Apple is planning to release iOS 13 and Xcode 11 in early autumn. Due to changes in an internal Apple API, there is some impact on how the Swrve iOS SDK decodes Apple push notification tokens. We’ve prepared this short guide to help you ensure your customers are not affected by this issue. The API Read More
Swrve supports the use of emojis in all push notification and Conversations campaigns. Emojis in push notification campaigns Push notification campaigns include an emoji picker directly in the notification content editor. To add an emoji to your notification content, on the Add Content screen of the workflow, select the emoji icon and use the emoji dialog Read More
To enable an app to send push notifications to iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod), you require a push certificate. A push certificate authorizes an app to receive push notifications and authorizes a service to send push notifications to an app. You link the push certificate to the app when you publish the app for distribution. For communication with Read More
Push notifications are sent to a device via the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) using a device token that is unique to each app and user. These tokens can change over time, so Apple recommends requesting the latest device token each time the app opens. This device token is then sent to Swrve and used Read More
There are a few patterns for getting Swrve resource data and A/B test data into your app running on iOS. Direct client query – all resource data One pattern for querying Swrve is to pull down the full resource list from the Swrve servers. Pulling down the full resource list means that any changes made Read More
As of Swrve iOS SDK version 4.4, it is possible to exclude push notification code from your app. To exclude the code from your app, add a SWRVE_NO_PUSH Preprocessor Macro to App Target > Build Settings > Preprocessing > Preprocessor Macros. This removes the warning from Apple when uploading an app with push notification code Read More
In iOS, developers have the option to develop in either Objective-C, which supports most iOS versions, and Swift, which is becoming more widely used in iOS development. While the Swrve iOS SDK includes a number of Objective-C files, Apple has made it easy to use both Swift and Objective-C in the same project. Integrating the iOS SDK using Read More
In Swrve iOS SDK version 4.2, we implemented the functionality to exclude certain iOS frameworks that weren’t relevant to your app, such as camera permissions or push notifications, using preprocessor macros that excluded the framework. In version 5.0, we changed the logic so that you needed to add the macros to include the related permissions Read More
The Swrve SDK does not use the IDFA as of version 2.0.1. New submissions to the app store using older versions of the Swrve SDK may be rejected by Apple, so Swrve strongly recommends updating to the latest SDK. If you can’t upgrade to the latest Swrve SDK, follow the instructions below. If you upgrade Read More