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iOS

Posted by Fernando Boza
Fernando Boza
25,384 Points

Local notification on Region Monitoring for Swift

Hi folks, im working on a project where I would like to receive a Local notification when the user enters or exits a region.

So far, only the console prints the NSLogs when i enter or exit. All the code is written within the viewcontroller.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated, Fernando

    @IBAction func regionMonitoring(sender: AnyObject) {
        manager?.requestAlwaysAuthorization()

        let notreDame = CLCircularRegion(center: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 48.858400, longitude: 2.294500), radius: 200, identifier: "notreDame")
        manager?.startMonitoringForRegion(notreDame)

    }

    func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didEnterRegion region: CLRegion) {

        let settings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: [.Alert, .Badge , .Sound], categories: nil)
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(settings)

        let notification = UILocalNotification()
        notification.region = region
        notification.alertBody = "Hello this should popUp" // text that will be displayed in the notification
        NSLog("Entering region")

    }

    func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didExitRegion region: CLRegion) {
        NSLog("Exit region")
Fernando Boza
Fernando Boza
25,384 Points

I found a video of something similar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seB8tpBrzj0

1 Answer

Jake Nisenboim
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 Points

Everything is working as it should. UILocalNotification will only pop to your screen if your app is running in the background. If you want the user to be notified while they are on the app as well, you would need to include an alertController.

Jake Nisenboim
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 Points

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4974512/uilocalnotification-isnt-working-at-all

Jake Nisenboim
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 Points 
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "In Region", message: "Your in NotreDame!", preferredStyle: .Alert)
        let defaultAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .Default, handler: nil)
        alertController.addAction(defaultAction)
        presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)