I accidentally posted this as a reply. Reposting here. Thank you for your explanation. My understanding is that a Notification Service Extension (NSE) runs separately from the main app and cannot execute its code. I need the main app to obtain the current location after a server request. Is there any supported way for a remote notification to launch or resume the main app in the background? If not, is this intentionally unsupported by iOS?

I accidentally posted this as a reply. Reposting here. Thank you for your explanation. My understanding is that a Notification Service Extension (NSE) runs separately from the main app and cannot execute its code. I need the main app to obtain the current location after a server request. Is there any supported way for a remote notification to launch or resume the main app in the background? If not, is this intentionally unsupported by iOS?