How to consistently check localnotifications on watchkit vs the simulated remotenotification - ios

Question

I know it's been discussed that you cannot currently (as of xcode 6.3) test localnotifications pushing to the watch, but you can simulate remotenotification by using an .apns file and a dev scheme.
People say they are similar, so it seems like a good idea to use some kind of handling code to pass the data to do what you'd like. So for example in an apns with the following:
{
"aps": {
"alert": {
"body": "bodyText",
"title": "titleText"
},
"category": "myCategory"
},
"WatchKit Simulator Actions": [],
"customKey": "custom value."
}
I have an alert with "body" and "title" in it.
Now, to handle it in the watch's wkInterfaceController, i do the following
override func didReceiveRemoteNotification(remoteNotification: [NSObject : AnyObject], withCompletion completionHandler: ((WKUserNotificationInterfaceType) -> Void)) {
if let remoteaps:NSDictionary = remoteNotification["aps"] as? NSDictionary{
if let remotealert:NSDictionary = remoteaps["alert"] as? NSDictionary{
handleNotification( remoteAlert );
}
}
completeHandler( .Custom )
}
func handleNotification( alert : AnyObject? ){
if let alert = alert, let remotetitle = alert["title"] as? String{
println( "didReceiveRemoteNotification::remoteNotification.alert \(remotetitle)" )
titleLabel.setText(remotetitle);
}
if let alert = alert, let remotebody = alert["body"] as? String{
//println( "didReceiveRemoteNotification::remoteNotification.alert \(remotetitle)" )
bodyLabel.setText(remotebody);
}
}
Where the handling of the alert is abstracted, but how do I access that alert from localnotification's handler? Is that data in userInfo? somewhere else? Will this work?
override func didReceiveLocalNotification(localNotification: UILocalNotification, withCompletion completionHandler: ((WKUserNotificationInterfaceType) -> Void)) {
handleNotification( localNotification.userInfo ); //is this the right way to pass this?
completionHandler(.Custom)
}
Also, how do I send out that local notification to match that? Here is the phone side code to set up the notification:
var reminderNotification:UILocalNotification = UILocalNotification();
reminderNotification.category = "myCategory"
reminderNotification.alertTitle = "TitleText"
reminderNotification.alertBody = "BodyText"
reminderNotification.fireDate = NSDate().dateByAddingTimeInterval(60) //notify in one minute
reminderNotification.timeZone = NSTimeZone.systemTimeZone()
UIApplication.sharedApplication().scheduleLocalNotification(reminderNotification)

Answer 1

This should work:
- (void)didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)localNotification withCompletion:(void (^)(WKUserNotificationInterfaceType))completionHandler {
// This method is called when a local notification needs to be presented.
// Implement it if you use a dynamic notification interface.
// Populate your dynamic notification interface as quickly as possible.
NSString *reminderId = [localNotification.userInfo valueForKey:kAppLocalNotificationIdKey]; // This is a custom key
[self manageNotification:#{#"title":localNotification.alertTitle,
#"body":localNotification.alertBody}
withId:reminderId];
// After populating your dynamic notification interface call the completion block.
completionHandler(WKUserNotificationInterfaceTypeCustom);
}
- (void)didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)remoteNotification withCompletion:(void (^)(WKUserNotificationInterfaceType))completionHandler {
// This method is called when a remote notification needs to be presented.
// Implement it if you use a dynamic notification interface.
// Populate your dynamic notification interface as quickly as possible.
NSDictionary *aps = [remoteNotification valueForKey:#"aps"];
if (!IsEmpty(aps)) {
NSDictionary *alert = [aps valueForKey:#"alert"];
if (!IsEmpty(alert)) {
NSString *reminderId = [remoteNotification valueForKey:kAppLocalNotificationIdKey]; // This is a custom key
[self manageNotification:alert withId:reminderId];
}
}
// After populating your dynamic notification interface call the completion block.
completionHandler(WKUserNotificationInterfaceTypeCustom);
}
- (void) manageNotification:(NSDictionary *)notificationData withId:(NSString *)notificationId {
NSString *title = [notificationData valueForKey:#"title"];
NSString *message = [notificationData valueForKey:#"body"];
[self.titleLabel setText:title];
[self.messageLabel setText:message];
}