Notification Badge In UITableView Cell - ios

Question

Currently my app receives notifications about updates to an RSS feed. If the user opens the app from the notification, it opens to the correct view controller. If the user does not acknowledge the notification and opens the app from the app icon, when the user opens the menu within the app, the table view cell for that rss feed has a badge icon with the applicationIconBadgeNumber. Once that row is selected, the badge on that cell goes away and the applicationIconBadgeNumber is reset. My question is about wanting to send notifications about other info within the app such as member benefits. How can I differentiate which row in the table view gets the badge? Say the user gets a notification about a member benefit. I would want the badge to appear in the member benefits row of the table view, but if there is a notification from the RSS feed, badge the appropriate row.
Here is how I'm currently adding the badge for the RSS feed row.
in cellForRowAtIndexPath:
if (!(indexPath.row == 0))
{
cell.accessoryView = nil;
}
badgeNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%ld", (long)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]applicationIconBadgeNumber]];
actionAlertBadge = [JSCustomBadge customBadgeWithString:badgeNumber withStringColor:[UIColor whiteColor] withInsetColor:[UIColor redColor] withBadgeFrame:NO withBadgeFrameColor:[UIColor redColor] withScale:1.0 withShining:NO withShadow:NO];
actionAlertBadge.frame = CGRectMake(83, 6, 30, 30);
if ([badgeNumber isEqualToString:#"0"])
{
actionAlertBadge.hidden = YES;
}
if (actionAlertBadge.hidden == NO)
{
if (indexPath.section == 0)
{
if (indexPath.row == 0)
{
cell.accessoryView = actionAlertBadge;
}
}
}
in didSelectRowAtIndexPath:
if (indexPath.row == 0)
{
ActionAlertsViewController *actionAlerts = [[ActionAlertsViewController alloc]initWithStyle:UITableViewStylePlain];
WebViewController *wvc = [[WebViewController alloc]init];
[actionAlerts setWebViewController:wvc];
[[UAPush shared] resetBadge];
actionAlertBadge.hidden = YES;
[tableView reloadData];
navController = [[KFBNavControllerViewController alloc]initWithRootViewController:actionAlerts];
[UIView transitionWithView:appDelegate.window
duration:0.5
options:UIViewAnimationOptionTransitionFlipFromRight
animations:^{
appDelegate.window.rootViewController = navController;
}
completion:nil];
}
EDIT: Here is how I'm trying to accomplish this but it is not working because my notificationType string in my table view is NULL.
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
{
UA_LINFO(#"Received remote notification: %#", userInfo);
// Send the alert to UA so that it can be handled and tracked as a direct response. This call
// is required.
[[UAPush shared]appReceivedRemoteNotification:userInfo applicationState:application.applicationState];
// Optionally provide a delegate that will be used to handle notifications received while the app is running
// [UAPush shared].delegate = your custom push delegate class conforming to the UAPushNotificationDelegate protocol
// Reset the badge after a push received (optional)
[[UAPush shared] resetBadge];
NSDictionary *apsInfo = [userInfo valueForKey:#"aps"];
NSString *alertMsg = #"";
if ([apsInfo valueForKey:#"alert"] != NULL) {
alertMsg = [apsInfo valueForKey:#"alert"];
if ([alertMsg containsString:#"ACTION ALERT"]) {
notificationType = #"action alert";
}
else if ([alertMsg containsString:#"MEMBER BENEFIT"]) {
notificationType = #"member benefit";
}
}
}
cellForRowAtIndexPath:
KFBAppDelegate *appDelegate = (KFBAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
NSString *notificationType = appDelegate.notificationType;
// NSLog(#"notificationType menu table: %#", notificationType);
badgeNumber = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%ld", (long)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]applicationIconBadgeNumber]];
actionAlertBadge = [JSCustomBadge customBadgeWithString:badgeNumber withStringColor:[UIColor whiteColor] withInsetColor:[UIColor redColor] withBadgeFrame:NO withBadgeFrameColor:[UIColor redColor] withScale:1.0 withShining:NO withShadow:NO];
actionAlertBadge.frame = CGRectMake(83, 6, 30, 30);
if ([badgeNumber isEqualToString:#"0"]) {
actionAlertBadge.hidden = YES;
}
if (actionAlertBadge.hidden == NO) {
if ([notificationType isEqualToString:#"action alert"]) {
if (indexPath.section == 0) {
if (indexPath.row == 0) {
cell.accessoryView = actionAlertBadge;
}
}
}
else if ([notificationType isEqualToString:#"member benefit"]) {
if (indexPath.section == 0) {
if (indexPath.row == 5) {
cell.accessoryView = actionAlertBadge;
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

In your AppDelegate, first make a property:
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *notificationType;
Then, in your
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
use:
self.notificationType = #"action alert";
self.notificationType = #"member benefit";
and in your CellForRowAtIndexPath:
if (actionAlertBadge.hidden == NO) {
if ([appDelegate.notificationType isEqualToString:#"action alert"]) {
....
}
else if ([appDelegate.notificationType isEqualToString:#"member benefit"]) {
....
}
On a side note, I would suggest trying to refrain from string comparisions and use something like enums.

Answer 2

First, while sending notification, you should add a field of type in the notification. You will get json dictionary like this
{"aps":{"alert":{"type":"rss","text":"Hello, world!"},"sound":"default","badge":3}}
Get the type value in function (if the app is running)
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)dict {
// get the type information out of the dictionary
// now you can perform depending on this type.
}
If the app is not running,then according to apple's documentation
"If the app is not running when a push notification arrives, the method launches the app and provides the appropriate information in the launch options dictionary. The app does not call this method to handle that push notification. Instead, your implementation of the application:willFinishLaunchingWithOptions: or application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method needs to get the push notification payload data and respond appropriately."
Get your dictionary in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method.