How to test Push Notification is working in my application
Solution 1:
I tried all 3 of the above suggestions with no success. In case someone else is ends up here looking for a solution to this, I found this and it works great:
Pusher https://github.com/noodlewerk/NWPusher
Solution 2:
Very cool guide is posted here: Programming Apple Push Notification Services
And an application named PushMeBaby Mac Os App which you can download and use for sending push-notifications to your devices from a Mac.
APNS will send the push notification to your device as soon as your device will become available. If I've not mistaken your device pings APNS every minute.
Solution 3:
If you want to support both Certificate and Token based authentication with APNS, then you can try Push Notifications