UILocalNotification is nil after app closes - ios

I am working with UILocalNotifications. A problem I am having is that after I restart my app in XCode the data associated with a notification seems to be deleted. Here are the steps I am following.
-start the app in XCode
-receive the notification
-stop the app in XCode
-start the app in XCode
-go to notification center and tap on one of the notifications for my app
-break in application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification
At this point if I inspect notification I find that it is nil.
Any ideas what is going wrong? Thanks.

If a local notification is tapped in notification center then app is started using theapplication:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method and you can get access to the UILocalNotification object from the options dictionary by using the key UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey.
application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification is only called if a notification fires and the app is in the foreground.

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This all works for me.
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What do i need to do in this function
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification: (NSDictionary *)userInfo {
This doesn't solve my problem
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It is for Background(when you are home screen or locked your phone).
Or is it possible to replace your old push notification for new one

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You will have to handle it directly or store it your self for later use.

Is there anyway to know if users bring up app by clicking in notification center?

in method
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Is there anyway?
using didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification you cannot check if app is opened from local notification push notification or by directly clicking on the app icon.
But,
what you can do is in method
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions (NSDictionary *)launchOptions
write this code
if ([launchOptions objectForKey:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey]!=nil) {
// App opened from push notification but app was not in background
}else if ([launchOptions objectForKey:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey]!=nil){
// App opened from local notification and app was in background
}
and in method
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification
you can detect if app is opened from local notification when app was in background
and finally one last method
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
In this method you can check if app is opened from push notification when app was either running or it was in backround
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Is there a way to handle the notification in that case?
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Thanks in advance!
Did you check the below delegate method
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Remove single remote notification from Notification Center

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[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0;
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Here is a suggestion, though it does have its flaws, and I haven't tried it myself:
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When you call the method:
[application cancelAllLocalNotifications];
inside the AppDelegate methods:
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
and
- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo
All Local and Push Notifications will be remove on that for the particular app.

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