im not getting any launch options after a push notification; heres the code i have but non of the NSLogs seem to print in the debug area.
UILocalNotification
If you want a local notification (I assume with your var name) replace UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey by UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey and this should work.
UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey
UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey