{"id":6920,"date":"2014-12-15T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T09:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobisoftinfotech.com\/resources\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2015-06-12T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T09:53:16","slug":"ios-8-interactive-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobisoftinfotech.com\/resources\/mguide\/ios-8-interactive-notifications","title":{"rendered":"iOS 8 Interactive Notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If iOS 7 set the standards high by creating one of the finest operating system, iOS 8 took forward the experience in the best possible manner offering immaculate features to users. One of it is \u2018Interactive Notifications\u2019.<\/p>\n

What is Interactive Notification<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Interactive Notification allows user to take action on Notification from
\nLocked Screen, Banner & Notification Center.
\nLets see one by one how it looks.<\/p>\n

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  1. Locked Screen:<\/strong> You receive an actionable Notification on locked screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Swipe to the left and you will see actions you have defined in your app.<\/p>\n

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    1. Banner :<\/strong> You receive an actionable Notification on locked screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Pull down the banner<\/p>\n

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      1. Notification Center : <\/strong>Check previously missed actionable notification in notification center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        swipe to left<\/p>\n

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        1. Modal Alert :<\/strong> Model alert will only be displayed when it is set from Setting App -> Notification -> <App Name> -> Alert Style (Alert). If Yes you will see an Alert instead of a banner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Select Options displays new alerts with all the action defined for the App.<\/p>\n

          Now lets see how to do it programmatically.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

          From iOS 8 no words register for push notification API has changed the previous one is deprecated.
          \nTo use Interactive notification actions in application, you first need to register your actions. This involves defining your actions, grouping them into a category and then registering those categories with your user notification settings.<\/p>\n

          In AppDelegate:
          \nImplement the method as shown below and call it from “application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:”
          \nmethod<\/p>\n

          NSString * const notificationCategoryIdentifier  = @\"Friend_Request\";\n\nNSString * const notificationActionOneIdentifier = @\"Accept_Action\";\n\nNSString * const notificationActionTwoIdentifier = @\"Reject_Action\";\n\n\n\n- (void)registerForAPNS {\n    \n    if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0)\n    {\n        \n        UIMutableUserNotificationAction *acceptAction;\n        acceptAction = [[UIMutableUserNotificationAction alloc] init];\n        [acceptAction setActivationMode:UIUserNotificationActivationModeBackground];\n        [acceptAction setTitle:@\"Accept\"];\n        [acceptAction setIdentifier:notificationActionOneIdentifier];\n        [acceptAction setDestructive:NO];\n        [acceptAction setAuthenticationRequired:NO];\n        \n        UIMutableUserNotificationAction *rejectAction;\n        rejectAction = [[UIMutableUserNotificationAction alloc] init];\n        [rejectAction setActivationMode:UIUserNotificationActivationModeBackground];\n        [rejectAction setTitle:@\"Reject\"];\n [rejectAction setIdentifier:notificationActionTwoIdentifier];\n        [rejectAction setDestructive:NO];\n        [rejectAction setAuthenticationRequired:NO];\n        \n        UIMutableUserNotificationCategory *actionCategory;\n        actionCategory = [[UIMutableUserNotificationCategory alloc] init];\n        [actionCategory setIdentifier:notificationCategoryIdentifier];\n        \n        [actionCategory setActions:@[acceptAction, rejectAction]\n                        forContext:UIUserNotificationActionContextDefault];\n        \n        NSSet *notificationCategories = [NSSet setWithObject:actionCategory];\n        UIUserNotificationType notificationTypes = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert|\n                                                    UIUserNotificationTypeSound|\n                                                    UIUserNotificationTypeBadge);\n        \n        UIUserNotificationSettings *settings;\n        settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:notificationTypes\n                                                     categories:notificationCategories];\n        \n        [[UIApplication sharedApplication]registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];\n        \n        \n      [[UIApplication sharedApplication]\n       registerForRemoteNotifications];\n        \n    } else {\n        \n        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:\nUIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert|UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge|UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound];\n    }\n    \n}\n<\/pre>\n
          This method will register the App for receiving push notification. Here we have created 2 Actions with identifiers “Accept_Action” & “Reject_Action” which belong to category identifier “Friend_Request”. When the App receives push payload with category identifier : \u201cFriend_Request\u201d the user will see the respective actions on Locked Screen, Banner, Notification Center & Alert.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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          1. UIUserNotificationSettings<\/a> : It contains the types of notifications that can be displayed to the user by your app. Eg Alert, Sound, Badge.<\/li>\n
          2. UIUserNotificationCategory : It contains information about custom actions that your app can perform in response to a local or push notification.\n
            Category is a type of notification that your app receives, and depending on the category you show user the configured actions for that category.<\/p>\n