title: iOS - "Simulate" Push Notifications
body: <p>I'm developing an application that in my head needs push notifications. It's a simple app that make something like "orders management". It works like: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>a user makes his order using his iPhone</li>
  <li>this order it's remotely saved using a web service</li>
  <li>the order "appears" to the retailer</li>
  <li>once the order is completed, a notification is sent to the user</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>So I think that I need remote notifications to build this app. But I'm not able to create certificates because my type of Apple Membership is bound with my university (Politecnico di Milano) and I haven't permissions to create ids, certificates and so on.</p>
  
  <p>How can I work around my problem? A solution can be to use a separate thread to cyclically look for changes in my web service and then use a local notification?</p>