Old method
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:count];
is now gives error Attempting to badge the application icon but haven't received permission from the user to badge the application
.
Then I tried to use new API (that I'm think is related to badge value)
CKModifyBadgeOperation * operation = [[CKModifyBadgeOperation alloc] initWithBadgeValue:50];
[operation setModifyBadgeCompletionBlock:^(NSError *error) {
NSLog(@"%@", error);
}];
[operation start];
But I'm receiving error <CKError 0x165048a0: "Not Authenticated" (9/1002); "This request requires an authenticated account">
How to set badge or receive some new permissions?
In addition to Daij-Djan's answer: it's possible to stack the enums so you can request them all at once. Like follows:
UIUserNotificationSettings* notificationSettings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeAlert | UIUserNotificationTypeBadge | UIUserNotificationTypeSound categories:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:notificationSettings];
Debug output mentions I should ask for Application Badge permission
to modify the badge under ios8 you have to ask for permissions
let settings = UIUserNotificationSettings(forTypes: UIUserNotificationType.Badge, categories: nil)
UIApplication.sharedApplication().registerUserNotificationSettings(settings)
or in objC
UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:UIUserNotificationTypeBadge categories:nil];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
Additional info for previous posts (in complete to registerUserNotificationSettings
):
Apple makes new API for registering notifications and working with badges.
See WWDC 2014 session video , text version
and documentation.
User can change permissions for every UIUserNotificationType
(UIUserNotificationTypeBadge
, UIUserNotificationTypeSound
, UIUserNotificationTypeAlert
) in Settings.
Before changing badge you must check permissions.
Code sample from my AppDelegate:
#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
- (BOOL)checkNotificationType:(UIUserNotificationType)type
{
UIUserNotificationSettings *currentSettings = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] currentUserNotificationSettings];
return (currentSettings.types & type);
}
#endif
- (void)setApplicationBadgeNumber:(NSInteger)badgeNumber
{
UIApplication *application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
// compile with Xcode 6 or higher (iOS SDK >= 8.0)
if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"8.0"))
{
application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = badgeNumber;
}
else
{
if ([self checkNotificationType:UIUserNotificationTypeBadge])
{
NSLog(@"badge number changed to %d", badgeNumber);
application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = badgeNumber;
}
else
NSLog(@"access denied for UIUserNotificationTypeBadge");
}
#else
// compile with Xcode 5 (iOS SDK < 8.0)
application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = badgeNumber;
#endif
}
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
The CurrentUserNotificationSettings
method is available in the UI application instance and will give you the most up-to-date user notification preferences.
Working with badge number:
[self setApplicationBadgeNumber:0];
instead of
application.applicationIconBadgeNumber = 0;
PS: Checking at compiling (#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
) due to the need to build in Xcode5 and Xcode6.
If you do not have this need, the code can be simplified.
I write a class to handle it when I use swift:
class ZYUtility
{
/// Set badge
class func setApplicationBadgeNumber(badge: Int) {
if ZYUtility.SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO("8.0") {
if UIApplication.sharedApplication().currentUserNotificationSettings().types & UIUserNotificationType.Badge != nil {
UIApplication.sharedApplication().applicationIconBadgeNumber = badge
} else {
println("No permission to set badge number")
}
} else {
UIApplication.sharedApplication().applicationIconBadgeNumber = badge
}
}
/// System check
class func SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(version: String) -> Bool {
return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(version,
options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedSame
}
class func SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(version: String) -> Bool {
return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(version,
options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedDescending
}
class func SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(version: String) -> Bool {
return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(version,
options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) != NSComparisonResult.OrderedAscending
}
class func SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(version: String) -> Bool {
return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(version,
options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedAscending
}
class func SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(version: String) -> Bool {
return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(version,
options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) != NSComparisonResult.OrderedDescending
}
}
update to 8.3, ObjC: we should add Daij-Djan script to replace NSLog(@"access denied for UIUserNotificationTypeBadge"); in Spidy & KepPM solution above. Hope this help s.o.