Push Notifications

Remote and local notification patterns for iOS. Covers permission flow, APNs registration, token management, payload design, actionable notifications, rich notifications with service extensions, communication notifications, Focus interaction, and Live Activity push transport.

When to Use This Skill

Use when you need to:

• ☑ Implementing remote (APNs) push notifications
• ☑ Requesting notification permissions
• ☑ Managing device tokens and server sync
• ☑ Adding actionable notifications with categories/actions
• ☑ Building rich notifications with service extensions
• ☑ Communication notifications with avatars (iOS 15+)
• ☑ Time Sensitive or Critical alerts
• ☑ Updating Live Activities via push (transport layer)
• ☑ Broadcast push for large audiences (iOS 18+)
• ☑ Local notification scheduling

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