In one of the WWDC sessions I got code snippet for updating existing notifications. I don't think it works. Trying to update notification content.
First I request pending notifications from UNUserNotificationCenter
which always works. Then I am creating new request to update notification with existing unique identifier.
There's 1 new variable content: String
.
// Got at least one pending notification.
let triggerCopy = request!.trigger as! UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger
let interval = triggerCopy.timeInterval
let newTrigger = UNTimeIntervalNotificationTrigger(timeInterval: interval, repeats: true)
// Update notificaion conent.
let notificationContent = UNMutableNotificationContent()
notificationContent.title = NSString.localizedUserNotificationString(forKey: "Existing Title", arguments: nil)
notificationContent.body = content
let updateRequest = UNNotificationRequest(identifier: request!.identifier, content: notificationContent, trigger: newTrigger)
UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(updateRequest, withCompletionHandler: { (error) in
if error != nil {
print("
The problem is that you're not modifying the existing notification, and instead adding a new notification with a duplicate identifier.
Let's tackle the duplicate issue first, the reason this duplicate notification doesn't show up is because the identifier isn't unique. From the docs:
You have two options. You can 1) modify the existing Notification, or 2) remove it and add the new one.
For 1, you already have the request, instead of pulling the trigger and identifier out of it, just replace request.content with your updated notificationContent.
For 2, you would just need to add a line before your Add:
After I've requested to Allow Notifications:
I trigger a notification right from my
viewDidLoad
but then also trigger another one with the same identifier. At the end the the updatedBody/updatedTitle show up.My update function