iOS - Trigger Local Notification when message is received - ios

Question

I'm building an app that allows its users to send each other messages. When a new message is received, it appears in the current user's Table view. I want my app to send the current user a notification when a new message arrives. Does anyone know how I might go about doing this?
I have notifications set up in my AppDelegate already:
appdelegate.m
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Let the device know we want to receive push notifications
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];
}
and I know the below code will allow me to fire a notification at a specified time (e.g. set by a picker):
// Get the current date
NSDate *pickerDate = [self.datePicker date];
// Schedule the notification
UILocalNotification* localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
localNotification.fireDate = pickerDate;
localNotification.alertBody = self.itemText.text;
localNotification.alertAction = #"You are being notified!";
localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] applicationIconBadgeNumber] + 1;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:localNotification];
// Request to reload table view data
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"reloadData" object:self];
// Dismiss the view controller
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
How do I make a notification occur however when a new message is posted to the server (and appears in the tableview) for the logged in user?

Answer 1

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeBadge|UIUserNotificationTypeSound|UIUserNotificationTypeAlert) categories:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];}
If your system is iOS8, you need to register permission.
UILocalNotification * notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
NSDate * pushDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:Time];
if (notification!=nil) {
notification.fireDate= pushDate;
notification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
notification.repeatInterval = kCFCalendarUnitDay;
notification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
notification.alertBody = #"Time O.K!";
NSLog(#"Ready");
notification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 1;
//notification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduledLocalNotifications] count]+1;
NSDictionary * inforDic = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:#"name" forKey:#"key"];
notification.userInfo =inforDic;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:notification];
}
You can have a try,this code I can successfully use on my device.