Apple Push Notification Service

SAP Mobile Platform provides support for Apple Push Notification Service by pushing notifications to Hybrid Apps when the Hybrid App is offline.

With APNS, each device establishes encrypted IP connections to the service and receives notifications about availability of new items awaiting retrieval on SAP Mobile Server. This feature overcomes network issues with always-on connectivity and battery life consumption on 3G networks.

For more information on end-to-end iPhone application development and provisioning, see Mobile Application Life Cycle.

Examples of cases when notifications are sent include:

• The server identifies that a new message needs to be sent to the device. This could include:
  • A new Hybrid App is assigned to the device.
  • A DCN message is sent to SAP Mobile Server, targeting a particular user and the Hybrid App is not running.

If you want to use APNs for the Hybrid App, use the Apple Provisioning Portal to create your own .p12 certificate if you build your own Hybrid App using the source code included in <SMP_HOME>\MobileSDK<version>\HybridApp\Containers\iOS.

After creating the .p12 certificate, you must configure the APNs settings in SAP Control Center.

• Provisioning iOS Devices
  Use this procedure to provision your iOS device for APNs if you build your own application using the source code provided in <SMP_HOME>\MobileSDK<version>\HybridApp\Containers\iOS\iOS_HWC_<version>.tar.gz.
• Configuring Apple Push Settings for the Hybrid Web Container
  The certificate that was exported from the keychain corresponding to Apple Push settings must be configured with the correct application name in SAP Control Center.
• Apple Push Notification Properties
  Apple push notification properties allow iOS users to install client software on their devices.