A Swift command-line tool to easily send push notifications to the iOS simulator.
Poes helps you with:
- Generating a JSON payload for push notifications
- Sending and testing push notifications in the simulator
- Xcode 11.4 beta 1 and up
$ Poes --help
OVERVIEW: A Swift command-line tool to easily send push notifications to the iOS simulator
USAGE: Poes <options>
OPTIONS:
--body, -b The body of the Push Notification
--bundle-identifier The bundle identifier to push to
--mutable, -m Adds the mutable-content key to the payload
--title, -t The title of the Push Notification
--badge The number to display in a badge on your app’s icon
--verbose Show extra logging for debugging purposes
--help Display available options
The bundle identifier is mandatory, all others have a default value. The following command can be enough to send out a notification:
$ Poes --bundle-identifier com.wetransfer.app --verbose
Generated payload:
{
"aps" : {
"alert" : {
"title" : "Default title",
"body" : "Default body"
},
"mutable-content" : false
}
}
Sending push notification...
Push notification sent successfully
Installation using Mint
You can install Poes using Mint as follows:
$ mint install AvdLee/Poes
cd
into the repository- run
swift package generate-xcodeproj
(Generates an Xcode project for development) - Run the following command to try it out:
swift run Poes --help
Poes is a Dutch word for a female cat. The pronunciation is the same as "Push" and pushing notifications is what we're doing here!
This makes it really easy to eventually create a Mac App with a UI around it 🚀
Check out my blog post Swift Package framework creation in Xcode.
Yes! I've written a detailed blog post about this: Testing push notifications on the iOS simulator