Notifications with Kaya Thomas

In this episode, Leo talks with Kaya Thomas about how to use notifications in your app and why they are important.

Show Notes

Guest

• Kaya Thomas (Twitter @kthomas901)
  • kayathomas.info

Related Episodes

• Episode 15: Test-Driven Development with Joshua Greene and Michael Katz
• Episode 8: Cloud and Backend Services For Apps 

Related Links

• We Read Too
• Apple's Developer Docs on Notifications
• Beams by Pusher
• NWPusher by noodlewerk
• Preparing Your App For iOS 12 Notifications by Kaya Thomas - Smashing Magazine 

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Why Notifications Are Important

• Can encourage user engagement 
• Notify of updates and messages
• Need to be trustworthy and needless
• Onboarding helps make Notifications more welcoming

What are the different types of Notifications?

• Local vs Remote Push Notifications
• Remote Notifications are ideal for complex logic and messaging
• How Rich Notifications Work

What are the challenges in implementation of Notifications?

• Using Enums to Implement Notifications
• How Categories and Actions Work
• Using NWPusher to Test Remote Notifications
• Big Improvement Coming to Xcode 11.4
• How to Unit Test with Abstractions and Mocking

How Push Notifications Work?

• Implementing Remote Notifications on the Server
• Using Cloud Based Services for Push Notifications such as Firebase
• Using Beams for Testing Push Notifications
• How APNS works
• Dealing with APNS Issues
• Understanding APNS Throttling

How to making Notifications part of the design process?

• How would Notification make the app more useful?
• Would it help the user engage more?
• Keep complex actions in the app as opposed to the Notification UI
• Being responsible with how Notifications are used
• Stay up-to-date with Apple's guidelines

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Kaya Thomas

Futurist, Earthseed ∞ = Δ, Life-long learner 🤓 I’ve done a lot of things & have a lot of interests. Not on here much anymore but thanks for following! 💛

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