Push Notifications for Chat Apps
Deliver real-time chat messages to iOS via APNs without writing native code. Group mentions, badges, and silent sync all supported.
Push Notifications for Chat Apps
Chat is the hardest push use case: latency matters, badges must stay accurate, and group mentions need different priority than DMs. Wanilla supports all of it through a single JS API.
Direct Messages
High priority APNs delivery (apns-priority: 10) with the sender's name and message preview. Tap deep-links into the conversation thread via the navigation bridge.
Group Mentions
Use a custom payload key to differentiate mentions from regular group activity. Most users want only mentions, not every message — make this a default setting in your app.
Badge Counts
Send the unread count in the badge field. Wanilla builds your product into an iOS app with native features and prepares an honest App Store submission. To clear, send badge: 0 on read.
Typing & Presence (Silent Push)
Use content-available: 1 for ephemeral state updates that don't need a banner. Your web app receives a JS event and can update the UI in the background.
Connect this to your existing chat backend in under an hour. Start with the push notifications pillar.
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