Unable to view action button for iOS 10 local notification

Question

I'm currently facing problem while viewing action buttons on time-interval notification on iOS 10. I have created two UNNotificationAction objects 'OK' & 'Cancel' added as notification category.

I'm getting notification on simulator without any action button. Below is my code.

let ok = UNNotificationAction(identifier: "OKIdentifier",
                                      title: "OK", options: [])

let cancel = UNNotificationAction(identifier: "CancelIdentifier",
                                  title: "Cancel",
                                  options: [])

let category = UNNotificationCategory(identifier: "message",
                                      actions: [ok, cancel],
                                      minimalActions: [ok, cancel],
                                      intentIdentifiers: [],
                                      options: [])

UNUserNotificationCenter.current().setNotificationCategories([category!])

let content = UNMutableNotificationContent()
content.title = contentTitle
content.subtitle = contentSubtitle
content.body = contentBody

let model: TimeIntervalNotificationModel = notificationsModel as!  TimeIntervalNotificationModel

trigger = UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger.init(timeInterval: model.timeInterval!, repeats: notificationsModel.repeats) as UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger

let request = UNNotificationRequest(identifier:requestIdentifier, content: content, trigger: trigger)

UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self
UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(request){(error) in
                if (error != nil){
                    //handle here
         print("Error: Adding notification failed:\(error?.description)")

         self.delegate?.didFailToAddNotification(error: error!)
                }
            }

Not sure about `UNNotificationAction` but in alerts you need to actually add the button using `alert.addAction(ok)` isn't it the same? — Idan, Jul 21 '16 at 08:08

niks · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-21T09:55:54.197

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Fixed the problem. Forgot to set category identifier property of Notification content.

content.categoryIdentifier = "message"

Definition:

The identifier of the app-defined category object Specify a category identifier to create an actionable notifications. The identifier must belong to a UNNotificationCategory object that you previously registered with your app. When the notification is delivered to the user, the system adds the actions defined in that category object to the notification interface as appropriate.

edited Jul 21 '16 at 09:55

answered Jul 21 '16 at 09:29

niks

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can you take a look at this question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41740193/action-button-not-appearing-in-notification-ios-10 – Ganesh Kumar Jan 19 '17 at 11:20
@GaneshKumar You are the man! That was exactly it. Talk about terrible UI/UX. Do users even know that they can do this??? – NYC Tech Engineer Mar 30 '17 at 04:49
@NYCTechEngineer glad it helped.. if my question helped you, you can upvote it :) – Ganesh Kumar Mar 30 '17 at 10:46

Unable to view action button for iOS 10 local notification

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