iOS push notifications: why are they asked for?

[Sean Cole (Pi)]

Hi Gerry,

This is now the norm in iOS8 applications it would seem. Upon updating 17
iPads last weekend and uploading my app (which is identical in every way to
the one I installed during iOS7) each one requested on application launch
the permission for Push Notifications and Use of Camera (which also was
never asked for in the past). It would seem that Apple are hotting up on
these kind of permissions to make the user aware. Android has always done
this to the point of irritation but the users are that much more aware of
what the app is capable of accessing and has some level of control over
what they are willing to permit.

Ethan is right. There needs to be a lot more training and documentation to
cover this but RR has fallen way too far behind on updating any of their
documentation that I doubt that (unless they employ someone dedicated to
the task) it will ever see the light of day in this decade. Pessimistic, I
know, but likely to be the truth of the matter (unless Kevin/Ben/Other says
otherwise).



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On 9 January 2015 at 06:59, Gerry <gerry.orkin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, but...
>
> It's disabled in all those places!
>
> Urg!
>
> Gerry
>
>
> > On 9 Jan 2015, at 12:36 pm, ethanlish at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > My experience is that there are three areas to check;
> > - stand-alone application settings the profile used
> > - stand-alone application settings the check box for push notifications
> > - the application code 'pushNotificationReceived' etc.
>
>
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