Objective C- Push Notifications not working with Cloudkit

Question

I have an app that I'm building, and I'm trying to keep track of a subscription using Cloudkit. I have a RecordType called Notifications with one field of type String called NotificationText. For some reason, when I add a new record, the app does not receive it. Here's what I have done so far:

Registered for Cloudkit in the "Capabilities" section of the app.
Added the Required background modes key to the info.plist file for remote-notifications

Saved the Subscription to the database using:

CKSubscription *subscription = [[CKSubscription alloc]
                                initWithRecordType:@"Notifications"
                                predicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithValue:YES]
                                options:CKSubscriptionOptionsFiresOnRecordCreation];

CKNotificationInfo *notificationInfo = [CKNotificationInfo new];
notificationInfo.alertLocalizationKey = @"NotificationText";
notificationInfo.shouldBadge = YES;
notificationInfo.soundName = @"";

subscription.notificationInfo = notificationInfo;
[publicDB saveSubscription:subscription
         completionHandler:^(CKSubscription *subscription, NSError *error) {
             if (error)
                 [self handleError:error];

             [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"sub"];

         }
 ];

Requested permission from the user to send push notifications using:

UIApplication *application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
UIUserNotificationSettings *notificationSettings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeAlert categories:nil];
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:notificationSettings];
[application registerForRemoteNotifications];

Implemented the -(void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(non null NSDictionary *)userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:(non null void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler; in the AppDelegate.m file.

Now I go into the Cloudkit Dashboard and create a new record of RecordType Notifications, and nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something?

Nshweky Nshweky · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-03T17:52:09

After much searching and banging my head against a wall, I found my problem.

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS DO NOT WORK ON SIMULATORS!

I hooked up an iPod to the app and, bang! Notification was received.

Objective C- Push Notifications not working with Cloudkit

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