Reset push notification settings for app

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I am developing an app with push notifications  To check all possible ways of user interaction  I d like to test my app when a user declines to have push notifications enabled for my app during the first start    The dialog  initiated by registerForRemoteNotificationTypes   however  appears only once per app  How do I reset the iPhone OS s memory of my app  Deleting the app and reinstalling doesn t help

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Another just for testing solution to this is by simply changing your bundle id   Just don t forget to change it back once you re done

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The same tech note as refered to in the accepted answer  TN2265 - Troubleshooting Push Notifications  has since been updated with a solution for iOS 5 and above  In short  create a backup and restore from it every time   On iOS 5 and later  reset the push notifications permissions alert by restoring the device from a backup  r  11450187   Here are the steps to do this efficiently   Use the Xcode Organizer to install your app on the device  The key is to install the app for the first time without running it  Use iTunes to back up the device  Run the app  The push notifications permissions alert will be presented  When you want to reset the push notifications permissions alert  restore the device from the backup you created in the first step

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Doing it programmatically seems to work for me everytime  I have a build with the following line uncommented      UIApplication sharedApplication  unregisterForRemoteNotifications     I run it every time I want to unregister from PN  You might have to end the app explicitly from the recents list and play around with the Notification Center in Settings app to get it right   Also  the UI prompt asking the user to register for PN may not show up  Not sure if has been disabled in any of the recent iOS versions

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I have wondered about this in the past and came to the conclusion that it was not actually a valid test case for my code  I don t think your application code can actually tell the difference between somebody declining notifications the first time or later disabling it from the iPhone notification settings  It is true that the user experience is different but that is hidden inside the call to registerForRemoteNotificationTypes   Calling unregisterForRemoteNotifications does not completely remove the application from the notifications settings - though it does remove the contents of the settings for that application  So this still will not cause the dialog to be presented a second time to the user the next time the app runs  at least not on v3 1 3 that I am currently testing with   But as I say above you probably should not be worrying about that

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The plist   private var mobile Library RemoteNotification Clients plist      contains the registered clients for push notifications   Removing your app s entry will cause the prompt to re-appear

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On iOS 9 0 2  I m getting the  register push notification alert  every time I delete the app and reinstall it  This is true for both AppStore production downloads and adhoc mode   UPDATE  It is confirmed this is working for iOS 9 x

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I recently ran into the similar issue with react-native application  iPhone OS version was 13 1 I uninstalled the application and tried to install the app and noticed both location and notification permissions were not prompted    On checking the settings  I could see my application was enabled for location from previous installation  however there was no corresponding entry against the notification  Tried uninstalling and rebooting without setting the time  it didn t work  Btw  I also tried to download the Appstore app  still same behavior    The issue was resolved only after setting the device time

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Technical Note TN2265  Troubleshooting Push Notifications     The first time a push-enabled app   registers for push notifications  iOS   asks the user if they wish to receive   notifications for that app  Once the   user has responded to this alert it is   not presented again unless the device   is restored or the app has been   uninstalled for at least a day       If you want to simulate a first-time   run of your app  you can leave the app   uninstalled for a day  You can achieve   the latter without actually waiting a   day by setting the system clock   forward a day or more  turning the   device off completely  then turning   the device back on    Update  As noted in the comments below  this solution stopped working since iOS 5 1  I would encourage filing a bug with Apple so they can update their documentation  The current solution seems to be resetting the device s content and settings   Update  The tech note has been updated with new steps that work correctly as of iOS 7         Delete your app from the device    Turn the device off completely and turn it back on    Go to Settings   General   Date  amp  Time and set the date ahead a day or more    Turn the device off completely again and turn it back on         UPDATE as of iOS 9  Simply deleting and reinstalling the app will reset the notification status to notDetermined  meaning prompts will appear    Thanks to the answer by Gomfucius below  https   stackoverflow com a 33247900 704803

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I agree with micmdk    I had a development environment setup with Push Notifications and needed a way to reset my phone to look like an initial install    and only these precise steps worked for me    requires TWO reboots of Device   From APPLE TECH DOC   Resetting the Push Notifications Permissions Alert on iOS The first time a push-enabled app registers for push notifications  iOS asks the user if they wish to receive notifications for that app  Once the user has responded to this alert it is not presented again unless the device is restored or the app has been uninstalled for at least a day   If you want to simulate a first-time run of your app  you can leave the app uninstalled for a day  You can achieve the latter without actually waiting a day by following these steps    Delete your app from the device  Turn the device off completely and turn it back on  Go to Settings   General   Date  amp  Time and set the date ahead a day or more  Turn the device off completely again and turn it back on

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In addition to the answer of ianolito   Had the same issue with an app I downloaded a year ago and denying push notification initially  Now wanting push notifications back  these steps worked for me on iOS 7 beta  Not sure which point s  triggered it exactly    Close and delete the app  Go to your iCloud settings and delete the app from the iCloud  Do this on all other devices where you have iCloud backup for apps enabled  After deactivating and deleting make a fresh backup  The app should not be listed any more under the backups   This is maybe why the Technical Note from Apple described by ianolito stopped working in iOS 5  since iCloud was introduced in iOS 5 and many have iCloud backup for apps enabled   Go to your time settings and set the time more than 1 month ahead   Switch the iPhone off  no reset   Wait a minute  switch it on again and download the app again   Start the app and I was presented the dialog again   Enable app backup again  since it is still deactivated  Correct the time    Thank god I did not have to  Erase All Content And Settings   Maybe it will help someone

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As already noted the approach for resetting the notification state for an app on a device is changed for iOS5 an newer   This works for me on iOS6    Remove the app from the device Set the device datetime two days or more ahead Restart the device Set the device datetime two days or more ahead Restart the device Install and run the app again   However this will only make the initial prompt appear again - it will not remove any other push state related stuff

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After hours of searching  and no luck with the suggestions above  this worked like to a charm for 3 x   override func viewDidLoad             super viewDidLoad                 requestAuthorization       func requestAuthorization              if  available iOS 10 0                    UNUserNotificationCenter current   requestAuthorization options    alert   sound   badge      granted  error  in                 print  Access granted    granted description                             else                  Fallback on earlier versions

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As ianolito said  setting the date should work       You can achieve the latter without actually waiting a day by setting the system clock forward a day or more  turning the device off completely  then turning the device back on    I noticed on my device  iPhone 4  iOS 6 1 2  setting the system clock a day forward or even a few days did not work for me  So I set the date forward a month and then it did work and my application showed the notifications prompt again   Hope this helps for anyone  it can be kind of head aching

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The Apple Tech Note also described you can restore the device to reset the Push Notification dialog   It does not say that you can also use the option  General -  Reset -  Erase All Content And Settings  on the device itself  iOS 5 x

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