iOS: showing an alert when getting a call?

Question

I would like a local notification to be fired when a call is received (and to show an alert) - is this possible? Can a call event get an app to launch or a notification to b

Answer 1

Your application delegate will receive calls to various UIApplicationDelegate protocol methods when various events happen. One of these is the - (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application method, which is called for incoming calls or text messages, but could be called for other reasons as well.

See the UIApplicationDelegate protocol reference for more information.