Maybe it isn't needed but are there any Lemmy iOS clients able to recieve push notifications? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dawnslayer@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy as a protocol does not currently support push notifications. The best an app could do is to stay running and constantly check for new messages, but that is far from an ideal workaround.

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, noted. Thank you!

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ahh, thank you.

[-] everett@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks 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 1 points 3 weeks 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 1 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] dawnslayer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pull clients? I’m new to all of this. 😭

[-] everett@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks 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).

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