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iOS remains a holdout on the Push Notifications API, which is pretty important for an email app. https://caniuse.com/#feat=push-api https://caniuse.com/#feat=p
by paulgb 6y ago
iOS remains a holdout on the Push Notifications API, which is pretty important for an email app.
https://caniuse.com/#feat=push-api https://caniuse.com/#feat=push-api
- wayneftw 6y agoI was wondering... Can there be a native app on iOS that sets up notifications for all participating PWAs and then when a notification comes in, when the user views it - the native app simply launches the URL of the PWA? It could be called "Web Events Notifier" or something. Perhaps it could include a UI for managing which PWAs you want to receive notifications for and maybe even a catalog of publicly participating PWAs.
- claytongulick 6y agoThis is a really good idea. Maybe even a business model.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoTechnically yes, it’s a great idea- but Apple will just block it at some point. Or at least the threat of it being blocked is enough to make it a non starter.
- perryizgr8 6y agoThat would work great until Apple rejects it. You cannot get around Apple's intentions with technical loopholes.
- wayneftw 6y agoYeah I'm just wondering - on what grounds would they reject it? I don't see any TOS that would forbid it.
- Joeri 6y agoAny feed reader can be set up like this. Publish the notifications to an rss feed on a unique url, with each entry containing a link back to the pwa, have the feed reader app subscribe to it and use the notifications of the feed reader app. It is somewhat cumbersome though.
- pier25 6y agoAh yes that's why. Thanks for pointing it out.