iOS 8 enabled device not receiving PUSH notifications after code update

Question

I recently upgraded one of my test iphones to iOS 8 and then upgraded the PUSH registration code as below (using xCode 6)

-(BOOL)hasNotificationsEnabled {

    NSString *iOSversion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
    NSString *prefix = [[iOSversion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] firstObject];
    float versionVal = [prefix floatValue];


    if (versionVal >= 8)
    {

        NSLog(@"%@", [[UIApplication sharedApplication]  currentUserNotificationSettings]);
        //The output of this log shows that the app is registered for PUSH so should receive them

        if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] currentUserNotificationSettings].types != UIUserNotificationTypeNone) {

            return YES;

        }

    }
    else
    {
        UIRemoteNotificationType types = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes];
        if (types != UIRemoteNotificationTypeNone){
            return YES;
        }

    }

    return NO;
}

-(void)registerForPUSHNotifications {

    NSString *iOSversion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
    NSString *prefix = [[iOSversion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."] firstObject];
    float versionVal = [prefix floatValue];


    if (versionVal >= 8)
    {


            //for iOS8
        UIUserNotificationSettings *settings =
        [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeAlert |
         UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |
         UIUserNotificationTypeSound categories:nil];
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];


    }
    else
    {

            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes: (UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];


    }
}

Despite this upgrade and the fact that [[UIApplication sharedApplication] currentUserNotificationSettings] shows PUSH is enabled for the device, I am not receiving PUSH notifications.

I am using Parse and doing everything by the book as far as they are concerned ( https://parse.com/tutorials/ios-push-notifications) .

Is anyone experiencing the same issue? Is there something else that I may be missing ?

Answer 1

The way to register for push notifications has been changed in iOS 8: Below is the code for all versions till iOS 9:

if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)])
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];

}
else
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
     (UIUserNotificationTypeBadge | UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert)];
}

In case you want to check whether push notifications are enabled or not use below code:

- (BOOL) pushNotificationOnOrOff
{
    if ([UIApplication instancesRespondToSelector:@selector(isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications)]) {
        return ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications]);
    } else {
        UIRemoteNotificationType types = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes];
        return (types & UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert);
    }
}

#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application   didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:   (UIUserNotificationSettings *)notificationSettings
{
    //register to receive notifications
    [application registerForRemoteNotifications];
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application handleActionWithIdentifier:(NSString   *)identifier forRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo completionHandler:(void(^)())completionHandler
{
    //handle the actions
    if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"declineAction"]){
    }
    else if ([identifier isEqualToString:@"answerAction"]){
    }
}
#endif

Above code will run on Xcode 6+ only...