Action Buttons won't show in Notification - ios

Question

I'm trying to add iOS8 Action Buttons to my already working notifications. But they won't show up. It's just a normal notification without buttons.
//Action
UIMutableUserNotificationAction* loginAction = [[UIMutableUserNotificationAction alloc] init];
loginAction.identifier = #"loginAction"; //ID string to be passed back to your app when you handle the action
loginAction.title = #"login";
loginAction.activationMode = UIUserNotificationActivationModeForeground;
loginAction.destructive = NO;
loginAction.authenticationRequired = YES;
//Category
UIMutableUserNotificationCategory* loginCategory = [[UIMutableUserNotificationCategory alloc] init];
loginCategory.identifier = #"loginCategory"; //ID to include in your push payload
[loginCategory setActions:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:loginAction, nil] forContext:UIUserNotificationActionContextDefault];
//Register Settings and Notification
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:[NSSet setWithObject:loginCategory]]];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotifications];
Using this code will have the same effect as setting the categories parameter to nil.
The payload looks like this:
'{"aps":{"alert":{"body":"text"},"category":"loginCategory"}}'
I just added the category key to the payload.
What am i missing?

Answer 1

Here is a very simple example, in Objective-C, of how to register a notification that has 2 actions.
NSString * const NotificationCategoryIdent = #"ACTIONABLE";
NSString * const NotificationActionOneIdent = #"ACTION_ONE";
NSString * const NotificationActionTwoIdent = #"ACTION_TWO";
- (void)registerForNotification {
UIMutableUserNotificationAction *action1;
action1 = [[UIMutableUserNotificationAction alloc] init];
[action1 setActivationMode:UIUserNotificationActivationModeBackground];
[action1 setTitle:#"Action 1"];
[action1 setIdentifier:NotificationActionOneIdent];
[action1 setDestructive:NO];
[action1 setAuthenticationRequired:NO];
UIMutableUserNotificationAction *action2;
action2 = [[UIMutableUserNotificationAction alloc] init];
[action2 setActivationMode:UIUserNotificationActivationModeBackground];
[action2 setTitle:#"Action 2"];
[action2 setIdentifier:NotificationActionTwoIdent];
[action2 setDestructive:NO];
[action2 setAuthenticationRequired:NO];
UIMutableUserNotificationCategory *actionCategory;
actionCategory = [[UIMutableUserNotificationCategory alloc] init];
[actionCategory setIdentifier:NotificationCategoryIdent];
[actionCategory setActions:#[action1, action2]
forContext:UIUserNotificationActionContextDefault];
NSSet *categories = [NSSet setWithObject:actionCategory];
UIUserNotificationType types = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert|
UIUserNotificationTypeSound|
UIUserNotificationTypeBadge);
UIUserNotificationSettings *settings;
settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:types
categories:categories];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
}
To send this type of notification simply add the category to the payload.
"aps" : {
"alert" : "Pull down to interact.",
"category" : "ACTIONABLE"
}
These methods will get called, in the background, when the user selects an action from your push notification.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application handleActionWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier forRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo completionHandler:(void (^)())completionHandler {
if ([identifier isEqualToString:NotificationActionOneIdent]) {
NSLog(#"You chose action 1.");
}
else if ([identifier isEqualToString:NotificationActionTwoIdent]) {
NSLog(#"You chose action 2.");
}
if (completionHandler) {
completionHandler();
}
}
Hope this helps...cheers !!!