Which delegate method gets called when using Push Notifications if application is in background state?

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Reading from Apple's documentation about Push Notifications:

As a result of the presented notification, the user taps the action button of the alert or taps the application icon. If the action button is tapped, the system launches the application and the application calls its delegate’s application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method
The notification is delivered when the application is running in the foreground. The application calls its delegate’s application:didReceiveRemoteNotification: method

So my question is which delegate gets called if the application is in background state (it is running or it's suspended)? Is it application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: or application:didReceiveRemoteNotification:?

Please help me, thank you!

Apple document is not clear enough – onmyway133 Dec 24 '13 at 03:10 — onmyway133, Dec 24 '13 at 03:10

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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application:didReceiveRemoteNotification: is called when your app is in the background. This question has an answer which tells you how to tell if your app was in the background or not.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered May 25 '11 at 08:19

Amy Worrall

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Thank You very much Amorya. Actually currently i cant test my app with push notification as our server is busy so i needed to post question instead directly finding out the answer in real situation. – Mahesh May 25 '11 at 08:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 08 '12 at 17:13

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application:didReceiveRemoteNotification: is called when your app is in the background + the message alert still active.

Once the message alert is inactive then the application will not receive any event. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

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DShah

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answered Oct 07 '11 at 08:52

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Which delegate method gets called when using Push Notifications if application is in background state?

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