This app provides an interactive interface to test the various methods and actions available in Ably's Push Notifications product.

Pre-requisites

1. Xcode
2. A physical iOS device as Push Notifications cannot be tested on a simulator
3. NodeJS (to run the server locally)

How to use this example app

• Clone this project locally

Launch the authentication server

You can either launch it locally or run host it on a server like Glitch Make sure that your server.js has your API keys with the required permissions:

• push-subscribe: Allows you to activate push on device, subscribe to push to receive notifications
• push-admin: Has push-subscribe rights plus rights to publish notifications directly using various credentials or via a realtime channel.
• Install the dependencies: cd server && npm install
• Run the local server: npm start

Launch the iOS application

• $ cd to the folder where you cloned this project.
• Run $ open push-interactive-app.xcodeproj to open the project in Xcode.
• Connect your iPhone and choose it to be your target build device in Xcode.
• In AppDelegate.swift, update authURL with your authentication server.
• Run the project in Xcode. It will install the app on your phone.

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