WebKit is bringing Web Push to iOS home screen web apps, with a full suite of native-like functionality including badging and focus modes. Read all about it: webkit.org/blog/13878/web-push

@othermaciej Do you have any good pointers to how one achieves web push from within a web app? Specifically looking for how to store subscriptions, after doing the VAPID keys etc. 🙏🏻

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@naton essentially it works the same as in other browsers. We found most websites that supported Push for other browsers just worked, as long as they didn’t have a hardcoded user agent lockout.

@othermaciej Yes, OK, thank you. I do get that it's very much same. What I don't get, and this may be totally non-Apple-related, is how you actually set up a service that lets your users subscribe to e.g. shared Todo-lists etc. Everything I've seen so far never goes into any usable detail here. E.g. here's what Apple suggests I'll do, which is quite a mouthful, at least for front-end ppl like me:

@naton I see. Unfortunately, server-side web development is beyond my expertise, so not sure how much I can help. There are general tutorials out there for how to set up Web Push and send a push notification from the server. We don’t have WebKit-specific docs beyond that.

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