Java : Apple Push Notification Server Side Coding

JavaPNS is a Java library to send notifications through the Apple Push Notification Service to iOS devices. Using JavaPNS, we can send Push notification in a single line of code.

For further details, refer site : http://code.google.com/p/javapns/

The Apple Push Notification Service is a service created by Apple Inc. 

iOS apps can provide three types of notifications:

• Sounds: Plays an audible alert
• Alerts/Banners: Displays an alert or banner on the screen
• Badges: Displays an image or number on the application icon

 Before sending a notification from server, we need to have the following.

1. Device Token of the device (IPhone/IPod).
2. Private Key created from certificate.
3. Have a password of the private key created.

Note: If the private key is not proper, SSLHandshakeException occurs

For Eg:

Java Code looks like

Push.alert(message, keystore, password, production, devices)

Push.alert("Hello World!", "keystore.p12", "keystore_password", false, "Your token");

Parameters:

message : Content to pass

keystore : Private key

password : Private key password

producation : If true, production else sandbox

devices : one or more device token, device token length is 64 digits. The device token is analogous to a phone number; it contains information that enables APNs to locate the device on which the client application is installed.

To run the server code, required jar files list

bcprov-1.45.jar

commons-io-1.3.jar

commons-logging-1.1.1.jar

JavaPNS_2.2.jar

log4j-1.2.16.jar


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