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There already is apn_on_rails which I've used with success. It would be interesting to learn why this gem was written instead of using that one, it's been arou
by KingOfB 16y ago
There already is apn_on_rails which I've used with success. It would be interesting to learn why this gem was written instead of using that one, it's been around for ages.
- pgebheim 16y agoReasons: - We wanted something simpler: apn_on_rails is more of a "complete" solution than what we needed, including models for keeping track of devices that are registered with the app, etc. We already had infrastructure for handling all that, but just needed a bit of code to connect to Apple and do the notifications and read feedback. - We needed to keep connections open. We send constant streams of hundreds-of-thousands of notifications per day. With this in mind it makes sense to keep persistent connections open to the service and stream data in. - Both apn_on_rails and the original APNs gem have broken support for reading from the feedback service. We had to support this fully.