172 16 2 0 23 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 65 66 67 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 83 7 119 141 5 0 1 5 1 0 32 120 107 166 143 171 157 143 169 70 135 12 135 246 142 64 224 244 44 116 4 154 65 115 192 206 28 189 56 174 0 172 16 2 0 23 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 65 66 67 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 83 7 119 141 5 0 1 5
ANS returned an error: 8 128 0 0 0 2
Sent to ANS: 2 0 0 0 158 1 0 32 4 239 182 26 13 237 170 136 41 243 181 57 120 208 135 19 101 102 212 70 55 244 251 255 160 125 82 9 10 143 72 17 2 0 23 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 65 66 67 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 4 0 4 83 7 119 147 5 0 1 5 1 0 32 4 239 182 26 13 237 170 136 41 243 181 57 120 208 135 19 101 102 212 70 55 244 251 255 160 125 82 9 10 143 72 17 2 0 23 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 65 66 67 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 6 4 0 4 83 7 119 147 5 0 1 5
ANS did not return a response.

Hello, can you please help me ?
You specified sample payload here:
TerrellFromLockhart wrote:
I finally got this to work. The picture in the Programming Guide is very confusing. The solution was to prefix every message's frame data with command 2 and that messsage's frame data length. Here is a sample:
ANS frame: 2 0 0 0 77 1 0 32 120 107 166 143 171 157 143 169 70 135 12 135 246 142 64 224 244 44 116 4 154 65 115 192 206 28 189 56 174 0 172 16 2 0 21 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 63 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 83 7 199 195 5 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 77 1 0 32 120 107 166 143 171 157 143 169 70 135 12 135 246 142 64 224 244 44 116 4 154 65 115 192 206 28 189 56 174 0 172 16 2 0 21 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 63 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 83 7 199 195 5 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 77 1 0 32 120 107 166 143 171 157 143 169 70 135 12 135 246 142 64 224 244 44 116 4 154 65 115 192 206 28 189 56 174 0 172 16 2 0 21 123 34 97 112 115 34 58 123 34 97 108 101 114 116 34 58 34 63 34 125 125 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 83 7 199 195 5 0 1 10
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2 - is clearly command
0 0 0 77 - frame length
1 - item Id
what's 0 32 ? According to this page https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Concept ual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/Commu…
Item id should be followed by item length. But item length is obviously greater than 32 because device token's length is 32. Can you please explain why 0 32 were used? and do you have any insight on item id meaning ?

In the Apple Push Notification Service,How long does a push notification sit in queue before being removed?

Official developer documentation isn't clear about this.
Apple Push Notification Service includes a default Quality of Service (QoS) component that performs a store-and-forward function. If APNs attempts to deliver a notification but the device is offline, the QoS stores the notification. It retains only one notification per application on a device: the last notification received from a provider for that application. When the offline device later reconnects, the QoS forwards the stored notification to the device. The QoS retains a notification for a limited period before deleting it.

This is an iPad user to user forum, so you are not addressing Apple. We have no way to know what and when Apple will do something.
 Cheers, Tom

Apple push notification service problem

Hi all,
I'm trying to implement notification push service to my app.
I'm reading here:
http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/programming-apple-push-notification-servic es
and here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Concep tual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP 40008194-CH1-SW1
When I try to connect to the sandbox service server with my php code:
[code]
<?php
      $token = $_GET['myapptoken'];
      $deviceToken = $token; // token dell'iPhone a cui inviare la notifica
      // Passphrase for the private key (ck.pem file)
       $pass = "mypass";
      // Get the parameters from http get or from command line
      $message = 'Notification text';
      $badge = 1;
      $sound = 'default';
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      if ($badge)
            $body['aps']['badge'] = $badge;
      if ($sound)
            $body['aps']['sound'] = $sound;
      /* End of Configurable Items */
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      stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'local_cert', 'apns-dev.pem');
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            print "Failed to connect $err $errstrn";
            return;
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      fclose($fp);
?>
[/code]
I receive this message:
Warning: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to ssl://gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com:2195 (Connection timed out) Failed to connect 110

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Hi all,
I used APNS to Push Notification to my iOS App, and i take some error.
When i send push to iOS App by Web service, I can't connect to Apple Push Server.
This is tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3YlqWWnI6s
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<?PHP
if($_POST['message']){
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$message = stripslashes($_POST['message']);
$payload = '{
"aps" :
{ "alert" : " '.$message.' ",
"badge" : 1,
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stream_context_set_option($ctx, 'ssl', 'passphrase', 'xxxxxxxx');
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if(!$fp){
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fclose($fp);
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<input type="text" name="message" maxlength="100">
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--DevirosVR--

You mean Server.app? Yeah unless there is another 'Enable Apple push notifications' checkbox somehere else. But just to clarify, I have cecked the 'Enable Apple push notifications' checkbox in Server.app->My Server->Settings.

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We have discovered one or more issues with your recent delivery for "xxxx". Your delivery was successful, but you may wish to correct the following issues in your next delivery: Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment" entitlement. If your app uses the Apple Push Notification service, make sure your App ID is enabled for Push Notification in the Provisioning Portal, and resubmit after signing your app with a Distribution provisioning profile that includes the "aps-environment" entitlement.
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Adobe please don't get angry now - but maybe is time to take problems that developers using your technology have - more seriously. You know, we are the last ones defending your frontiers in the AIR / FLASH frontlines and maybe we deserved more attention here ???? I mean the answer you placed here is the same if someone had mechanical car issues, and you suggest him to try to stop the car and start the car again then all troubles will be gone. Cmmon.
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Greetings Prem garigapati,
I understand you are receiving a message regarding an expiring certificate. Are you using a version of OS X Server on your computer? This article has additional information which may be helpful:
OS X Server: How to renew expired push certificates - Apple Support
If the certificate you use with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) has expired, you can renew it using OS X Server.
Use these steps to renew any push notification certificates that have expired:
Open the OS X Server app.
Select your server in the Server app sidebar, then click Settings.
Click the Edit button next to the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Enter your organization's Apple ID in the sheet that appears, then click Renew to renew the expired certificate.
Deselect (uncheck) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Select (check) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

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Greetings Prem garigapati,
I understand you are receiving a message regarding an expiring certificate. Are you using a version of OS X Server on your computer? This article has additional information which may be helpful:
OS X Server: How to renew expired push certificates - Apple Support
If the certificate you use with the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) has expired, you can renew it using OS X Server.
Use these steps to renew any push notification certificates that have expired:
Open the OS X Server app.
Select your server in the Server app sidebar, then click Settings.
Click the Edit button next to the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Enter your organization's Apple ID in the sheet that appears, then click Renew to renew the expired certificate.
Deselect (uncheck) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Select (check) the “Enable Apple push notifications” option.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Bobby_D

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