These steps will need to be done each time the platform is added to your Cordova application. Follow below steps if you need to enable Rich Notifications for iOS.
Rich notifications include images, videos, titles and subtitles from the MobilePush app, and mutable content. Mutable content can include personalization in the title, subtitle, or body of your message. 1. In Xcode, click File 2. Click New 3. Click Target 4. Select Notification Service Extension 5. Name and save the new extension
This service extension checks for a `"_mediaUrl"` element in request.content.userInfo. If found, the extension attempts to download the media from the URL , creates a thumbnail-size version, and then adds the attachment. The service extension also checks for a `"_mediaAlt"` element in request.content.userInfo. If found, the service extension uses the element for the body text if there are any problems downloading or creating the media attachment.
A service extension can timeout when it is unable to download. In this code sample, the service extension delivers the original content with the body text changed to the value in `"_mediaAlt"`.
```objc
#import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
#import "NotificationService.h"
@interface NotificationService ()
@property(nonatomic, strong) void (^contentHandler)(UNNotificationContent *contentToDeliver);
@property(nonatomic, strong) UNMutableNotificationContent *modifiedNotificationContent;
@end
@implementation NotificationService
- (UNNotificationAttachment *)createMediaAttachment:(NSURL *)localMediaUrl {
// options: specify what cropping rectangle of the media to use for a thumbnail
// whether the thumbnail is hidden or not
UNNotificationAttachment *mediaAttachment = [UNNotificationAttachment
attachmentWithIdentifier:@"attachmentIdentifier"
URL:localMediaUrl
options:@{
UNNotificationAttachmentOptionsThumbnailClippingRectKey :
(NSDictionary *)CFBridgingRelease(
CGRectCreateDictionaryRepresentation(CGRectZero)),
UNNotificationAttachmentOptionsThumbnailHiddenKey : @NO
}
error:nil];
return mediaAttachment;
}
- (void)didReceiveNotificationRequest:(UNNotificationRequest *)request
withContentHandler:(void (^)(UNNotificationContent *_Nonnull))contentHandler {
// save the completion handler we will call back later
self.contentHandler = contentHandler;
// make a copy of the notification so we can change it
self.modifiedNotificationContent = [request.content mutableCopy];
// alternative text to display if there are any issues loading the media URL
NSString *mediaAltText = request.content.userInfo[@"_mediaAlt"];
// does the payload contains a remote URL to download or a local URL?
NSString *mediaUrlString = request.content.userInfo[@"_mediaUrl"];
NSURL *mediaUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:mediaUrlString];
// if we have a URL, try to download media (i.e.,
// https://media.giphy.com/media/3oz8xJBbCpzG9byZmU/giphy.gif)
if (mediaUrl != nil) {
// create a session to handle downloading of the URL
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession
sessionWithConfiguration:[NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]];
// start a download task to handle the download of the media
__weak __typeof__(self) weakSelf = self;
[[session
downloadTaskWithURL:mediaUrl
completionHandler:^(NSURL *_Nullable location, NSURLResponse *_Nullable response,
NSError *_Nullable error) {
BOOL useAlternateText = YES;
// if the download succeeded, save it locally and then make an attachment
if (error == nil) {
if (200 <= ((NSHTTPURLResponse *)response).statusCode &&
((NSHTTPURLResponse *)response).statusCode <= 299) {
// download was successful, attempt save the media file
NSURL *localMediaUrl = [NSURL
fileURLWithPath:[location.path
stringByAppendingString:mediaUrl
.lastPathComponent]];
// remove any existing file with the same name
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtURL:localMediaUrl error:nil];
// move the downloaded file from the temporary location to a new file
if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] moveItemAtURL:location
toURL:localMediaUrl
error:nil] == YES) {
// create an attachment with the new file
UNNotificationAttachment *mediaAttachment =
[weakSelf createMediaAttachment:localMediaUrl];
// if no problems creating the attachment, we can use it
if (mediaAttachment != nil) {
// set the media to display in the notification
weakSelf.modifiedNotificationContent.attachments =
@[ mediaAttachment ];
// everything is ok
useAlternateText = NO;
}
}
}
}
// if any problems creating the attachment, use the alternate text if provided
if ((useAlternateText == YES) && (mediaAltText != nil)) {
weakSelf.modifiedNotificationContent.body = mediaAltText;
}
// tell the OS we are done and here is the new content
weakSelf.contentHandler(weakSelf.modifiedNotificationContent);
}] resume];
} else {
// see if the media URL is for a local file (i.e., file://movie.mp4)
BOOL useAlternateText = YES;
if (mediaUrlString != nil) {
// attempt to create a URL to a file in local storage
NSURL *localMediaUrl =
[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle]
pathForResource:mediaUrlString.lastPathComponent
.stringByDeletingLastPathComponent
ofType:mediaUrlString.pathExtension]];
// is the URL a local file URL?
if (localMediaUrl != nil && localMediaUrl.isFileURL == YES) {
// create an attachment with the local media
UNNotificationAttachment *mediaAttachment =
[self createMediaAttachment:localMediaUrl];
// if no problems creating the attachment, we can use it
if (mediaAttachment != nil) {
// set the media to display in the notification
self.modifiedNotificationContent.attachments = @[ mediaAttachment ];
// everything is ok
useAlternateText = NO;
}
}
}
// if any problems creating the attachment, use the alternate text if provided
if ((useAlternateText == YES) && (mediaAltText != nil)) {
self.modifiedNotificationContent.body = mediaAltText;
}
// tell the OS we are done and here is the new content
contentHandler(self.modifiedNotificationContent);
}
}
- (void)serviceExtensionTimeWillExpire {
// Called just before the extension will be terminated by the system.
// Use this as an opportunity to deliver your "best attempt" at modified content, otherwise the
// original push payload will be used.
// we took too long to download the media URL, use the alternate text if provided
NSString *mediaAltText = self.modifiedNotificationContent.userInfo[@"_mediaAlt"];
if (mediaAltText != nil) {
self.modifiedNotificationContent.body = mediaAltText;
}
// tell the OS we are done and here is the new content
self.contentHandler(self.modifiedNotificationContent);
}
@end
```