How to send a localNotification at a specific time everyday, even if that time has passed?

Question

I have this code which runs a notification everyday at 7am, it gets the current date and then runs the notification when it gets to the set hour, my problem is if the time h

Answer 1

Swift 5.1
This one for example fires every day at 8:00 A.M. :

let notificationContent = UNMutableNotificationContent()
notificationContent.title = "Title"
notificationContent.body = "This is a test"
notificationContent.badge = NSNumber(value: 1)
notificationContent.sound = .default

var datComp = DateComponents()
datComp.hour = 8
datComp.minute = 0
let trigger = UNCalendarNotificationTrigger(dateMatching: datComp, repeats: true)
let request = UNNotificationRequest(identifier: "ID", content: notificationContent, trigger: trigger)
                UNCenter.add(request) { (error : Error?) in
                    if let theError = error {
                        print(theError as! String)
                    }
                }

Answer 2

You need to check the current hour and if it is later than 6:59 you need to schedule your notification for tomorrow - this will prevent your notification from being scheduled in the past -

var calendar: NSCalendar = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!
var dateFire=NSDate()

var fireComponents=calendar.components(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, fromDate:dateFire)

if (fireComponents.hour >= 7) {
    dateFire=dateFire.dateByAddingTimeInterval(86400)  // Use tomorrow's date

    fireComponents=calendar.components(NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMonth|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitYear|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitMinute, fromDate:dateFire)
}


fireComponents.hour = 7
fireComponents.minute = 0

dateFire = calendar.dateFromComponents(fireComponents)!

var localNotification = UILocalNotification()
localNotification.fireDate = dateFire
localNotification.alertBody = "A new day has begun and a fresh layer on snow lies on the mountain! Can you beat your highscore?"
localNotification.repeatInterval = NSCalendarUnit.CalendarUnitDay

UIApplication.sharedApplication().scheduleLocalNotification(localNotification)

Answer 3

Updated version (Swift 2.0)

    let calendar: NSCalendar = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)!
    var dateFire=NSDate()

    var fireComponents=calendar.components([.Month, .Day, .Hour, .Minute], fromDate:NSDate())

    if (fireComponents.hour == 7) {
        dateFire=dateFire.dateByAddingTimeInterval(86400)  // Use tomorrow's date

        fireComponents=calendar.components([.Month, .Day, .Hour, .Minute], fromDate:NSDate())
    }


    fireComponents.hour = 7
    fireComponents.minute = 0

    dateFire = calendar.dateFromComponents(fireComponents)!

    let localNotification = UILocalNotification()
    localNotification.fireDate = dateFire
    localNotification.alertBody = "Don't forget to visit Quote Daily to receive daily motivation."
    localNotification.repeatInterval = NSCalendarUnit.Day

    UIApplication.sharedApplication().scheduleLocalNotification(localNotification)

Answer 4

Updated @Paulw11 's answer to Swift 3.0 and wrapped up in a function:

/// Set up the local notification for everyday
/// - parameter hour: The hour in 24 of the day to trigger the notification
class func setUpLocalNotification(hour: Int, minute: Int) {

    // have to use NSCalendar for the components
    let calendar = NSCalendar(identifier: .gregorian)!;

    var dateFire = Date()

    // if today's date is passed, use tomorrow
    var fireComponents = calendar.components( [NSCalendar.Unit.day, NSCalendar.Unit.month, NSCalendar.Unit.year, NSCalendar.Unit.hour, NSCalendar.Unit.minute], from:dateFire)

    if (fireComponents.hour! > hour 
        || (fireComponents.hour == hour && fireComponents.minute! >= minute) ) {

        dateFire = dateFire.addingTimeInterval(86400)  // Use tomorrow's date
        fireComponents = calendar.components( [NSCalendar.Unit.day, NSCalendar.Unit.month, NSCalendar.Unit.year, NSCalendar.Unit.hour, NSCalendar.Unit.minute], from:dateFire);
    }

    // set up the time
    fireComponents.hour = hour
    fireComponents.minute = minute

    // schedule local notification
    dateFire = calendar.date(from: fireComponents)!

    let localNotification = UILocalNotification()
    localNotification.fireDate = dateFire
    localNotification.alertBody = "Record Today Numerily. Be completely honest: how is your day so far?"
    localNotification.repeatInterval = NSCalendar.Unit.day
    localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;

    UIApplication.shared.scheduleLocalNotification(localNotification);

}