[ChrisMarshallNY]

I just got done adding APNs to one of my dashboard apps.

It's a wicked pain in the butt, but I finally got it. The trickiest part was the backend server, which I implemented in ... gasp PHP. I didn't want to load in a whole SaaS, in order to do a very simple push notification, so I had to learn to do it from scratch.

In the process, I learned that there's a lot of wrong information out there, and I had do quite a bit of trial and error.

But it works, and the code is actually wicked simple.

[nicolas_17]

The protocol between your backend server and Apple, and between Apple and the phone, are completely different. So this comment seems almost off-topic...

[ChrisMarshallNY]

No, it’s not off-topic. I’m not claiming to have reverse-engineered that stuff (I have successfully reverse-engineered internal Apple tech in the past, and it hasn’t ended well. I’ve been writing Apple software, sometimes, at a fairly low level, for quite a while). I suspect there may be other reasons for the downvotes. It isn’t really something I’m losing much sleep over.

It’s just a fairly typical type of HN comment. I literally, like, yesterday, got it going, and it was a less-than-linear process. My own experience, in hacking the system, has taught me to try to stay inside the lines –something that is increasingly difficult, these days.

This article (which is excellent, and quite worthy of HN) made me think of it. Also, even doing what I did, has its challenges. I didn’t want to distract from the OP, by going into any detail. Maybe, one day, I’ll write it up (I’m fairly good at that kind of thing), but that is something for another day.