LNNotificationsUI

LNNotificationsUI is a framework for displaying notifications similar to Apple's iOS 7 and iOS 8 notifications. It is meant to complement the native look and feel, by providing a pixel-accurate (as much as possible) recreation of the notifications.

See a video here.

Features

• Native look & feel
• Support for notifications of multiple "applications"
• Customizeable notifications
• Xcode 6 framework

Adding to Your Project

Drag the LNNotificationsUI project to your project, and add LNNotificationsUI.framework under Link Binary With Libraries in your project target.

Using the Framework

First import the umbrella header file:

#import <LNNotificationsUI/LNNotificationsUI.h>

Before being able to post notifications, you need to register at least one "application" with the system. "Applications" are logical differenciators, each with its own identifier, name and icon. For example, a productivity app with an e-mail client and a calendar may register two applications, "Mail" and "Calendar" with different icons and default titles.

[[LNNotificationCenter defaultCenter] registerApplicationWithIdentifier:@"mail_app_identifier" name:@"Mail" icon:[UIImage imageNamed:@"MailApp"];
[[LNNotificationCenter defaultCenter] registerApplicationWithIdentifier:@"cal_app_identifier" name:@"Calendar" icon:[UIImage imageNamed:@"CalApp"];

Now the system is ready to post notifications. Create a notificaiton object, set the desired parameters and post it.

LNNotification* notification = [LNNotification notificationWithMessage:@"You've Got Mail!"];
	
[[LNNotificationCenter defaultCenter] presentNotification:notification forApplicationIdentifier:@"mail_app_identifier"];

To listen to taps on notifications by the user, register to the LNNotificationWasTappedNotification notification. You can register for specific notification objects or for all, by passing nil as the object.

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(notificationWasTapped:) name:LNNotificationWasTappedNotification object:nil];

Use the notification.object to get the tapped LNNotification object.

- (void)notificationWasTapped:(NSNotification*)notification
{
	LNNotification* tappedNotification = notification.object;
	
	// Handle tap here.
}

For notification customization, see the LNNotification.h header file.