Ask for iOS permissions once in a while if they still denied

Question

In my iOS app I have some things that need permissions from user. For example : permissions to receive push-notifications.

I want to ask such users for enabling permissions once in a while until they will approve it. I don't want to ask each time user launches app.

I have function that opens app settings where user can enable notification

extension UIApplication {
    class func openAppSettings() {
        if #available(iOS 8.0, *) {
            UIApplication.shared.openURL(URL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString)!)
        }
    }
}

I thought about storing the date of last permission request and each time the app launches - check how many days ago user was asked for permissions last time. I don't know why but it seems not elegant for me.

Could you please suggest more elegant way to solve it?

starting from iOS7 but it will be ok even if there is solution from iOS8 — moonvader, Sep 20 '17 at 11:47
I may use number of times app opened, everytime user opens the app I increment `Int` in `UserDefaults`. Once user open app on nth time(ex. 7th time) I show popup. — Mohammad Zaid Pathan, Sep 20 '17 at 11:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '18 at 11:25

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Elegant ways:

ask for permission again right after user has made an (in-app) purchase, arguing you want to alert for future offers
ask for permission again right after user has made a (remote) subscription/reservation, arguing you want to alert for the event/booking/delivery status
ask for permission again right after user has triggered an (in-game) action that will take more than 1 hour to be accomplished, arguing you want to alert for completion-status

If your app does not provide services for purchasing anything, does not trigger anything with real-life impact, and does not have long gaming sessions, then it may reveal that you have no meaningful trigger for those notifications.

answered May 17 '18 at 11:25

Cœur

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I mostly agree with you point but there are cases when business asks for more push-notifications subscribers among current app users – moonvader May 18 '18 at 04:34
@moonvader you may clarify in your question what kind of business model have your app (in-app?, governmental funding?, advertising?) and what is the content of those notifications ("happy birthday!", "Your delivery is ready", "The president blocked you", "Get discount on Viagra!", "You got mail!", "Buy 1 dragon, get 1 egg free", etc.) – Cœur May 18 '18 at 05:37

Ask for iOS permissions once in a while if they still denied

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