

It is a way of using provider tokens instead of client certificates when sending notifications. Token AuthenticationĪpple introduced a brand new way of authenticating against the Apple Push Notification Server (APNS) called Token Authentication. In addition, Apple also eliminates the overhead associated with certificate handling. You can send larger payloads up to four kilobytes. It supports providing instant feedback to indicate which device tokens are no longer available. Furthermore, it is extremely faster as compared to certificate-based communication. HTTP/2 is a binary protocol that supports multiple streams. Through this blog will attempt to review the HTTP/2 API, how token-based authentication works, and a step by step approach to implement HTTP/2 based push notification for iOS Projects. Have you started using HTTP/2-based APNs provider API? If you are not using it already, then it’s time to upgrade as soon as possible. As you might be aware that Apple will no longer support the legacy binary protocol as of 31st March 2021. It has introduced HTTP/2-Based Provider API is based on the HTTP/2 network protocol and allows app developers to send remote notifications to their app on iOS, tvOS, and OS X devices, and to Apple Watch via iOS. There has been a recent development in its recent version, i.e., IOS 9. and has been a fierce competitor to Android ever-since. It is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. Since it’s advent, IOS has remained the talk of the town.
