Parse push notification: How to use custom payload - ios

Question

I'm using the following json to send a push notification in Parse.
{
"alert": "Push title goes here",
"sound": "",
"url": "emap://video/4000"
}
The url emap://video/4000 points to a specific video inside the app if I type that in Safari and hit enter. I want the user to be sent to this video when he clicks on the notification. Why doesn't the above JSON achieve this?

Answer 1

So say we are sending this payload :
NSDictionary *data = #{
#"alert" : #"some generic message here",
#"badge" : #"Increment",
#"sound" : #"default",
#"url" : #"emap://video/4000"
};
And when the user interacts with it act accordingly :
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {
if (application.applicationState == UIApplicationStateInactive) {
[self handleRemoteNotificationWithPayload:userInfo];
}
}
-(void)handleRemoteNotificationWithPayload:(NSDictionary *)payload {
if (payload) {
NSString *urlLink = [payload valueForKey:#"url"];
// perform segue or tab bar selectedIndex or open webView whatever you want after checking if user is launching from notification :
}
}
You should also call this in application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: in case the users app has been terminated or released from memory:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
...
NSDictionary *notificationPayload = launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey];
[self handleRemoteNotificationWithPayload:notificationPayload];
...
}