Ionic - Missing Push Notification Entitlement

Question

I have two Ionic apps. I have one that I submitted a while back just fine. Now I keep getting this error when I submit a build on the other app.

Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to include API
used to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app 
signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment" 
entitlement. If your app uses the Apple Push Notification service, make 
sure your App ID is enabled for Push Notification in the Provisioning 
Portal, and resubmit after signing your app with a Distribution 
provisioning profile that includes the "aps-environment" entitlement. 
See "Provisioning and Development" in the Local and Push Notification
Programming Guide for more information. If your app does not use the 
Apple Push Notification service, no action is required. You may remove 
the API from future submissions to stop this warning. If you use a 
third-party framework, you may need to contact the developer for 
information on removing the API.

So I have tried many things: they can all be found here I tried the top 3 responses.

1. I commented out all the Push Notifications in AppDelegate.m
2. I commented out the code and set the property in preprocessor for it to be disabled
3. I searched my project for all instances of push notifications
4. I took my good app copied the AppDelegate.m and pasted it in the bad app.
5. I deleted all my local provisioning profiles.

So when I made my app a little while back, it asked me if I wanted push notifications. I remember clearly saying NO.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am thinking maybe I just need to make the app with .bak and then recreate the app and copy my code over? This is definitely a last resort.

Answer 1

If your app does not use the Apple Push Notification service, no action is required.

I've been receiving the same warning message when submitting Cordova/Ionic based iOS apps for a while now. No action is required, and will not affect app approval.