Over the past few days after the release of iOS5, I’ve been eagerly trying to set up geofenced notifications. Previously I wrote about the release of geofencing in iOS5, and now I’ve had a bit of time to test geofenced notifications. It seems that the process is not quite as smooth as it could be, but finally I’ve gotten it to work.
In my testing, it appears that the notifications will only work and sync correctly when using calendar and notifications with iCloud. You can’t use the notifications if you’re syncing your calendars only with Gmail or Exchange (like i usually do) – you must use iCloud for now.
Here are the steps for getting geofencing notifications on iOS5 it working.
- Make sure your iCloud account is setup online, and enable the same iCloud account on your iPhone.
- Make sure that the notifications and calendars are syncing with iCloud on your iPhone.
The iCloud services control panel in iOS5. Be sure calendars and reminders are turned on.
