Tutorial : Let's take quick dive in Grouped Notifications - iOS 12

With iOS 12 we can set the group of notifications
grouped notifications

Thread Identifier

Create notification content with threadIdentifier to create group of that notification. Group will be of the application or specific topic from an application.

Notification payload will be like this

Give meaningful name to thread identifier for specific purpose of group.

Summary of group

Simple Notification Group Summary

Hidden Previews Summary Customization

Notification Group Summary with Arguments

Notification Group Summary Argument

Notification Summary with Argument Count

Updated notification payload will be like this

Example with local notifications:

Setup user notifications in the application.

Fire local notifications and look into the thread identifier, summary and summary count…

Conclusion

I know that I haven’t described anything in detail. If I get time I will update this blog with details.

Happy Coding ?

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Tips for update CocoaPods and your project libraries

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects.

CocoaPods Logo
CocoaPods Logo

CocoaPods is built with Ruby and is installable with the default Ruby available on OS X. We recommend you use the default ruby.

Update your system

Update your system by following command in terminal.

Above command will install/update rubygems.

Install CocoaPods

Install CocoaPods in your system by following command in terminal.

If you are getting errors above command then use following command.

Check CocoaPods Version

Update CocoaPods Repository

We have to update CocoaPods repository with latest pod updates by developers. Use following command to update CocoaPods repository:

It will take some time to update all sub repositories.

Update pod for your project

If you directly apply the command pod install then some time new pods will not be updated in your project. For that you have to remove that specific pod information from the pod file and you have to apply pod install command. It will remove pod from the project. After that again you have to add the pod information in the pod file. Again you have to apply pod install command to install new version of pod.
Follow the next steps:
1. Remove SomePod from the Podfile
2. Run pod install
pods will now remove SomePod from our project and from the Podfile.lock file.
3. Put back SomePod into the Podfile
4. Run pod install again
This time the latest version of our pod will be installed and saved in the Podfile.lock.
You can update single pod file as follows:

Remove all CocoaPods from a project

Install CocoaPods deintegrate and clean commands from terminal.

Now you have to apply both command to remove all CocoaPods from your project:

Happy Coding ?

Use of Codable and Coding Key with JSONEncoder and JSONDecoder in Swift 4

Codable is added with Xcode 9, iOS 11 and Swift 4. Codable is used to make your data types encodable and decodable for compatibility with external representations such as JSON.
Codable use to support both encoding and decoding, declare conformance to Codable, which combines the Encodable and Decodable protocols. This process is known as making your types codable.

Let’s Take an Example with Structure of Movie, here we have defined the structure as Codable. So, We can encode and decode it easily.

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Push Notifications in iOS 10 [Swift]

Push Notification iOS 10 Swift
Push Notification iOS 10 Swift

The new framework called “UserNotifications” is introduced with iOS 10 SDK. The UserNotifications framework (UserNotifications.framework) supports the delivery and handling of local and remote notifications.

So, Let see what we have to change to get the push notifications in iOS 10.

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Push Notifications in iOS 10 [Objective-C]

Push Notification iOS10
Push Notification iOS10

The new framework called “UserNotifications” is introduced with iOS 10 SDK. The UserNotifications framework (UserNotifications.framework) supports the delivery and handling of local and remote notifications. So, Let see what we have to change to get the push notifications in iOS 10.

Steps for implement code to handle push notifications in iOS 10

Import UserNotifications.framework in your AppDelegate file

Also add UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate.

Register for push notification

Before registration check the version of iOS and then based on versions do the code. For iOS 7 code was different, fro iOS 8 & 9 code was different and again for iOS 10 code is different.

As per my opinion you have to set the deployment target to iOS 8 or iOS 9 and later. For this you can check the adoption ratio of iOS in the devices.

Define constant for version check :

Add code in your did finish launching

Handling delegate methods for UserNotifications

You will be surprise that notification displayed when application in foreground too in iOS 10. As we know that in old versions we display alert or something else which will be look like notification comes in foreground.

There are two delegate methods need to be handled :

Add Push Notifications Entitlements

Go to your project target’s Capabilities tab and add Push Notifications Entitlements.

Push Notifications Entitlements

If it’s available in your certificates then it will enable directly else configure your profile with the certificates and you can enable this capability by that.

All Done!

Happy Coding ?

I have added sample code of objective-c on github with iOS 8, 9 and 10 support of push notification.
I have also posted about Push Notifications in iOS 10 [Swift].

Apple simplified the screenshot submission process for iOS


Now it’s easier than ever to deliver your screenshots and app preview using iTunes Connect. Submit just one set of screenshots and one optional app preview per device family, and they will be used across device sizes and localizations.
If your app’s UI or behavior changes based on device size, or if you would like to include localized screenshots, you can use the new Media Manager to add custom screenshots. Learn more by watching What’s New in iTunes Connect from WWDC16.

iOS 10 New Frameworks

iOS10

  • CallKit
    The CallKit framework (CallKit.framework) lets VoIP apps integrate with the iPhone UI and give users a great experience. Use this framework to let users view and answer incoming VoIP calls on the lock screen and manage contacts from VoIP calls in the Phone app’s Favorites and Recents views.
  • Intents
    The Intents framework (Intents.framework) supports the handling of SiriKit interactions.
  • IntentsUI
    The Intents UI framework (IntentsUI.framework) supports the creation of an Intents UI extension, which is an optional app extension that displays custom content in the Siri or Maps interfaces.
  • Messages
    To develop an iMessage app, you use the APIs in the Messages framework (Messages.framework) and To create app extensions that interact with the Messages app, allowing users to send text, stickers, media files, and interactive messages.
  • Speech
    Using the APIs in the Speech framework (Speech.framework), you can perform speech transcription of both real-time and recorded audio.
  • UserNotifications
    User Notifications framework (UserNotifications.framework), which supports the delivery and handling of local and remote notifications.
  • UserNotificationsUI
    User Notifications UI framework (UserNotificationsUI.framework) lets you customize the appearance of local and remote notifications when they appear on the user’s device.
  • VideoSubscriberAccount
    Video Subscriber Account framework (VideoSubscriberAccount.framework) to help apps that support authenticated streaming or authenticated video on demand (also known as TV Everywhere) authenticate with their cable or satellite TV provider.

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