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Joseph Razon IL
Joseph Razon IL

Reputation: 114

How to add a notification title when the iPhone is locked Like WhatsApp?

I am implementing push notifications, which I turn into local notifications in my iOS application.

When the iPhone is locked (Face ID / Touch ID) I see only the notification body which is "Notification" by default.

When the iPhone is unlocked (Face ID / Touch ID) I see the whole notification content.

I have tried to change the alert title to a hardcoded text. Also tried to change the other properties, but I did not manage to solve it out.

This is how I create the local notification:

    UILocalNotification *notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
    notification.userInfo = dictionary;
    [notification setAlertTitle:@"alertTitle"];
    [notification setAlertBody:@"alertBody"];
    
    [notification setFireDate:[NSDate date]];
    [notification setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone  defaultTimeZone]];
   
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] presentLocalNotificationNow:notification];

What I want is - to show the title of the notification despite the locked state of the device, just like WhatsApp does.

Unlocked state

Unlocked

Locked state

Locked

As you can see, with the same settings - WhatsApp does show the title even though the iPhone is locked.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1674

Answers (2)

EmilioPelaez
EmilioPelaez

Reputation: 19912

UILocalNotification is deprecated. You should use the UserNotifications framework instead.

The notification content is managed by the UNNotificationContent user which has a subtitle property in addition to the title and body properties. I'm pretty sure the subtitle property is the one that shows when the phone is locked.

Upvotes: -1

LGP
LGP

Reputation: 4333

I believe you let the user set this for each app. Go to system settings > Your app > Notifications > Show Previews > Always. Note that you also have a default setting you can change that affects all apps you haven't explicitly configured. Go to system settings > Notifications > Show Previews to change that.

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Upvotes: 0

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