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kraftydevil
kraftydevil

Reputation: 5246

How to create a member barcode passbook pass from an iOS app?

I'm new to iOS passbook development and I'm having trouble defining the limitations of the service. I'd rather not jump into several hours of dev work that I don't have time for without knowing it will work.

End Goal:

A user is walking to a particular location and receives a pass with their member barcode on it.

Question:

Is it possible to create this pass from my iOS app under these assumptions without any other web service or push notification involvement?

  1. The user's barcode number is passed in via a web service after first running the app.
  2. The location coordinates are also sent in the same way.

  3. There are 20+ location coordinates.

    • #1 and #2 are addressing the dynamic abilities of pass creation from an app. I'd like to know to what extent I can create a pass with a very specific member barcode that comes from the web services in the app itself.
    • #3 addresses the issue that a pass can only have 10 locations and I'm curious how to solve that issue. I suppose I could make 3 different passes (10 locations, 10 locations, X locations) but then wouldn't the user potentially have 3 passes in the passbook for what is essentially the same feature?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 354

Answers (1)

Mike Taverne
Mike Taverne

Reputation: 9352

Apple says pass creation needs to be done on a server, not on the device. The process involves signing the pass data with your pass certificate and you should not distribute that to devices. I don't know how to answer your #3 question.

Upvotes: 2

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