iOS8 can receive silent notificaions without asking for permission. Call
- (void)registerForRemoteNotifications. After this application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: will be called
Note: the callback with the token is only called if the application has successfully registered for user notifications with the function below or if Background App Refresh is enabled.
Check the Settings for you app if any notification type is enabled. If not, you will not get a device token.
You are now able to obtain silent notifications with
In my case I had made the necessary updates to request push notification access for iOS 7 and iOS 8, however I had not implemented the new callback for when an iOS 8 user grants access. I needed to add this method to my app delegate.
Those flags have the same bit mask values and thats why both would work but UIUserNotificationSettings requires UIUserNotificationType not UIRemoteNotificationType.
I thing the better way to keep backward compatibility we can go with this approach, it is working for my case hope work for you. Also pretty easy to understand.