Can I use PushKit to do regular push with out using VoIP? Will it allow killed app to be launched in background if user does not act on notification?

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SDTDMT picture SDTDMT · Apr 17, 2015 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

In the PushKit it is mentioned we can use regular push or VoIP push. But I did not find any documentation for what PKPushType to use for regular push. Did anybody try the regular push using the PushKit? If I don't use VoIP is it possible for a killed app to be launched in the background if it receives push notification? Meaning if app is killed and a notification comes and user does not act on it, can the app be launched by iOS in the background if I use PushKit?

Answer

Alexander W picture Alexander W · Sep 30, 2019

Since iOS 13.0, this is NOT allowed anymore. Apple will kill the app if failing to present CallKit before the didReceiveIncomingPush(withPayload:) is finished.

An Apple Employee answered a similar question in this thread and said the following:

On iOS 13.0 and later, incoming Voice over IP calls must be reported when they are received and before the didReceiceIncomingPush() method finishes execution, using the CallKit framework, or the system will terminate your app.

Repeatedly failing to report calls may prevent your app from receiving any more incoming call notifications.

Basically, you can no longer use VoIP pushes for non VoIP messaging, and will need to use regular push notifications for those.

This was announced during the WWDC session "Advances in App Background Execution" https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/707/

So sadly not anymore. We will have to use the normal UINotification framework for "standard" push messages.

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