I am working on a large-scale e-commerce application and we are trying to solve a specific issue regarding push notifications and user experience.
We have a use case where we need to send a standard push notification to the user, but under certain local conditions on the device, we want to intercept that notification via a Notification Service Extension and suppress/drop it so it does not alert the user.
We understand that the com.apple.developer.usernotifications.filtering entitlement allows a Notification Service Extension to drop notifications. However, looking at the entitlement request form, the categories seem strictly limited to:
- End-to-end encrypted messaging
- Earthquake warnings
- Education/learning platforms
- Enterprise healthcare apps
My questions for the community and Apple staff:
Is it possible for an e-commerce or retail app to be approved for this entitlement if we have a highly specific, valid use case that improves user experience.
If this entitlement is strictly off-limits for our domain, what is the Apple-recommended architecture to achieve this?
Thank you in advance for any insights or guidance!