Configure iOS Push Notifications
To support push notifications for iOS versions of your mobile app, create a separate connected app for the iOS platform.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
Connected Apps can be created in: Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions Connected Apps can be installed in: All editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To read, create, update, or delete connected apps: | Customize Application AND either Modify All Data OR Manage Connected Apps |
| To update all fields except Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML Attributes: | Customize Application AND either Modify All Data OR Manage Connected Apps |
| To update Profiles, Permission Sets, and Service Provider SAML Attributes: | Customize Application AND Modify All Data AND Manage Profiles and Permission Sets |
| To rotate the consumer key and consumer secret: | Allow consumer key and secret rotation |
| To install and uninstall connected apps: | Customize Application AND either Modify All Data OR Manage Connected Apps |
| To install and uninstall packaged connected apps: | Download AppExchange Packages AND Customize Application AND either Modify All Data OR Manage Connected Apps |
See New connected apps can no longer be created in Spring ‘26 for more details.
For iOS versions of your mobile app, you can use tokens, push certificates, or both. If a token is provided, Salesforce always uses the token.
- Create your mobile connected app.
- For App Platform, select iOS.
- Select Push Messaging Enabled.
- For Platform, select Apple.
- Optionally provide an Application Bundle ID to avoid problems with your push notification settings.
- Select the environment to enable push notifications for.
- Upload the Signing Key from your Apple developer account.
- Enter the Key Identifier from your Apple developer account.
- Enter the Team Identifier from your Apple developer account.

