How to Remove Push Notification in Notification Center after viewed

Question

Is there any way to handle the push notification from the Notification Center after being tap, and remove it when my application has already launched?

Answer 1

I know this is hack and slash, but you can clear all notifications by changing the badge number on your application.

- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didReceiveRemoteNotification (NSDictionary*)payload
{
    NSLog(@"Received notification: %@", payload);
    //swapping between two badge numbers to clear notifications
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:1];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:0];
    ...
}

If you already had a badge number you don't want to lose (above example will simply clear badge number in the end) you can do something like

- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didReceiveRemoteNotification (NSDictionary*)payload
{
    NSLog(@"Received notification: %@", payload);
    /*
     storing current badge number then swapping between 2 values to make sure we 
     clear the badge number. Once this is done set badge number back to original 
     value.
    */
    int badgeNum = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] applicationIconBadgeNumber]
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:1];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:0];
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:badgeNum];
    ...
}

This may not be best practice, but it gets the job done and the client will not know the difference. I like to call it a temp. fix until I stumble upon a better solution. Hope this helps someone!