# iOS Push Notification Certificate Setup

In order to send or receive push notifications using our SDK, you would need to create push notification certificates from Apple Developer Console & Upload in our Amity console.

Here are the steps to generate push notification certificate from Apple Developer Console.

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When a new .p12 certificate is created, previous certificate gets revoked and cannot be used again.
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**Step 1:** 

Go to Apple Developer Console (i.e [https://developer.apple.com](https://developer.apple.com/)) and click on Certificates.

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**Step 2:**&#x20;

Select Apple Push Notification Service SSL (Sandbox & Production)

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This certificate will be applicable for both Sandbox & Production environments so you do not need to create a separate for each one.&#x20;
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**Step 3:**&#x20;

Follow the rest of the steps of creating certificates as shown by apple & download the **.cer** file.

**Step 4:**&#x20;

Double click on **.cer** file you downloaded in the last step in Finder. After few seconds, Keychain Access program should open.

**Step 5:**&#x20;

Select **Login → My Certificates**, then right click on the Apple Push Services certificate that you just installed. It would show you with some options as shown below.

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**Step 6:**&#x20;

Select **Export “Apple Push Services …”** option and save the file using .p12 extension. If you add a password while exporting, you will need to enter the same password in Amity Console.

**Step 7:**&#x20;

Open Amity Console. Select **Settings → Push Notifications** & Upload this .p12 file to Amity Console.

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This certificate can be used to receive push notification in your production build (Distributed through Appstore or Testflight). Currently we do not support receiving push notification in Debug build.
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That’s it. Now the certificate is setup, Please follow the steps shown in [Register & Unregister Push Notifications](https://docs.social.plus/~/changes/5GVz91dkzloMulIORPZq/amity-sdk/core-concepts/push-notifications/register-and-unregister-push-notifications-on-a-device) section to correctly send APNS token to receive push notification.

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Please make sure you have **Push Notification** capabilities enabled in your Xcode Project.
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