didReceiveRemoteNotification:fetchCompletionHandler not being called when app is in background and not connected to Xcode

Question

I\'ve a very strange problem, I implemented:

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo fetchComp         


        

Answer 1

Code that works fetching remote notifications, enable te remote notifications capability in background modes and i have background fetch enabled too (i don't know if it is necessary) I use this code:

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo fetchCompletionHandler:(void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult result))handler{
DLog(@"899- didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: %@",userInfo);
NSDictionary *custom=userInfo[@"custom"];
if(custom){
    NSInteger code = [custom[@"code"] integerValue];
    NSInteger info = [custom[@"info"] integerValue];

    NSDictionary *messageInfo = userInfo[@"aps"];

    [[eInfoController singleton] remoteNotificationReceived:code info:info messageInfo:messageInfo appInBackground:[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState==UIApplicationStateBackground];

    handler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNewData);
}
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo{
DLog(@"899- didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: %@",userInfo);
NSDictionary *custom=userInfo[@"custom"];
if(custom){
    NSInteger code = [custom[@"code"] integerValue];
    NSInteger info = [custom[@"info"] integerValue];

    NSDictionary *messageInfo = userInfo[@"aps"];

    [[eInfoController singleton] remoteNotificationReceived:code info:info messageInfo:messageInfo appInBackground:[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState==UIApplicationStateBackground];

}
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)deviceToken
{
//NSLog(@"My token is: %@", deviceToken);
const unsigned *tokenBytes = (const unsigned *)[deviceToken bytes];
NSString *hexToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x",
                      ntohl(tokenBytes[0]), ntohl(tokenBytes[1]), ntohl(tokenBytes[2]),
                      ntohl(tokenBytes[3]), ntohl(tokenBytes[4]), ntohl(tokenBytes[5]),
                      ntohl(tokenBytes[6]), ntohl(tokenBytes[7])];

[[eInfoController singleton] setPushNotificationToken:hexToken];
}

- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError*)error
{
NSLog(@"Failed to get token, error: %@", error);
}

Code that stores the notification when it background, the key for me was to start a background download task to allow me to download the information in order to store it and then when app becomes active method is triggered i check if there is a missing notification stored to show it.

-(void)remoteNotificationReceived:(NSInteger)code info:(NSInteger)info messageInfo:(NSDictionary*)messageInfo appInBackground:(BOOL)appInBackground{

DLog(@"Notification received appInBackground: %d,pushCode: %ld, messageInfo: %@",appInBackground, (long)code,messageInfo);

switch (code){
    case 0:
        break;
    case 1:
    {
        NSArray *pendingAdNotifiacations=[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"pendingAdNotifiacations"];
        NSMutableDictionary *addDictionary=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:messageInfo copyItems:YES];
        [addDictionary setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:info] forKey:@"ad_id"];

        if(!pendingAdNotifiacations){
            pendingAdNotifiacations=[NSArray arrayWithObject:addDictionary];
        }else{
            pendingAdNotifiacations=[pendingAdNotifiacations arrayByAddingObject:addDictionary];
        }
        [addDictionary release];

        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:pendingAdNotifiacations forKey:@"pendingAdNotifiacations"];
        [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
        DLog(@"pendingAdNotifiacations received: %@.",pendingAdNotifiacations);
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:(pendingAdNotifiacations)?[pendingAdNotifiacations count]:0];
        DLog(@"783- pendingAdNotifiacations: %lu.",(unsigned long)((pendingAdNotifiacations)?[pendingAdNotifiacations count]:0));
        if(appInBackground){

            [AdManager requestAndStoreAd:info];
        }else{
            [AdManager requestAndShowAd:info];
        }
    }
        break;
    default:
        break;
}

}

This is the relevant code to download the info in the background using a background task:

-(void)requestAdinBackgroundMode:(NSInteger)adId{
DLog(@"744- requestAdinBackgroundMode begin");
if(_backgroundTask==UIBackgroundTaskInvalid){
    DLog(@"744- requestAdinBackgroundMode begin dispatcher");
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
    DLog(@"744- passed dispatcher");
    [self beginBackgroundUpdateTask];

    NSURL *requestURL=[self requestURL:adId];
    if(requestURL){
        NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:requestURL];

        NSURLResponse * response = nil;
        NSError  * error = nil;
        DLog(@"744- NSURLConnection url: %@",requestURL);
        NSData * responseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest: request returningResponse: &response error: &error];

        if(NSClassFromString(@"NSJSONSerialization"))
        {
            NSError *error = nil;
            id responseObject = [NSJSONSerialization
                     JSONObjectWithData:responseData
                     options:0
                     error:&error];

            if(error) {
                NSLog(@"JSON reading error: %@.",[error localizedDescription]);
                /* JSON was malformed, act appropriately here */ }
            else{

            if(responseObject && [responseObject isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]){
                if(responseObject && [[responseObject objectForKey:@"success"] integerValue]==1){
                    NSMutableDictionary *adDictionary=[[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:[responseObject objectForKey:@"ad"]] autorelease];
                    DLog(@"744- NSURLConnection everythig ok store: %@",adDictionary);
                    [self storeAd: adDictionary];
                }
            }
            }
        }
    }

    // Do something with the result

    [self endBackgroundUpdateTask];
});
}
} 

- (void) beginBackgroundUpdateTask
{
DLog(@"744- requestAdinBackgroundMode begin");
_backgroundTask = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler:^{
    [self endBackgroundUpdateTask];
}];
}

- (void) endBackgroundUpdateTask
{
DLog(@"744- End background task");
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] endBackgroundTask: _backgroundTask];
_backgroundTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
}

Well this is all I think, I post it because someone asked me to post an update, I hope it may help someone...