iOS: Push Notifications not working in Background in Production #264

iOS Notification not received in background mode #258
iOS: Push Notifications not working in Background or when application is reopened #243
Notification message not shown when app is in the background #237

Author: EddyVerbruggen

docs/MESSAGING.md

@@ -36,18 +36,28 @@ If you didn't choose this feature during installation you can run the "post inst
 
 #### Enable push support in Xcode
 
-Open your project's target and head over to "Capabilities" to toggle this switch:
+Open /platforms/ios/yourproject.__xcworkspace__ (!) and go to your project's target and head over to "Capabilities" to toggle this switch:
 <img src="images/push-xcode-config.png" width="600px" alt="Push Xcode config"/>
 
 > Without this enabled you will receive push messages in the foreground, but **NOT in the background** / when the app is killed.
 
+##### copy the entitlements file
+The previous step created a the file`platforms/ios/YourAppName/Resources/YourAppName.entitlements`.
+Copy that file to `app/App_Resources/iOS/` (if it doesn't exist yet, otherwise merge its contents),
+so it's not removed when you remove and re-add the iOS platform. The relevant content for background push in that file is:
+
+```xml
+	<key>aps-environment</key>
+	<string>development</string>
+```
+
 #### Receiving remote notifications in the background
 Open `app/App_Resources/iOS/Info.plist` and add this to the bottom:
 
 ```xml
 <key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
 <array>
-    <string>remote-notification</string>
+  <string>remote-notification</string>
 </array>
 ```
 

firebase.ios.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript-plugin-firebase",
-  "version": "3.9.1",
+  "version": "3.9.2",
   "description": "Fire. Base. Firebase!",
   "main": "firebase",
   "typings": "index.d.ts",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "bundle-installer": "npm install --ignore-scripts && webpack --config scripts/webpack.config.js scripts/installer.js scripts/postinstall.js && webpack --config scripts/webpack.config.js scripts/install_ios_entitlements.js scripts/install_ios_entitlements_packed.js",
+    "bundle-installer": "npm install --ignore-scripts && webpack --config scripts/webpack.config.js scripts/installer.js scripts/postinstall.js",
     "prepublish": "npm run bundle-installer",
     "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",
     "config": "node scripts/postinstall.js config"