Unable to listen notification from NSNotificationCenter when App received push notification from background or terminated in iOS

Question

I'm implementing push notifications in iOS 10. Everything working well.

But I need to hit API when APP received push notification (not only in Active state but also in background/terminated).

For this I'm using NSNotificationCenter for listening notification when App received push notification like this :

   - (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center
       willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification
         withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions))completionHandler {
    NSDictionary *userInfo = notification.request.content.userInfo;
    NSLog(@"Message ID: %@", userInfo[@"gcm.message_id"]);

    NSLog(@"%@", userInfo);

    if( [UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState == UIApplicationStateInactive )
    {
        NSLog( @"INACTIVE" );
        completionHandler( UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert );
    }
    else if( [UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState == UIApplicationStateBackground )
    {
        NSLog( @"BACKGROUND" );
        completionHandler( UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert );
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog( @"FOREGROUND" );
        completionHandler( UNNotificationPresentationOptionAlert );
    }

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"reloadTheTable" object:nil];

}

And I'm listening this notification in ViewController.m like this

    - (void)viewDidLoad {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(reloadTable:) name:@"reloadTheTable" object:nil];
}

 - (void)reloadTable:(NSNotification *)notification
{
// Calling API here
}

This is working fine when the app is running in the foreground. But not in background and terminate states.

Is there any mistake by me or anything else I have to implement?

I updated my answer please check it now – user3182143 Sep 22 '16 at 07:43 — user3182143, Sep 22 '16 at 07:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

From iOS 10, we must add UserNotifications framework and delegate

So first we need to do below things in appDelegate.h

#import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>  
@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate,UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate>

For FOREGROUND state

- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center  
willPresentNotification:(UNNotification *)notification  
withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationPresentationOptions options))completionHandler  
{  
  NSLog( @"Handle push from foreground" );  
  // custom code to handle push while app is in the foreground  
  NSLog(@"%@", notification.request.content.userInfo);
}

This is for BACKGROUND state.

So here you need to add the notification

- (void)userNotificationCenter:(UNUserNotificationCenter *)center  
 didReceiveNotificationResponse:(UNNotificationResponse *)response  
 withCompletionHandler:(void (^)())completionHandler 
{  
  NSLog( @"Handle push from background or closed" );  
 // if you set a member variable in didReceiveRemoteNotification, you  will know if this is from closed or background  
  NSLog(@"%@", response.notification.request.content.userInfo);

  //Adding notification here
  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"reloadTheTable" object:nil];
}

didReciveRemoteNotificationNotCalled in iOS 10

That is ok for me but not able to call other method when app is in background — Himanth, Sep 21 '16 at 17:15
Your question is very valuable because everyone struggle with push notification for iOS 10.kindly let me know. — user3182143, Sep 22 '16 at 08:56

Unable to listen notification from NSNotificationCenter when App received push notification from background or terminated in iOS

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