Just chiming in to say that I also am not requiring the push notifications plugin, and don’t use notifications in my app at all, but I still get the error message when submitting my app using Application Loader:
Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to include API used to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app signature’s entitlements do not include the “aps-environment” entitlement. If your app uses the Apple Push Notification service, make sure your App ID is enabled for Push Notification in the Provisioning Portal, and resubmit after signing your app with a Distribution provisioning profile that includes the “aps-environment” entitlement. See “Provisioning and Development” in the Local and Push Notification Programming Guide for more information. If your app does not use the Apple Push Notification service, no action is required. You may remove the API from future submissions to stop this warning. If you use a third-party framework, you may need to contact the developer for information on removing the API.
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I double-checked, and my app ID shows that push notifications are disabled in the iOS Dev Center. So it would seem that the plugin hasn’t yet removed whatever triggers this Apple error message. Thanks, Rob!