Do not open the app when a local notification is clicked in iOS

Question

When I click on a local notification from the notification centre I want to prevent it from opening my application, i.e when the notification is clicked nothing should happen other than just clearing it. Any idea how to do it?

Answer 1

For sure Apple will reject such app.

But below is what you can do if you want to do such thing, but this will open app.

In - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {, have below.

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {
    //home button press programmatically
    UIApplication *app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
    [app performSelector:@selector(suspend)];

    //exit app when app is in background
    exit(0);
}

In short, on opening app from push, kill the app.