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bluecloud/simple-apns
=====================

Laravel package for sending notifications to ios devices via Apple Push Notification Service

v0.9.1(6y ago)116ISCPHP

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Simple APNS
===========

[](#simple-apns)

Laravel package for sending notifications to ios devices via Apple Push Notification Service

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require bluecloud/simple-apns

```

Publish Config
--------------

[](#publish-config)

Next copy the apns.php configuration to your project. Run the following command to publish the vendor config

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Vendor\Providers\PackageServiceProvider"

```

Set Environment Variables
-------------------------

[](#set-environment-variables)

Add the following lines to your .env file and set the necessary values. If your key file has password set the APNS\_KEY\_SECRET to the password

```
APNS_KEY_ID=SAMPLE_KEY_ID
APNS_TEAM_ID=SAMPLE_TEAM_ID
APNS_APP_BUNDLE_ID=com.example.app
APNS_KEY_SECRET=

```

Add Key File
------------

[](#add-key-file)

Copy your .p8 key file downloaded from apple developer account to the storage/app. Rename it to apns.p8 as indicated below

```
/storage/app/apns.p8

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Token is a unique user device token generated by the iOS device. This should be captured from device and stored in the database through an API call for instance

```
$token = "";

$notifier = new APNSNotifier();

$message = new APNSMessage($token);
$message->setTitle("New Message");
$message->setMessage("This is a sample message");
$message->setContent(true);

$notifier->send($message);

```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2249d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2259801?v=4)[bluecloud](/maintainers/bluecloud)[@bluecloud](https://github.com/bluecloud)

---

Top Contributors

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