Here's a sample project that can use sockets on App Engine to send out push 
notifications on ios:

https://github.com/GarettRogers/appengine-apns-gcm

On Monday, February 13, 2012 11:42:43 AM UTC-8, Giant Fighting Robot wrote:
>
> I have outgrown the 3rd party options for push notifications to Apple 
> devices.  I heard rumors that Google was planning to add socket support to 
> the app engine which would enable me to roll my own push notifications.  
> I'm starting to think that was Channels, which doesn't appear to do what I 
> need.  My questions are:
>
> 1) To double check, does the App Engine allow for apple push notifications 
> without going through a 3rd party service?  (maybe it was added in and I 
> missed it?)
>
> 2) Assuming no, are there any plans to support it in the near future?  I 
> don't need a date, but if it's expected in the coming months I might grin 
> and bear it until support comes, or if it's completely orthogonal to GAE's 
> plans, I'd love to hear that so I can plan accordingly.
>
>
>

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