Show iOS push notifications as alert popup instead of banner style

Question

I'm registering my app for receiving push notifications from APNS in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method this way:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound | UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert)];

The registration is ok and my provider succesfully gets my token, in fact I do receive push notifications, but when my app is not in foreground a banner is displayed. I expected an alert to be shown, with 'Close' and 'View' buttons, and I receive the "alert" string in the payload dictionary... what could be happening?

Answer 1

Check the phone settings, users can customize how they want Push Notifications to appear on their devices.

1. Go to 'Settings' app on your iOS device.
2. Then choose 'Notifications'
3. Tap on your app's name which is displayed in the list
4. Change display settings for push notifications (screen shot below)

You can not change this setting using code (Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9137501/)

However, you may check the current setting and then request the user to change it.