How to handle push notifications if the application is already running?

Question

How do we handle push notifications if the application is already running ? I want to show an alert if the application is running (instead of a push notification al

Answer 1

Iterating the 3 levels of payload

 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {

for (id key in userInfo) {
    NSLog(@"key: %@, value: %@", key, [userInfo objectForKey:key]);
    NSString *message = nil;

NSDictionary *aps = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *) [userInfo objectForKey:key] ];   
    for (id key1 in aps){
         NSLog(@"key1: %@", key1);
        id alert = [aps objectForKey:key1];
        if ([alert isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
            message = [alert objectForKey:@"body"];
             NSLog(@"body: %@, value: %@", key1, message);
            message = [alert objectForKey:@"loc-args"];
            NSLog(@"loc-args: %@, value: %@", key1, message);
            NSArray *args = (NSArray *) [alert objectForKey:@"loc-args"] ;
                for (id key2 in args){
                    NSLog(@"key2: %@, value: ", key2);
                }
            message = [alert objectForKey:@"action-loc-key"];
            NSLog(@"action-loc-key: %@, value: %@", key1, message);

        }
        else if ([alert isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) {
            for (id key2 in key1){
                NSLog(@"key2: %@, value: %@", key2, [key1 objectForKey:key2]);
            }
        }
        else if([key1 isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
            message = [aps objectForKey:key1];
            NSLog(@"key1: %@, value: %@", key1, message);
        } 

    }
  } 

}

The result is:

2012-01-27 20:38:09.599 SPush[4181:707] key: aps, value: {
alert =     {
    "action-loc-key" = Open;
    body = test;
    "loc-args" =         (
        1000,
        2000
    );
};
badge = 0;
"content-available" = 10;
sound = default;
}
2012-01-27 20:38:13.133 SPush[4181:707] key1: alert
2012-01-27 20:38:13.134 SPush[4181:707] body: alert, value: test
2012-01-27 20:38:13.137 SPush[4181:707] loc-args: alert, value: (
1000,
2000
)
2012-01-27 20:38:13.138 SPush[4181:707] key2: 1000, value: 
2012-01-27 20:38:13.139 SPush[4181:707] key2: 2000, value: 
2012-01-27 20:38:13.140 SPush[4181:707] action-loc-key: alert, value: Open
2012-01-27 20:38:13.141 SPush[4181:707] key1: sound
2012-01-27 20:38:13.143 SPush[4181:707] key1: sound, value: default
2012-01-27 20:38:13.144 SPush[4181:707] key1: badge
2012-01-27 20:38:13.145 SPush[4181:707] key1: badge, value: 0
2012-01-27 20:38:13.146 SPush[4181:707] key1: content-available
2012-01-27 20:38:13.147 SPush[4181:707] key1: content-available, value: 10