Template for ios notification by Azure Service Bus Notification Hubs - azure

Question

i am using windows azure Service Bus Notification Hubs for ios
i register my device by following code :
SBNotificationHub* hub = [[SBNotificationHub alloc] initWithConnectionString:
#"Endpoint=sb://......" notificationHubPath:#"...."];
NSMutableSet *set = [NSMutableSet set];
[set addObject:#"general"];
[hub registerNativeWithDeviceToken:deviceToken tags:[set copy] completion:^(NSError* error) {
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"Error registering for notifications: %#", error);
[self.delegate homePopUpViewControllerEnterButtonPress:self];
}
}];
and sending Notification from .Net Backend by using following code :
var hubClient = NotificationHubClient.CreateClientFromConnectionString(<connection string>, "<notification hub name>");
IDictionary<string, string> properties = new Dictionary<string, string>();
properties.Add("badge", "1");
properties.Add("alert", "This is Test Text");
properties.Add("sound", "bingbong.aiff");
hubClient.SendTemplateNotification(properties, "general");
i able to receive notification but my problem is : notification does not have any property that i added , no sound , no badge ...
if you can please help me
references : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj927168.aspx
thanks

Answer 1

You registered for native notifications but then you are sending a template notification.
If you want to send native (this will require additional sends if you want to reach devices on different platforms) you have to use
hub.SendAppleNativeNotification(
"{ \"aps\": { \"alert\": \"This is my alert message for iOS!\"}}", "tag");
Please refer to https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/ApplePushService.html for the iOS payload format.
Alternatively, you can register for template notifications with:
NSString* template = #"{aps: {alert: \"$(myToastProperty)\"}}";
[hub registerTemplateWithDeviceToken:deviceToken
name:#"myToastRegistration"
jsonBodyTemplate:template
expiryTemplate:nil
tags:nil
completion:^(NSError* error) {
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"Error registering for notifications: %#", error);
}
}];
Using a template like:
{
“aps”: {
“alert”: “$(alert)”
}
}
Then you can send notifications using hub.SendTemplateNotification like you are already doing.
For more information regarding the difference between template and native please refer to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj927170.aspx