content-available not mentioned in the API docs for remote-notification background mode

Originator:jeremy
Number:rdar://15555348 Date Originated:27-Nov-2013 03:49 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Documentation Product Version:iOS 7
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:

The documentation for App States and Multitasking makes no mention whatsoever of the content-available key in the APS payload of a remote-notification push for the iOS 7 API. I spent hours trying to figure out why my remote-notification pushes weren't working in the background.

Steps to Reproduce:

Search documentation hopeless for ages. Finally stumble across this in Apple Push Notification service guide:
"content-available
Provide this key with a value of 1 to indicate that new content is available.
This is used to support Newsstand apps and background content downloads."

That's the only hint that you need this to make remote-notifications work.

It's also mentioned in the What's New with Multitasking video, but that's a long way from API documentation.

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