Introducing pem

The first half of this chapter explained what push notifications are, and the process by which a push notification is orchestrated from the provider/server, through the conduit that is APNs, and subsequently reaches the designated devices. The chapter has also illustrated how to enable push notifications manually via Xcode. This section will illustrate how pem can automate the process of push notifications and form part of the project workflow. You can either use the keyword pem, or the alias get_push_certificate. The following is the logo of pem:

pem (https://docs.fastlane.tools/actions/pem/) is one of the simplest of actions, yet it accomplishes a lot. Through a single command, pem is able to accomplish the following tasks:

• Creating a new push certification
• Creating a signing request
• Downloading the appropriate certificate
• Generating a new .pem file for uploading to the provider/server

Go ahead and enter the following in the project folder:

fastlane pem

Confirming a new push certificate...