AIR for iOS - app gets rejected for missing push notification entitlement

[PippoApps]

Hi,

compiling with AIR 27.0.0.124.

There seems to be nothing in our manifest mentioning push notification, but app gets rejected with the following reason:

Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment" entitlement.

Here is relevant part of iOS manifest (sensitive data removed):

<iPhone>
    <!-- A list of plist key/value pairs to be added to the application Info.plist -->
    <InfoAdditions><![CDATA[
  <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>
  <string>8.0</string>
  <key>UIStatusBarStyle</key>
  <string>UIStatusBarStyleBlackOpaque</string>
  <key>UIRequiresPersistentWiFi</key>
  <string>NO</string>
  <key>FacebookAppID</key>
  <string>000</string>
  <key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
  <string>xxx</string>
  <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
      <array>
        <string>fb000</string>
        <string>air.xxx</string>
      </array>
    </dict>
  </array>
 <key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
  <array>
    <string>fbapi</string>
    <string>fb-messenger-api</string>
    <string>fbauth2</string>
    <string>fbshareextension</string>
  </array>
  <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
  <string>My description about why I need this feature in my app</string>
  <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
  <array>
    <string>1</string>
    <string>2</string>
  </array>
  <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
  <dict>
    <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
]]></InfoAdditions>
    <requestedDisplayResolution>high</requestedDisplayResolution>
  </iPhone>

Any suggestion?

Thanks

[IGZN · Accepted solution]

It happens when the certificate does contain Apple's push notification service.

Include this in entitlements:

<key>aps-environment</key>

<string>production</string>

or

<key>aps-environment</key>

<string>development</string>

depending on the type of certificate (for app store publishing it's "production" obviously)

[PippoApps]

Cheers. Submitted again, Fingers crossed.

[enricj12878062]

I have these same issue. But at the moment is just this issue:

Your delivery was successful, but you may wish to correct the following issues in your next delivery:

Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to register with the Apple Pus....

Will it be rejected if I send it to submission?

[PippoApps]

Apparently it wasn't a rejection but just a warning. I am not in charge of submissions so I am reporting what I have been told. Once I have precise information I'll post it here.

Anyway I added the entitlement.

[enricj12878062]

[PippoApps]

It was just a warning, though adding correct entitlement there shouldn't be a warning next time.

I couldn't check since App was approved

A huge app, complex multiplayer game with a lot of external assets, shared code with Desktop and Android, approved at first submission.

Pretty proud

[LilGames]

Except your push notifications probably didn't work. RIGHT?