iOS Question UserNotificationCenter - Trigger notification without alert

Alexander Stolte

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I would like to display a notification without the popup appearing (without an alert). According to Apple's documentation, I can do this with the “UNNotificationPresentationOptionNone” option. How can I use this with the UserNotificationCenter class?


From the UserNotificationCenter class:
Public Sub CreateNotificationWithContent(Title As String, Body As String, Identifier As String, Category As String, MillisecondsFromNow As Long)
    Dim ln As NativeObject
    ln = ln.Initialize("UNMutableNotificationContent").RunMethod("new", Null)
    ln.SetField("title", Title)
    ln.SetField("body", Body)
    Dim n As NativeObject
    ln.SetField("sound", n.Initialize("UNNotificationSound").RunMethod("defaultSound", Null))
    If Category <> "" Then ln.SetField("categoryIdentifier", Category)
    Dim trigger As NativeObject
    trigger = trigger.Initialize("UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger").RunMethod("triggerWithTimeInterval:repeats:", Array(MillisecondsFromNow / 1000, False))
    Dim request As NativeObject
    request = request.Initialize("UNNotificationRequest").RunMethod("requestWithIdentifier:content:trigger:", _
       Array(Identifier, ln, trigger))
    Dim NotificationCenter As NativeObject
    NotificationCenter = NotificationCenter.Initialize("UNUserNotificationCenter").RunMethod("currentNotificationCenter", Null)
    NotificationCenter.RunMethod("addNotificationRequest:", Array(request))
End Sub

#if OBJC
#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
@end
@interface b4i_usernotificationcenter (notification) <UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>
@end
@implementation b4i_usernotificationcenter (notification)
- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
       willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler {
        completionHandler(UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert | UNNotificationPresentationOptionSound );
   }
 - (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completionHandler {
       B4I* bi = [b4i_main new].bi;
[bi raiseEvent:nil event:@"usernotification_action:" params:@[response]];
completionHandler();
   }
#End If

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This is the solution:
B4X:
completionHandler(UNNotificationPresentationOptionNone | UNNotificationPresentationOptionList );
we need to add UNNotificationPresentationOptionList too.

btw: The UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert is Deprecated since ios 14

Alexander Stolte

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Thank you very much, but somehow it doesn't seem to work. No notification is displayed in the notification center. Or am I misunderstanding the function?
B4X:
#if OBJC
#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
@end
@interface b4i_usernotificationcenter (notification) <UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>
@end
@implementation b4i_usernotificationcenter (notification)
- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
       willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler {
        completionHandler(UNNotificationPresentationOptionNone);
   }
 - (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completionHandler {
       B4I* bi = [b4i_main new].bi;
[bi raiseEvent:nil event:@"usernotification_action:" params:@[response]];
completionHandler();
   }
#End If
 
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Alexander Stolte

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This is the solution:
B4X:
completionHandler(UNNotificationPresentationOptionNone | UNNotificationPresentationOptionList );
we need to add UNNotificationPresentationOptionList too.

btw: The UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert is Deprecated since ios 14
 
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