Pushing the Envelope with iOS 10 Notifications - CocoaConf Chicago, April 2017

An expanded summary of the big changes to Notifications in iOS 10, and some fun stupid things I've learned since I first gave this presentation in September of 2016.

Sample code (Updated for Xcode 8.3):
https://github.com/designatednerd/iOS10NotificationSample

iOS 9 Video:
https://youtu.be/jNr0U-bCfs0

iOS 10 Video:
https://youtu.be/Qubmnmh6a_g

Original Slides:
https://speakerdeck.com/designatednerd/pushing-the-envelope-with-ios-10-notifications-try-swift-nyc-september-2016

Transcript

1. Pushing the Envelope With
   iOS 10 Notifications
   CocoaConf Chicago | April 2017
   by Ellen Shapiro
   @designatednerd | SpotHero.com | JustHum.com
   

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3. Kinds of Notifications We Use
   Push Notifications
   

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4. Kinds of Notifications We Use
   Push Notifications
   Silent Push Notifications
   

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5. Kinds of Notifications We Use
   Push Notifications
   Silent Push Notifications
   Geofenced Notifications
   

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6. Kinds of Notifications We Use
   Push Notifications
   Silent Push Notifications
   Geofenced Notifications
   Time/Date Scheduled Notifications
   

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7. Ye Olde and Busted Way
   Push notifications and local notifications are totally
   different classes, with totally different paths
   

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8. Kinds of Notifications We Use
   Push Notifications remote
   Silent Push Notifications remote
   Geofenced Notifications local
   Time/Date Scheduled Notifications local
   

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9. Ye Olde and Busted Way
   Push notifications and local notifications are totally
   different classes, with totally different paths
   Remote notifications can't be updated by the system
   

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10. Ye Olde and Busted Way
    Push notifications and local notifications are totally
    different classes, with totally different paths
    Remote notifications can't be updated once received
    If you send things which change remotely, you have
    to send one kajillion separate notifications
    

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11. Ye Olde and Busted Way
    Push notifications and local notifications are totally
    different classes, with totally different paths
    Remote notifications can't be updated once received
    If you send things which change remotely, you have
    to send one kajillion* separate notifications
    *-rough estimate
    

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12. What Changed?
    

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15. Ye Awesome Neue Way
    A Notification is a Notification is a Notification
    

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16. Ye Awesome Neue Way
    A Notification is a Notification is a Notification
    Notification extensions can grab additional content
    like images and videos from remote notifications
    

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17. Ye Awesome Neue Way
    A Notification is a Notification is a Notification
    Notification extensions can grab additional content
    like images and videos from remote notifications
    Remote notifications can have unique identifiers and
    be updated rather than having to send separate
    notifications.
    

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18. Other helpful changes
    Notifications received while the app is in the
    foreground can be shown using system UI
    

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20. Other helpful changes
    Notifications received while the app is in the
    foreground can be shown using system UI
    Local/Remote notification handling delegate
    methods are now combined
    

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21. Other helpful changes
    Notifications received while the app is in the
    foreground can be shown using system UI
    Local/Remote notification handling delegate
    methods are now combined
    (and no longer on UIApplicationDelegate)
    

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22. Other helpful changes
    Notifications received while the app is in the
    foreground can be shown using system UI
    Local/Remote notification handling delegate
    methods are now combined
    (and no longer on UIApplicationDelegate*)
    *mostly
    

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23. Other annoying changes
    I really hope you like extensions
    

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24. Other annoying changes
    I really hope you like extensions
    A couple bits are still in the UIApplicationDelegate
    

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25. Other annoying changes
    I really hope you like extensions
    A couple bits are still in the UIApplicationDelegate
    Threading? ¯\_(ϑ)_/¯
    

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26. Other annoying changes
    I really hope you like extensions
    A couple bits are still in the UIApplicationDelegate
    Threading? ¯\_(ϑ)_/¯
    Simultaneous support of old and busted with the
    new hotness is REAL obnoxious.
    

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27. Stupid Swift Tricks
    

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28. Sweet Swift Tricks
    

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29. Protocol Oriented
    Programming
    

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36. iOS 9
    

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37. iOS 10
    

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38. Even iOS 10-ier
    

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46. !
    

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53. God help me, it's a live
    DEMO
    

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54. What Do You Need To Do?
    1. Use the UNNotifications framework
    

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55. What Do You Need To Do?
    1. Use the UNNotifications framework
    2. Create A Framework For Shared Elements
    

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56. What Do You Need To Do?
    1. Use the UNNotifications framework
    2. Create A Framework For Shared Elements
    3. Create a Notification Service Extension
    

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57. What Do You Need To Do?
    1. Use the UNNotifications framework
    2. Create A Framework For Shared Elements
    3. Create a Notification Service Extension
    4. Create a Notification Content extension (needs
    the UserNotificationsUI framework)
    

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58. What Do You Need To Do?
    1. Use the UNNotifications framework
    2. Create A Framework For Shared Elements
    3. Create a Notification Service Extension
    4. Create a Notification Content extension (needs
    the UserNotificationsUI framework)
    5. Start begging working on convincing your Product
    team to drop iOS 9 support.
    

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59. Teh Codez!
    (Updated for Xcode 8.3.2!)
    https://github.com/designatednerd/
    iOS10NotificationSample
    

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60. WWDC Sessions!
    → WWDC 2016 Session 707 - Introduction to
    Notifications https://developer.apple.com/
    videos/play/wwdc2016/707/
    → WWDC 2016 Session 708 - Advanced Notifications:
    https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/
    wwdc2016/708/
    

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61. Links!
    → iOS 10 API Diff: https://developer.apple.com/
    library/prerelease/content/releasenotes/
    General/iOS10APIDiffs/
    → iOS 10 By Tutorials Preview: https://
    www.raywenderlich.com/store/ios-10-by-tutorials
    → Castro's use of Notifications: https://
    www.macstories.net/news/castro-23-brings-
    podcast-triage-through-rich-notifications/
    

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62. Parrots!
    courtesy of
    http://cultofthepartyparrot.com/
    

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