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Notify user that download is complete in Newsstand app

Is there any way to use local notifications to alert a user that a magazine that they are downloading via newsstand in the background has completed downloading?

Solution

  • Usually, you are using an NKAssetDownload to get the newstand content. Then you start the download with a NSURLConnectionDownloadDelegate:

    [assetDownload downloadWithDelegate:self];

    When the download completes succesfully, you get a callback on

    - (void)connectionDidFinishDownloading:(NSURLConnection *)connection destinationURL:(NSURL *)destinationURL;

    in which implementation you could use a UILocalNotification to alert the user.