Local Notifications Wont Appear - iOS - ios

Question

The app should send a local notification to the user when the app is in the background...
i have followed every tutorial there is, i am doing exactly as the tutorials say and i dont have any errors after writing the code or warnings but the Local notifications still wont appear after trying everything.
i am using xcode 6, running ios8 on the test device i have even tried running on the simulator and still nothing. please help. i have tried atleast 5 different ways to get local notifications working but still nothing however i have no errors... what should i add or what arent i doing?
To test that the fault that this isnt working isnt mine, i have:
-Tried restarting xcode
-Tried rebooting my device and simulator
-Tried using the code on a new project
-Tried rebooting my mac
But still the notifications wont appear... i have a feeling it might be ios8 issue or xcode6 issue
here is the code in AppDelegate.m
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {
UILocalNotification *localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
[localNotification setFireDate: [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:15]];
[localNotification setAlertBody:#"this is a test notification"];
[localNotification setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone]];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]scheduleLocalNotification:localNotification];
}

Answer 1

Add this to your didFInishLaunchingWithOptions method in your app delegate:
if ([application respondsToSelector:#selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeAlert|UIUserNotificationTypeBadge|UIUserNotificationTypeSound categories:nil]];
}
In iOS 8, I am not 100% sure but it may be required to put that piece of code before local notifications are allowed to work.

Answer 2

Since the Notifications are changed in iOS 8.0, add this in your AppDelegate didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
if ([application respondsToSelector:#selector(isRegisteredForRemoteNotifications)])
{
// iOS 8 Notifications
[application registerUserNotificationSettings:[UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:(UIUserNotificationTypeSound | UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge) categories:nil]];
[application registerForRemoteNotifications];
}
else
{
//iOS Version < 8.0 Notifications
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:
(
UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge |
UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound |
UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];
}