How to show local notification - Worklight

Question

I want to know how to send a local notification in worklight. I want the notification to show in the device screen even when the application is not in the foreground. I have searched and only found using WL.SimpleDialog, however this only shows when the user opens the application. Is there a way to do this?

Answer 1

If you are in fact referring to Location Notifications, see these questions:

• Using katzer local notification in IBM Worklight

• How can i create local Notification in worklight

  It would've helped if you mentioned which environments you are aiming to, but with some tinkering the above should work in both Android and iOS.

If when you say "alert" you actually mean a dialog...

• You can use Cordova's pause event, like the below. Displaying an alert() is not professional looking IMO. Anyway, you can replace the below WL.SimpleDialog with an alert...

  common\js\main.js

  function wlCommonInit(){
      document.addEventListener("pause", showDialog, false);
  }
  
  function showDialog() {
      WL.SimpleDialog.show(
          "My Dialog", "My Text", 
          [{text: "My Button", handler: function() { }}]
      );
  }
  

  There is no "rendering" when the application is not in the foreground, so I think the above is the best you're going to get.
  When sending the application to the background, display an alert. This way when you then bring the application back to the foreground, a dialog will be displayed.