I’ve been going from app to app, some clients have a push notification setting but I’m still not getting anything when I’m outside of the app. What’s causing this? And are there apps where push notifications are working currently?

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
    5·
    10 days ago

    I know Thunder on Android has push notifications because it checks once every 15 minutes for anything new. But I do not know about iOS.

    • everett@lemmy.ml
      1·
      9 days ago

      Checking at a regular interval is “pull” (not push) though. Push means the client keeps a low-bandwidth connection to the server open so the server can notify the client as soon as something has happened.

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
        2·
        9 days ago

        Point taken, LOL. But at least you get notifications. At least on Android. As I said, I have no idea whether it works on iOS or not.

        • everett@lemmy.ml
          2·
          9 days ago

          Yep. I’m not sure if OP was looking for technically-pull clients specifically, though I have to imagine conventional notifications are a basic feature even on iOS.

            • everett@lemmy.ml
              2·
              9 days ago

              The difference is just whether the client app gets notified of new messages/replies by asking the server “Is there anything new?” on a set schedule (pull), or if the server sends the notification “Here’s something new!” only when there is a new one (push).