Question

I have a doubt about iPhone push notifications. I need to use them when the user is using the app, but for me aren’t necessary alert-sound-badge when the app is closed.

My question is: could I use these kind of notifications also if the user doesn’t accept the push notifications when the app starts?

I would to use the push system to avoid any timer to get periodically info from our server when the app is running; they will be custom notifications with no alert, no badge and no sound.

Thank you

Answer 1

No, you can’t circumvent the user’s choice (the user said no, you should respect that). However, you can determine if the user opted out using

UIRemoteNotificationType types = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes];
if (types == UIRemoteNotificationTypeNone) {
    // user does not want to get push notifications
}