PM88448: NOTIFICATION IS NOT REMOVED FROM IOS NOTIFICATION CENTER AFTER IT IS READ IN A HYBRID IOS APPLICATION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a notification is received for a hybrid iOS application
  which uses push notifications, the user can select the
  notification in the iOS Notification Center which results in the
  application being opened so that the notification can be read.
  However, once the notification is read in the application it is
  not removed from the Notification Center.
  

Local fix

• Users of the application can manually remove the notification
  from the Notification Center.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of iOS hybrid applications which make use of push      *
  * notifications.                                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * If the user does not clean the notifications manually, they  *
  * will start to accumulate on the the notification bar.        *
  *                                                              *
  * The issue can be reproduced as follows:                      *
  * 1. Push Notifications application is launched on device      *
  * 2. User logs-in                                              *
  * 3. User taps on Subscribe, and is indeed subscribed          *
  * 4. Application is exited                                     *
  * 5. A notification is sent to the device                      *
  * 6. User taps on the notification in the Notification Center  *
  * 7. Application is opened and the notification is displayed   *
  * (log-in might be required)                                   *
  *                                                              *
  * Expected behavior:                                           *
  * The read notification will be removed from the Notification  *
  * Center                                                       *
  *                                                              *
  * Actual behavior:                                             *
  * The notification remains in the Notification Center.         *
  * Meaning, each login to the application will display past     *
  * notifications. They are never marked as "read".              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was fixed so that read notifications are removed.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
  fixpack 5.0.6.1.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WORKLIGHT CONSU

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R506 PSY

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