iOS/iPadOS safari push api support

Question

Does the iOS/iPadOS version of safari support push api standard with service worker?

Hither

This is insane that Apple doesn't allow this yet - they should make it an option for owners of Apple devices (it could even be defaulted to disabled - but it should be available.) Sign the petition on Change.org - search Web Push. change.org/p/… – Retard

I've added the link to the petition on the question, thank you! – Yeah

Answer 1

As for 2023, IOS 16 will support web push notification. That is announced on their official blog:

https://webkit.org/blog/13878/web-push-for-web-apps-on-ios-and-ipados/

But it seems only web apps that have been added to the Home Screen can request permission to send push notifications.

old answer:

iOS 12, 13, and iOS/iPadOS 14 still doesn't support these features:

• Web Push Notification
• Background Sync
• Page Lifecycle
• Service Workers on WebViews
• Universal Links / Link Capturing

So many requests from the community for these features but Apple don't want to hear it. Maybe they think these features have a bigger chance to be unnecessary exploited(spam, etc). And also maybe they want to force developers to create the native application rather than the progressive web application.

Corkage

iOS wants to get iE place – Humbuggery

local web notifications api isn't supported either - ie developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API – Barrel

Answer 2

iOS don't support the W3C Spec web push notifications yet. But there is a Safari specific API for web notifications. Refer to this answer on multiple options you have.

https://mcmap.net/q/247563/-can-we-run-firebase-realtime-listening-on-ios-serviceworker

Update: Corrected the Answer in the above link to clarify proprietary solution is only for OS X - Safari and no solution for iOS Safari yet. Custom in app notification is the best we can do today for iOS Safari.

Oaf

Thanks for the answer but I searched on the documentation and this feature is only for OS and not for iOS. Have you implemented successfully safari push notifications somewhere and checked with iOS safari? Because I can't find anything usefull. – Yeah

Sorry about the confusion. I've updated both the answer for better clarity. Yes. iOS-Safari don't support both the web notification APIs and in app notification is the only option we have for now. We like it or not, that's the limitation for now. – Oaf

Answer 3

I tested iOS 12 in beta last week and as Anand said, there is no change about this functionnality and more globally for Progressive Web App because the Web Manifest, in developpement at this moment is not implemented yet.

Imbecilic

Has anyone got the chance to test iOS 13 beta ? – Jene

There are new features for pwa but nothing about push notifications. – Imbecilic

Answer 4

iOS 15.4 added a Push API feature in safari

Settings > Safari > Advanced > Experimental WebKitFeatures

but it is turned off by default.

That doesn't mean the Web Push Notification is fully supported in iOS but it is a hint that it might be coming soon. Hopefully iOS 16 🤞

Sialkot

just saw theapplepost.com/2022/06/06/… – Sialkot

Answer 5

It still doesn't, but it was just announced that it's coming in 2023.

Source: https://webkit.org/blog/12824/news-from-wwdc-webkit-features-in-safari-16-beta/

(It's at the bottom of the "Web Push for macOS " section)

Jacklighter