Failed to set interactive push notifications on iOS8

Question

I was already able to set LOCAL interactive notifications, but remote notifications do not work. I use Parse.com to send JSON

My AppDelegate.Swift is as follows:

// // AppDelegate.swift // SwifferApp // // Created by Training on 29/06/14. // Copyright (c) 2014 Training. All rights reserved. // import UIKit @UIApplicationMain class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate { var window: UIWindow? func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?) -> Bool { UINavigationBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor.orangeColor() UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.whiteColor() Parse.setApplicationId("eUEC7O4Jad0Kt3orqRouU0OJhkGuE20n4uSfrLYE", clientKey: "WypmaQ8XyqH26AeWIANttqwUjRJR4CIM55ioXvez") let notificationTypes:UIUserNotificationType = UIUserNotificationType.Alert | UIUserNotificationType.Badge | UIUserNotificationType.Sound let notificationSettings:UIUserNotificationSettings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: notificationTypes, categories: nil) UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(notificationSettings) return true } func application(application: UIApplication!, didRegisterUserNotificationSettings notificationSettings: UIUserNotificationSettings!) { UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotifications() } func application(application: UIApplication!, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: NSData!) { let currentInstallation:PFInstallation = PFInstallation.currentInstallation() currentInstallation.setDeviceTokenFromData(deviceToken) currentInstallation.saveInBackground() } func application(application: UIApplication!, didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError error: NSError!) { println(error.localizedDescription) } func application(application: UIApplication!, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo:NSDictionary!) { var notification:NSDictionary = userInfo.objectForKey("aps") as NSDictionary if notification.objectForKey("content-available"){ if notification.objectForKey("content-available").isEqualToNumber(1){ NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().postNotificationName("reloadTimeline", object: nil) } }else{ PFPush.handlePush(userInfo) } } func applicationWillResignActive(application: UIApplication) { // Sent when the application is about to move from active to inactive state. This can occur for certain types of temporary interruptions (such as an incoming phone call or SMS message) or when the user quits the application and it begins the transition to the background state. // Use this method to pause ongoing tasks, disable timers, and throttle down OpenGL ES frame rates. Games should use this method to pause the game. } func applicationDidEnterBackground(application: UIApplication) { // Use this method to release shared resources, save user data, invalidate timers, and store enough application state information to restore your application to its current state in case it is terminated later. // If your application supports background execution, this method is called instead of applicationWillTerminate: when the user quits. } func applicationWillEnterForeground(application: UIApplication) { // Called as part of the transition from the background to the active state; here you can undo many of the changes made on entering the background. } func applicationDidBecomeActive(application: UIApplication) { // Restart any tasks that were paused (or not yet started) while the application was inactive. If the application was previously in the background, optionally refresh the user interface. } func applicationWillTerminate(application: UIApplication) { // Called when the application is about to terminate. Save data if appropriate. See also applicationDidEnterBackground:. } } 

in Parse, I set the Push payload as follows:

 { "alert": "Tune in for the World Series, tonight at 8pm EDT", "badge": "Increment", "sound": "chime", "category": "FIRST_CATEGORY" } 

and I get push, but not with the custom buttons that I set.

Answer 1

You need to pass categories when registering for APNS.

Take a look at my example:

  var replyAction : UIMutableUserNotificationAction = UIMutableUserNotificationAction() replyAction.identifier = "REPLY_ACTION" replyAction.title = "Yes, I need!" replyAction.activationMode = UIUserNotificationActivationMode.Background replyAction.authenticationRequired = false var replyCategory : UIMutableUserNotificationCategory = UIMutableUserNotificationCategory() replyCategory.identifier = "REPLY_CATEGORY" let replyActions:NSArray = [replyAction] replyCategory.setActions(replyActions, forContext: UIUserNotificationActionContext.Default) replyCategory.setActions(replyActions, forContext: UIUserNotificationActionContext.Minimal) let categories = NSSet(object: replyCategory) let settings : UIUserNotificationType = UIUserNotificationType.Sound | UIUserNotificationType.Alert | UIUserNotificationType.Badge UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: settings, categories: categories)) UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotifications() 

Answer 2

I'm not sure my problem is the same for you (make sure your problem is not due to Parse). Just post my solution here if anyone else runs into the same problem.

My problem belongs to the category of notifications.

Make sure you set the category when registering notification settings (I use Objective-C, not much different):

 UIMutableUserNotificationCategory *notificationCategory = [[UIMutableUserNotificationCategory alloc] init]; notificationCategory.identifier = @"CallNotificationCategory"; [notificationCategory setActions:@[declineAction, answerAction] forContext:UIUserNotificationActionContextDefault]; NSSet *categories = [[NSSet alloc] initWithObjects:notificationCategory, nil]; 

And when you send a remote notification, make sure that you have a “category” in the payload and the value is the same as you defined in the client. In my case, it is something like:

 { "alert": "Tune in for the World Series, tonight at 8pm EDT", "badge": "Increment", "sound": "chime", "category": "CallNotificationCategory" } 

Answer 3

This will happen if someone encounters this problem when using Firebase Remote Notifications.

Just ask the backend developer to send:

 "notification" : { "title" : YOUR_TITLE, "body" : YOUR_BODY, "click_action" : YOUR_CATEGORY_NAME } 

Answer 4

This helped me display interactive push notifications and work in Swift with Parse. Note that you need to create a UIMutableNotificationAction for each interactive button that you want to create. The source below contains much more detailed information about setting button options.

In the application delegation file:

 func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool { let notificationTypes:UIUserNotificationType = UIUserNotificationType.Alert | UIUserNotificationType.Badge | UIUserNotificationType.Sound var notificationActionAccept :UIMutableUserNotificationAction = UIMutableUserNotificationAction() notificationActionAccept.identifier = "ACCEPT_IDENTIFIER" notificationActionAccept.title = "Accept" notificationActionAccept.destructive = true notificationActionAccept.authenticationRequired = false notificationActionAccept.activationMode = UIUserNotificationActivationMode.Background var notificationCategory:UIMutableUserNotificationCategory = UIMutableUserNotificationCategory() notificationCategory.identifier = "CallNotificationCategory" notificationCategory .setActions([notificationActionAccept], forContext: UIUserNotificationActionContext.Default) let notificationSettings:UIUserNotificationSettings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: notificationTypes, categories: NSSet(array:[notificationCategory])) UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(notificationSettings) return true } 

And in Parse Cloud, when you send push, you have to map category to UIMutableUserNotificationCategory , like @Xialin mentioned above.

It seems that you did not install the categories or at least did not install them until you registered the UINotificationSettings - you need to install them sooner or this will not work.

I got most of this information from the link below. If necessary, it becomes more detailed. Hope this helps:

http://thecodeninja.tumblr.com/post/90742435155/notifications-in-ios-8-part-2-using-swift-what-is