App Notifications Configuration

Choose how users receive notifications from selected apps.

Applicable to: iOS 9.3+ Supervised devices.

Creating an App Notifications configuration

Procedure

  1. Select Configurations.
  2. Click + Add.
  3. Type notifications in the search field, and then click the App Notifications configuration. The App Notifications Configuration Setup page appears.
  4. Name and describe the configuration.
  5. Add apps by looking up in the App Store or manually by entering the Bundle ID.
  6. Choose an app to which to apply the app notification settings.
  7. Configure the notification settings. Here are the notifications you can select:
    • Allow Notifications
      • Show in Notification Center
      • Sounds
      • Badge App Icon
      • Show on Lock Screen
      • (iOS 12.0+ Supervised) Show the critical alert when using CarPlay
      • (iOS 12.0+ Supervised) Allow critical alerts to be enabled (ignore "Do Not Disturb")
    • Unlock Alert Style
      • Banners
      • Modal Alert
      • None
    • (iOS 12.0+ Supervised) Grouping Type
      • Automatic
      • By app
      • Off
    • (iOS 14.0+) Notification Preview Type - Select a preview type to display in device notification message previews.
      • User Controlled - Display message previews as per user settings for the apps on the device.
      • Always - Display message previews.
      • When Unlocked - Display message previews only when a device is unlocked.
      • Never - Prevent apps from displaying message previews in Notifications.
  8. Click Next to configure the distribution settings.
  9. Click Done.

For more information, see How to create a configuration.