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CloudKit didReceiveRemoteNotification not called on the Mac

I am using the following CKNotification Info and this seems to work fine:

CKNotificationInfo *note = [[CKNotificationInfo alloc] init]; note.alertBody = @"Something Happened"; note.shouldBadge = NO; note.shouldSendContentAvailable = NO;

When something changes on an iOS device, my Mac app receives a Push notification based on a subscription with this notification. However, didReceiveRemoteNotification is never called so I can't process the event. I need to be able to refresh and fetch new changes. How do I do that?

Solution

  • Okay I've finally figured it out. If you use a CKNotificationInfo for your alerts, didReceiveRemoteNotification will NOT be called on the Mac until and unless you set CKNotificationInfo.soundName to an empty string! This looks like a bug only in OS X (10.10 & 10.11 so far) but can be worked around by this simple change.