How to set UINotification for specific days like every Monday and Friday?

Question

I am writing an alarm app. In the app, user can select days from the picker for setting alarm on that day with time. But I don't know to set alarm (UILocalNotification) for specific day in a week (0 - 7).

I just wanted to set fire date of UILocalNotification on specific day like ex. Monday, Friday and Sunday..

I have searched on net and got many similar forums but none of them worked for me.

Any suggestions ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14769462/set-repeatinterval-in-local-notification visit this link — BhavikKama, Oct 11 '13 at 10:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 09:55

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Set the local notification fireDate for the first notification that should be made. Then set the repeatInterval for the duration between any notification and the next notification.

answered Oct 11 '13 at 09:55

Wain

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can be more specific please? didn't get you ! – user1859900 Oct 11 '13 at 09:58
Ok got it.. But what if user selects Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday ? how would you calculate `repeatInterval` then ? – user1859900 Oct 11 '13 at 10:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 09:56

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It would be more helpful if you have included codes which you have tried. Anyways,

NSDate myOwnDate; // myOwnDate can be a date that is on a specific day. Make sure it is a valid date variable

UILocalNotification* local_notification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
[local_notification setFireDate:myOwnDate]; 
[local_notification setRepeatInterval:NSWeekCalendarUnit];
[local_notification setAlertBody: @"Your alarm is ringing!"];

UIApplication* app = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
[app scheduleLocalNotification:local_notification];

Pretty straightforward I would say.

answered Oct 11 '13 at 09:56

Joel Tay

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I could have more than one date ! how set that ? – user1859900 Oct 11 '13 at 09:59
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You will need multiple local notifications then. – Joel Tay Oct 11 '13 at 10:04
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You mean do I have to create two separate notifications ? – user1859900 Oct 11 '13 at 10:04
Yes, that is what I meant. Local notifications have only 1 fire date, hence you need more than one instance. – Joel Tay Oct 11 '13 at 10:08
But what if user selects Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday ? Than I have to create 4 notifications ? I don't think thats a good idea... – user1859900 Oct 11 '13 at 10:09
You don't have another choice, local notifications don't offer you arbitrary repeat specification. – Wain Oct 11 '13 at 10:12

How to set UINotification for specific days like every Monday and Friday?

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