How to set Title in Alert notification using Bluemix push notification service?

Question

I'm trying to set a title using Bluemix push notification when the unlocked style is in Alert mode, and seems like there is an option in apple documentation to set the Title according to Payload Keys https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/TheNotificationPayload.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008194-CH107-SW1, but I cannot see that option in Bluemix push rest API doc https://mobile.ng.bluemix.net/imfpushrestapidocs/#!/messages/post_apps_applicationId_messages

And I cannot use silent push notification because it's not working when the app is killed by the user and it's not running --references BlueMix Push Notification - support for Apple localized alert messages And more reference https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/31403

So I just can see that the title's tied to my application name, is there any way to change it not using silent push notification?

I appreciate your answers

Answer 1

As you saw in the Apple Documentation, you can set the title of an alert by setting the parameter title in the UIAlertController.

e.g.

@IBAction func buttonTapped(sender: AnyObject) {
  let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "iOScreator", message:
    "Hello, world!", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
  alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Dismiss", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default,handler: nil))

  self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

See this article for more information on that.

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Now it looks like your other question is asking if you can set a title parameter from your actual push notification for the alert.

This isn't supported out of the box, but you could send it as an Additional Payload parameter and parse this parameter when you receive the push notification from your device.

So you would:

1. Send the notification with the title in the Additional Payload
2. Receive the notification from the device and get the title from it
3. Set the title in the UIAlertController