How to use Apple s new p8 certificate for APNs in firebase console

Question

With the recent up gradation of the Apple developer accounts  I am facing a difficulty that while trying to create the push notification certificates  it is providing me with   p8  certificate instead of APNs ones which can be exported to   p12    Firebase console only accepts   p12  certificates so how I can get that out from these new   p8  certificates

User · Answer

Follow these steps   1  Generate an APNs Auth Key Open the APNs Auth Key page in your Developer Center and click the   button to create a new APNs Auth Key     In the next page  select Apple Push Notification Authentication Key  Sandbox  amp  Production  and click Continue at the bottom of the page     Apple will then generate a  p8 key file containing your APNs Auth Key     Download the  p8 key file to your computer and save it for later  Also  be sure to write down the Key ID somewhere  as you ll need it later when connecting to APNs   2  Send Push Notifications  Ref  APNS  Configure push notifications      Important  Save a back up of your key in a secure place  It will not be presented again and cannot be retrieved later

User · Answer

Apple have recently made new changes in APNs and now apple insist us to use  Token Based Authentication  instead of the traditional ways which we are using for push notification   So does not need to worry about their expiration and this p8 certificates are for both development and production so again no need to generate 2 separate certificate for each mode   To generate p8 just go to your developer account and select this option   Apple Push Notification Authentication Key  Sandbox  amp  Production      Then will generate directly p8 file   I hope this will solve your issue   Read this new APNs changes from apple   https   developer apple com videos play wwdc2016 724   Also you can read this  https   developer apple com library prerelease content documentation NetworkingInternet Conceptual RemoteNotificationsPG Chapters APNsProviderAPI html

User · Answer

When you upload your p8 file in Firebase  in the box that reads App ID Prefix required     you should enter your team ID  You can get it from  https   developer apple com account   membership and copy paste the Team ID as shown below

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So  After taking a while I figured out that the old push certificate generating service also exists   You get two options    Apple Push Notification Authentication Key  Sandbox  amp  Production  Apple Push Notification service SSL  Sandbox  amp  Production    Those who want to achieve the old style  p12 certificate can get it from second option  I have not used the first option yet as most of the third-party push notification service providers still need the  p12 format certificate

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I was able to do this by selecting  All  located under the  Keys  header from the left column    Then I clicked the plus button in the top right corner to add a new key    Enter a name for your key and check  APNs     Then scroll down and select Continue  You will then be brought to a screen presenting you with the option to download your  p8 now or later  In my case  I was presented with a warning that it could only be downloaded once so keep the file safe

User · Answer

You can create the  p8 file for it in https   developer apple com account   Then go to Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles   Keys   add    Select Apple Push Notification service  APNs   put a Key Name  whatever    Then click on  continue   after  register  and you get it and you can download it

User · Answer

Firebase console is now accepting  p8 file  in fact  it s recommending to upload  p8 file

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