aerogear-ios-push

This module is beta software, it currently supports Xcode 6.3

iOS Push Notification Registration SDK for the AeroGear UnifiedPush Server

A small and handy library written in Swift that helps to register iOS applications with the AeroGear UnifiedPush Server.

Build, test and play with aerogear-ios-push

1. Clone this project

2. Get the dependencies

The project uses OHHTTPStubs framework for stubbing its http network requests and utilizes cocoapods 0.36 release for handling its dependencies. As a pre-requisite, install cocoapods and then install the pod. On the root directory of the project run: bash pod install 3. open AeroGearPushSwift.xcworkspace

Adding the library to your project

To add the library in your project, you can either use Cocoapods or manual install either by dragging the code or building a framework to install in your project. See the respective sections below for instructions:

Using Cocoapods

Support for Swift frameworks is supported from CocoaPods-0.36 release upwards. In your Podfile add:

pod 'AeroGear-Push-Swift'

and then:

pod install

to install your dependencies

Manual Installation

Drag-and-Drop the project

Follow these steps to add the library in your Swift project:

1. Add AeroGearPush as a submodule in your project. Open a terminal and navigate to your project directory. Then enter: bash git submodule add https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-ios-push.git
2. Open the aerogear-ios-push folder, and drag the AeroGearPush.xcodeproj into the file navigator in Xcode.
3. In Xcode select your application target and under the Targets heading section, ensure that the ‘iOS Deployment Target’ matches the application target of AeroGearPush.framework (Currently set to 8.0).
4. Select the Build Phases heading section, expand the Target Dependencies group and add AeroGearPush.framework.
5. Click on the + button at the top left of the panel and select New Copy Files Phase. Rename this new phase to Copy Frameworks, set the Destination to Frameworks, and add AeroGearPush.framework.

Using a .framework build

To build the library simply run the build script:

build.sh

The build script will generate a build folder in the current directory, containing an universal framework library that you can drag-and-drop in your project. The framework build resides in:

build/Release-universal/AeroGearPush.framework

Now, on your application targets’ “General” settings tab and in the “Linked Frameworks and Libraries” section, drag-and-drop the framework build. Then click the 'Build Phases’ tab, click the ’+’ symbol, select New Copy Files Phase, expand the section, select 'Frameworks’ from the Destination combo box. Click the ’+’ symbol and select the 'AeroGearPush.framework’

You are now ready to use the library in your project.

Example Usage

Push registration

  func application(application: UIApplication!, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: NSData!) {
     // setup registration
    let registration = AGDeviceRegistration(serverURL: NSURL(string: "<# URL of the running AeroGear UnifiedPush Server #>")!)

    // attemp to register
    registration.registerWithClientInfo({ (clientInfo: AGClientDeviceInformation!) in
        // setup configuration
        clientInfo.deviceToken = deviceToken
        clientInfo.variantID = "<# Variant Id #>"
        clientInfo.variantSecret = "<# Variant Secret #>"

        // apply the token, to identify THIS device
        let currentDevice = UIDevice()

        // --optional config--
        // set some 'useful' hardware information params
        clientInfo.operatingSystem = currentDevice.systemName
        clientInfo.osVersion = currentDevice.systemVersion
        clientInfo.deviceType = currentDevice.model
        },

        success: {
            println("UnifiedPush Server registration succeeded")
        },
        failure: {(error: NSError!) in
            println("failed to register, error: \(error.description)")
        })
}

Push registration using plist config file

In the AppDelegate.swift file: “`swift func application(application: UIApplication!, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: NSData!) { // setup registration let registration = AGDeviceRegistration()

// attemp to register
registration.registerWithClientInfo({ (clientInfo: AGClientDeviceInformation!) in
    // setup configuration
    clientInfo.deviceToken = deviceToken
    let currentDevice = UIDevice()
    // set some 'useful' hardware information params
    clientInfo.operatingSystem = currentDevice.systemName
    clientInfo.osVersion = currentDevice.systemVersion
    clientInfo.deviceType = currentDevice.model
    },       
    success: {
        println("UnifiedPush Server registration succeeded")
    },
    failure: {(error: NSError!) in
        println("failed to register, error: \(error.description)")
    })

} ”`

In your application info.plist, add the following properties: xml <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>serverURL</key> <string><# URL of the running AeroGear UnifiedPush Server #></string> <key>variantID</key> <string><# Variant Id #></string> <key>variantSecret</key> <string><# Variant Secret #></string> </dict> </plist>

NOTE: If your UPS server installation uses a self-signed certificate, you can find a quick solution on how to enable support on our troubleshooting page, as well as links for further information on how to properly enable it on your iOS production applications.

Push analytics

If you are interested in monitoring how a push message relates to the usage of your app, you can use metrics. Those emtrics are displayed in the AeroGear UnifiedPush Server’s console.

• Send metrics when app is launched due to push notification swift func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool { AGPushAnalytics.sendMetricsWhenAppLaunched(launchOptions) return true }
• Send metrics when the app is brought from background to foreground due to a push notification swift func application(application: UIApplication, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [NSObject: AnyObject]) { AGPushAnalytics.sendMetricsWhenAppAwoken(application.applicationState, userInfo: userInfo) }

AeroGear UnifiedPush Server

For more information, checkout our tutorial.

Documentation

For more details about the current release, please consult our documentation.

Development

If you would like to help develop AeroGear you can join our developer’s mailing list, join #aerogear on Freenode, or shout at us on Twitter @aerogears.

Also takes some time and skim the contributor guide

Questions?

Join our user mailing list for any questions or help! We really hope you enjoy app development with AeroGear!

Found a bug?

If you found a bug please create a ticket for us on Jira with some steps to reproduce it.