registerForRemoteNotificationTypes: is not supported in iOS 8.0 and later

If all you need is the ios 8 code, this should do it.

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary*)launchOptions
{
[application registerUserNotificationSettings: [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];

[application registerForRemoteNotifications];
}

return YES;
}

Swift 2.0

// Checking if app is running iOS 8
if application.respondsToSelector("isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications") {

print("registerApplicationForPushNotifications - iOS 8")

application.registerUserNotificationSettings(UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: [.Alert, .Badge, .Sound], categories: nil));
application.registerForRemoteNotifications()

} else {
// Register for Push Notifications before iOS 8
print("registerApplicationForPushNotifications - <iOS 8")
application.registerForRemoteNotificationTypes([UIRemoteNotificationType.Alert, UIRemoteNotificationType.Badge, UIRemoteNotificationType.Sound])

}

This is cleaner way I am doing and it just works great

if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) < NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_0)
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge|
UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert| UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound];
else {
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];
[application registerForRemoteNotifications];
}

**for iOS 8 and above**

UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeBadge|UIUserNotificationTypeSound|UIUserNotificationTypeAlert) categories:nil];
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];

For iOS<10

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary*)launchOptions
{
//-- Set Notification
if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications)])
{
// iOS 8 Notifications
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];

[application registerForRemoteNotifications];
}
else
{
// iOS < 8 Notifications
[application registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert | UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound)];
}

//--- your custom code
return YES;
}

For iOS10

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As you described, you will need to use a different method based on different versions of iOS. If your team is using both Xcode 5 (which doesn't know about any iOS 8 selectors) and Xcode 6, then you will need to use conditional compiling as follows:

#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 80000
if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
// use registerUserNotificationSettings
} else {
// use registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
}
#else
// use registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
#endif

If you are only using Xcode 6, you can stick with just this:

if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
// use registerUserNotificationSettings
} else {
// use registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
}

The reason is here is that the way you get notification permissions has changed in iOS 8. A `UserNotification` is a message shown to the user, whether from remote or from local. You need to get permission to show one. This is described in the WWDC 2014 video ["What's New in iOS Notifications"](

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