How to set up push notifications in Swift

Question

I am trying to set up a push notification system for my application. I have a server and a developer license to set up the push notification service.

I am currently

Answer 1

Swift 3:

let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
center.requestAuthorization(options:[.badge, .alert, .sound]) { (granted, error) in
        // Enable or disable features based on authorization.
    }
UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()

Make sure to import UserNotifications at the top of your view controller.

import UserNotifications

Answer 2

registerForRemoteNotification() has been removed from ios8.

So you should use UIUserNotification

CODE EXAMPLE:

var type = UIUserNotificationType.Badge | UIUserNotificationType.Alert | UIUserNotificationType.Sound;
var setting = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: type, categories: nil);
UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(setting);
UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotifications();

Hope this will help you.

Answer 3

While the answer is given well to handle push notification, still I believe to share integrated complete case at once to ease:

To Register Application for APNS, (Include the following code in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method inside AppDelegate.swift)

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IOS 9

var settings : UIUserNotificationSettings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes:UIUserNotificationType.Alert|UIUserNotificationType.Sound, categories: nil)
UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(settings)
UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotifications()

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After IOS 10

Introduced UserNotifications framework:

Import the UserNotifications framework and add the UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate in AppDelegate.swift

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To Register Application for APNS

let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
center.requestAuthorization(options:[.badge, .alert, .sound]) { (granted, error) in

    // If granted comes true you can enabled features based on authorization.
    guard granted else { return }

    application.registerForRemoteNotifications()
}

This will call following delegate method

func application(application: UIApplication,didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: NSData) {
//send this device token to server
}

//Called if unable to register for APNS.
func application(application: UIApplication, didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError error: NSError) {

println(error)

}

On Receiving notification following delegate will call:

func application(application: UIApplication, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject]) {

    println("Recived: \(userInfo)")
   //Parsing userinfo:
   var temp : NSDictionary = userInfo
   if let info = userInfo["aps"] as? Dictionary<String, AnyObject> 
            {
                var alertMsg = info["alert"] as! String
                var alert: UIAlertView!
                alert = UIAlertView(title: "", message: alertMsg, delegate: nil, cancelButtonTitle: "OK")
                alert.show()
            }
}

To be identify the permission given we can use:

UNUserNotificationCenter.current().getNotificationSettings(){ (setttings) in

        switch setttings.soundSetting{
        case .enabled:
            print("enabled sound")

        case .disabled:
            print("not allowed notifications")

        case .notSupported:
            print("something went wrong here")
        }
    }

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So the checklist of APNS:

• Create AppId allowed with Push Notification
• Create SSL certificate with valid certificate and app id
• Create Provisioning profile with same certificate and make sure to add device in case of sandboxing(development provisioning)

Note: That will be good if Create Provisioning profile after SSL Certificate.

With Code:

• Register app for push notification
• Handle didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken method
• Set targets> Capability> background modes> Remote Notification
• Handle didReceiveRemoteNotification

Answer 4

Thanks for the earlier answers. Xcode has made some changes and here's the SWIFT 2 code that passes XCode 7 code check and supports both iOS 7 and above:

    if #available(iOS 8.0, *) {
        let settings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: [.Alert, .Badge, .Sound], categories: nil)
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(settings)
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotifications()
    } else {
        let settings = UIRemoteNotificationType.Alert.union(UIRemoteNotificationType.Badge).union(UIRemoteNotificationType.Sound)
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerForRemoteNotificationTypes(settings)
    }

Answer 5

Swift 4

I think this is the correct way for setup in iOS 8 and above.

Turn on Push Notifications in the Capabilities tab

Import UserNotifications

import UserNotifications

Modify didFinishLaunchingWithOptions

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {


    if let notification = launchOptions?[.remoteNotification] as? [String: AnyObject] {

        // If your app wasn’t running and the user launches it by tapping the push notification, the push notification is passed to your app in the launchOptions

        let aps = notification["aps"] as! [String: AnyObject]
        UIApplication.shared.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0
    }

    registerForPushNotifications()

    return true
}

It’s extremely important to call registerUserNotificationSettings(_:) every time the app launches. This is because the user can, at any time, go into the Settings app and change the notification permissions. application(_:didRegisterUserNotificationSettings:) will always provide you with what permissions the user currently has allowed for your app.

Copy paste this AppDelegate extension

// Push Notificaion
extension AppDelegate {
func registerForPushNotifications() {
    if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
        UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .sound, .badge]) {
            [weak self] (granted, error) in
            print("Permission granted: \(granted)")

            guard granted else {
                print("Please enable \"Notifications\" from App Settings.")
                self?.showPermissionAlert()
                return
            }

            self?.getNotificationSettings()
        }
    } else {
        let settings = UIUserNotificationSettings(types: [.alert, .sound, .badge], categories: nil)
        UIApplication.shared.registerUserNotificationSettings(settings)
        UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()
    }
}

@available(iOS 10.0, *)
func getNotificationSettings() {

    UNUserNotificationCenter.current().getNotificationSettings { (settings) in
        print("Notification settings: \(settings)")
        guard settings.authorizationStatus == .authorized else { return }
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()
        }
    }
}

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data) {

    let tokenParts = deviceToken.map { data -> String in
        return String(format: "%02.2hhx", data)
    }

    let token = tokenParts.joined()
    print("Device Token: \(token)")
    //UserDefaults.standard.set(token, forKey: DEVICE_TOKEN)
}

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError error: Error) {
    print("Failed to register: \(error)")
}

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [AnyHashable: Any]) {

    // If your app was running and in the foreground
    // Or
    // If your app was running or suspended in the background and the user brings it to the foreground by tapping the push notification

    print("didReceiveRemoteNotification /(userInfo)")

    guard let dict = userInfo["aps"]  as? [String: Any], let msg = dict ["alert"] as? String else {
        print("Notification Parsing Error")
        return
    }
}

func showPermissionAlert() {
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: "WARNING", message: "Please enable access to Notifications in the Settings app.", preferredStyle: .alert)

    let settingsAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Settings", style: .default) {[weak self] (alertAction) in
        self?.gotoAppSettings()
    }

    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .default, handler: nil)

    alert.addAction(settingsAction)
    alert.addAction(cancelAction)

    DispatchQueue.main.async {
        self.window?.rootViewController?.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}

private func gotoAppSettings() {

    guard let settingsUrl = URL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString) else {
        return
    }

    if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(settingsUrl) {
        UIApplication.shared.openURL(settingsUrl)
    }
}
}

Check out: Push Notifications Tutorial: Getting Started

Answer 6

To register to receive push notifications via Apple Push Service you have to call a registerForRemoteNotifications() method of UIApplication.

If registration succeeds, the app calls your app delegate object’s application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: method and passes it a device token.

You should pass this token along to the server you use to generate push notifications for the device. If registration fails, the app calls its app delegate’s application:didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError: method instead.

Have a look into Local and Push Notification Programming Guide.