iphone local notification in simulator

Question

I just downloaded xcode and trying to make local notification example. The question is if local notification works in simulator?

thank you

Answer 1

Yes, local notifications work with the simulator. However, make sure you are implementing application:didreceiveLocalNotification in your app delegate if you want to see the notification while your app is in the foreground:

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application     didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification {     UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"MyAlertView"         message:notification.alertBody         delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK"         otherButtonTitles:nil];     [alertView show];     if (alertView) {         [alertView release];     } } 

Otherwise, make sure you schedule your notification for some time in the future, then close the application, in order to see the Apple sample work:

UILocalNotification *localNotif = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init]; if (localNotif == nil) return; NSDate *fireTime = [[NSDate date] addTimeInterval:10]; // adds 10 secs localNotif.fireDate = fireTime; localNotif.alertBody = @"Alert!"; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:localNotif]; [localNotif release]; 

It's easy to think you're not implementing the test code correctly, and you just aren't handling the event while the app is running.