PubNub push notifications won't display

Question

I've got this code set up in my AppDelegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:

PNConfiguration *pnConfiguration = [PNConfiguration configurationWithPublishKey:publishKey
                                                                   subscribeKey:subscribeKey];
self.client = [PubNub clientWithConfiguration:pnConfiguration];

/* push notifications */
UIUserNotificationType types = UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |
UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert;

UIUserNotificationSettings *mySettings =
[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:types categories:nil];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:mySettings];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];

As well as these two methods:

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken {
    NSLog(@"deviceToken: %@", deviceToken);
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:deviceToken forKey:@"DeviceToken"];

    [self.client addPushNotificationsOnChannels:@[@"apns"] withDevicePushToken:deviceToken andCompletion:^(PNAcknowledgmentStatus *status) {

    }];
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError *)error {
    NSLog(@"%s with error: %@", __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, error);
}

I've added the entitlement to my app ID, and uploaded the certificate to the PubNub console as described here

Here's my code for sending a push notification:

[self.client publish:nil toChannel:@"apns" mobilePushPayload: @{@"aps": @{@"alert":message}}
withCompletion:^(PNPublishStatus *status) {
    // Check whether request successfully completed or not.
    // if (status.isError) // Handle modification error.
    // Check 'category' property to find out possible issue because
    // of which request did fail. Request can be resent using: [status retry];
}];

However, no notification is displayed on my iPhone when publishing from the iOS simulator. Any idea why this is?

Answer 1

Push Notifications don't work on simulator. You will need to test on a real device.