The Apple Push Notification Service allows app developers and publishers to send notifications to their iOS apps, even if the customer is not currently using the app. Push notifications are used to send and display a message, play a sound, and add a number “badge” on an app icon to indicate available issues. An Adobe Digital Publishing Suite app can contain push notifications that let subscribers know that a new issue is available, and it can also initiate a background download of a new issue if the app is in the iOS Newsstand (and push notifications have been enabled in the iOS app setup).

Once a user opts in to receive push notifications, the DPS app is registered to receive them. Notifications can be sent from Adobe’s DPS Push Provider Server, your own server, or a third-party push provider to Apple’s Push Notification Service server, which then forwards the notification to the targeted app on registered devices.

With the Adobe DPS v28 release, push notifications can be configured directly from the Digital Publishing Suite Dashboard.

Send a Text Alert Notification

  1. Select Notifications from the Publishing Tools list.
  2. Select either Developer or Distribution from the Application Type drop-down menu.
  3. Type the notification text in the Text Message field.
  4. Click Notify.

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Trigger a Newsstand/Background Download

  1. Select a published folio in the DPS Folio Producer: Organizer window.
  2. Select Notify from the Folio Details area on the right to send a notification that content is available, and the product ID for that content, to all production apps.

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For additional information on how to use the DPS Push Notification Service, see Adobe’s Using Push Notifications With Digital Publishing Suite page.

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Note: Information contained in this post is current as of DPS v28. Visit the Technology for Publishing blog at www.tech4pub.com/tag/dps-version-update/ for the latest info on Adobe software releases and functionality.

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Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.
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