Open Radar

 
12-Dec-2012 02:51 PM John Brayton:
Summary:

The NSUserNotificationAlertStyle can be set to "banner" or "alert" in the Info.plist file for an app.  Please consider allowing the alert style to be different for individual notifications delivered by the same app.

In my particular case, I have a Google account backup app that requires the customer's Google username and password.  The password could become invalid at any time, and I need to alert my customer when that happens.  It is very important that my customers see this notification; therefore "alert" seems like the right notification type.

I also allow customers to buy functionality with in-app purchase.  A banner-style NSUserNotification seems like a great way to thank my customers for their purchase.  Being required to click on a "thank you" notification is just annoying; I would rather risk the customer not seeing that notification.

Since the NSUserNotificationAlertStyle is global for the app, I have to choose either the banner style or the alert style for all notifications.

Steps to Reproduce:

1.  Write an app that delivers two NSUserNotifications.
2.  Try to make one of those notifications a banner, and the other an alert.

Expected Results:

Successfully make one of those notifications a banner, and the other an alert.

Actual Results:

You can't.

Regression:

N/A

Notes:

Thank you.