Disabling push notifications via xCode and Eclipse?

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piggilypoo Aspiring developer Posts: 172 Reg: Jun 28, 2011 San Diego 5,120	confirm \| cancel 07/08/13 04:30 PM (12 years ago) Disabling push notifications via xCode and Eclipse? Hello, I'm currently building an app that I'd like to have push notifications for in a paid version. I'd like to also offer the exact same app for free, only without push notifications, however I really don't want to have to remake the entire app, and im sure there has to be a way to do this but I'm not quite sure where to look. How would I go about disabling push notifications via the code in xCode and Eclipse, so that I can publish the free app and it won't prompt users for push notifications as well as won't display push notifications that are sent via the paid app? Thanks! Title Comments Hello, I'm currently building an app that I'd like to have push notifications for in a paid version. I'd like to also offer the exact same app for free, only without push notifications, however I really don't want to have to remake the entire app, and im sure there has to be a way to do this but I'm not quite sure where to look. How would I go about disabling push notifications via the code in xCode and Eclipse, so that I can publish the free app and it won't prompt users for push notifications as well as won't display push notifications that are sent via the paid app? Thanks!

mysps Code is Art Posts: 2082 Reg: May 14, 2011 Palma 33,320	07/08/13 06:19 PM (12 years ago) Hmmm. thats a good idea. one thing you could try is pushing to a specific page. Kittsy came up with a solution for iOS: http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=E067E6B3F2A28761C339861 Try using inApp to protect those pages and that could give those without the upgrade an incentive to receive the notification. They know its there but can't access it because of the necessary upgrade. Android .. no idea :/ Comments Hmmm. thats a good idea. one thing you could try is pushing to a specific page. Kittsy came up with a solution for iOS: http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=E067E6B3F2A28761C339861 Try using inApp to protect those pages and that could give those without the upgrade an incentive to receive the notification. They know its there but can't access it because of the necessary upgrade. Android .. no idea :/

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	07/08/13 07:41 PM (12 years ago) Like the idea - for iOS you could use the Easy In-App Purchase (EIAP) plugin. You'll have to do some modifications to it and the appDelegate. Basically, you'll want to save a preference string to the device if the EIAP has been paid (there's a spot when the purchase is made, and another when the purchase is restored). Then, in your appDelegate, you'll want to surround the push notification code with an if/then check to see if the preference string exists/matches the value you assigned. For Android, the process would be similar - only problem is, there's no EIAP plugin for Android yet. Comments Like the idea - for iOS you could use the Easy In-App Purchase (EIAP) plugin. You'll have to do some modifications to it and the appDelegate. Basically, you'll want to save a preference string to the device if the EIAP has been paid (there's a spot when the purchase is made, and another when the purchase is restored). Then, in your appDelegate, you'll want to surround the push notification code with an if/then check to see if the preference string exists/matches the value you assigned. For Android, the process would be similar - only problem is, there's no EIAP plugin for Android yet.

piggilypoo Aspiring developer Posts: 172 Reg: Jun 28, 2011 San Diego 5,120	07/09/13 06:11 AM (12 years ago) Is there just a line of code somewhere I can comment out to disable the push notifications? Or is it more complex than that? Comments Is there just a line of code somewhere I can comment out to disable the push notifications? Or is it more complex than that?

piggilypoo Aspiring developer Posts: 172 Reg: Jun 28, 2011 San Diego 5,120	07/09/13 06:08 PM (12 years ago) Figured it out, easy solution. In the Eclipse project, just find promptForPush = true; in BT_activity_base.java and change the value to False. Then prompts won't appear :) From there, you'd just download the same project code, import it, right click the project, goto Android Tools > Rename Application Package and change it to something different so the market allows you to upload both, and viola! Comments Figured it out, easy solution. In the Eclipse project, just find promptForPush = true; in BT_activity_base.java and change the value to False. Then prompts won't appear :) From there, you'd just download the same project code, import it, right click the project, goto Android Tools > Rename Application Package and change it to something different so the market allows you to upload both, and viola!

mysps Code is Art Posts: 2082 Reg: May 14, 2011 Palma 33,320	07/09/13 06:29 PM (12 years ago) cool! thanks for sharing :) Comments cool! thanks for sharing :)

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