Count pending local notifications

Question

I am tryin to write a function to check if I have reached the limit of 64 local notifications. There are some answers out there to deal with UIlocalNotifications but I am yet to find one for NSlocalNotifications. Here is my function

     func notificationLimitreached()  {
    let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
    var limit = false
    center.getPendingNotificationRequests(completionHandler: { requests in
        print(requests.count)
        if requests.count > 59 {
            limit = true
            print(limit)
        } else {
            limit = false
        }

    })
    print (limit)

problem is the "limit" variable prints true when inside the closure and then resets to initialized value of false after leaving closure.

Something else I have tried.

-- setting global variables when inside closure again as soon as I read this value else where its set to its original value

Answer 1

As you can see you're facing async logic:

Your function prints false first because there's delay within getPendingNotificationRequests closure.

Try this function and see if that works:

func isNotificationLimitreached(completed: @escaping (Bool)-> Void = {_ in }) {
    let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
    center.getPendingNotificationRequests(completionHandler: { requests in

        completed(requests.count > 59)
    })
}

And you can call this function with following code:

    isNotificationLimitreached { isReached in
        print(isReached)
    }