iOS 8 - Displaying Local Notifications

Displaying local notifications has changed a little in iOS 8. You now need to seek the user's permission in order to display notifications. You can do so via the AppDelegate, like this:

    func application(application: UIApplication, 

    didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {

        

        application.registerUserNotificationSettings(

            UIUserNotificationSettings(

                forTypes:

                UIUserNotificationType.Sound |

                UIUserNotificationType.Alert |

                UIUserNotificationType.Badge, categories: nil))

            

        return true

    }

Once user's permission is granted, you would now be able to display a notification as usual:

        var localNotification =  UILocalNotification()

        //---the message to display for the alert---

        localNotification.alertBody =

            "You have entered the region you are monitoring"

        

        //---uses the default sound---

        localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName

        

        //---title for the button to display---

        localNotification.alertAction = "Details"

        

        //---display the notification---

        UIApplication.sharedApplication().presentLocalNotificationNow(localNotification)