Manage Push Channel connection (deprecated). More...
#import <GDPush.h>
Inherits NSObject.
isConnected
, use GDReachability.isPushChannelAvailable.connect
and disconnect
functions are no longer required. They were added to enable management of power consumption by the application code. This is no longer required because of advances in the built-in power management of mobile operating systems and devices. .This API is part of the BlackBerry Dynamics Push Channel feature. For an overall description of how to use the feature, see under GDPushChannel .
The Push Connection is the container and conduit for the device's Push Channels. An application may open multiple Push Channels; all will be managed within a single Push Connection.
The Push Connection is automatically established during BlackBerry Dynamics authorization processing, and then maintained by the BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime under application control. The application can instruct the runtime to switch the Push Connection off and on.
When instructed to switch off, the BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime will terminate the Push Connection, and suspend its maintenance. When instructed to switch back on, the BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime will re-establish the Push Connection, and resume maintenance.
Switching off the Push Connection might be an option that the application offers to the end user, for example, allowing them to reduce power consumption on the device.
Push Connection functions cannot be called until BlackBerry Dynamics authorization processing is complete.
The Push Connection is a link between the mobile application and the BlackBerry Dynamics proxy infrastructure Network Operation Center (NOC). The Push Channel is a link between the mobile application and its application server (App Server). There can be more than one Push Channel; the mobile application can receive push communications from more than one App Server. Push Channels are mediated by the NOC, and sometimes other proxy infrastructure elements.
This is shown in the following diagram.
The BlackBerry Dynamics Push Connection API consists of a small number of functions that must be used in a particular order. Whilst some other APIs are general-purpose toolkits, the Push Connection API has only a single purpose: to enable the Push Channel API.
The normal sequence of operations is as follows.
For details of Push Channel set-up, see under GDPushChannel .
The following code snippets illustrate some common tasks.
After the disconnect, the connection can be re-opened later.
The above snippet shows a check for whether the Push Channel service is already available. If it is not, then a connection is initiated. The connection attempt is asynchronous. The onStatus
callback would be invoked, with isConnected
returning YES
, when the attempt succeeds (not shown). See GDPushConnectionDelegate .
Instance Methods | |
(BOOL) | - isConnected |
Get state of the connection to the Push Channel service (deprecated). More... | |
(void) | - connect |
Initiate connection to the overall Push Channel service (deprecated). More... | |
(void) | - disconnect |
Terminate the connection to the Push Channel service (deprecated). More... | |
Class Methods | |
(instancetype) | + sharedConnection |
Get a reference to the Push Connection object (deprecated). More... | |
Properties | |
id< GDPushConnectionDelegate > | delegate |
Delegated event-handling (deprecated). More... | |
+ (instancetype) sharedConnection |
This function returns a reference to the Push Connection object.
The Push Connection object is a "singleton class".
isConnected
function. - (BOOL) isConnected |
This function returns the current status of the Push Channel connection.
YES
if the Push Channel connection is open and operating, and the Push Channel service is available. NO
otherwise. - (void) connect |
Call this function to establish, or re-establish, the Push Channel connection with the BlackBerry Dynamics proxy infrastructure Network Operation Center (NOC).
Establishing the connection involves a number of messages being exchanged with the NOC. The onStatus
callback in the delegate will be invoked as this progresses.
If mobile data coverage is lost after this function has been called, the Push Channel connection will stop operating. The BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime will automatically attempt to re-establish the Push Channel connection when coverage is regained. The BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime uses the native System Configuration feature to be notified of coverage status.
- (void) disconnect |
Call this function to terminate the Push Channel connection with the BlackBerry Dynamics proxy infrastructure Network Operation Center (NOC).
If the connection was open and operating, termination will result in the onStatus
callback in the delegate being invoked.
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readwritenonatomicweak |
NSNotification
mechanism to receive notifications instead. See under Notifications in the Programming Interface, above.The Push Connection object works asynchronously. When its state changes, an event is generated by the BlackBerry Dynamics Runtime, and passed to a callback function in the application.
Set this property to an instance of a class that contains the code for the required callback function, i.e. a class that implements the GDPushConnectionDelegate protocol.