iOS5: how to determine if the Notification Center for the app is turned ON/OFF

Question

I want to respect my users' intent and not call [[UIApplication sharedApplication] registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(...)] if they've turned off remote notifications for my app.

When calling UIRemoteNotificationType enabledTypes = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] enabledRemoteNotificationTypes], I get the info on what types of notifications are enabled for my app. However, the Notification Center for this app can be turned OFF and I still get the previously enabled notification type from this method until I select "None".

Thus my app thinks notifications are enabled even when they aren't.

Is there a way to programatically find out the Notification Center status for my app? (ON/OFF).

Answer 1

Don't confuse "in the notification center" with "push notifications enabled." I can remove an app from the notification center but still have it receiving push notifications in the form of badge numbers, so your old method should work fine.