postNotificationName not calling observer method - iphone

I am trying to call a method within an uiview from AppDelegate using the NSNotificationCenter to no avail..
AppDelegate.m
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ProcessDidComplete" object:items];
Then via MainStoryboard, the main view is loaded which controller class is MainViewController
in MainViewController.h viewDidLoad i have
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(ProcessDidComplete:) name:#"ProcessDidComplete" object:nil];
and then the method
- (void) ProcessDidComplete:(NSNotification *)pNotification
but it never gets called.
Thanks for any help!

just change a way..
First add observer
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(ProcessDidComplete:) name:#"ProcessDidComplete" object:nil];
Then Post Notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ProcessDidComplete" object:items];
Finally remove in viewWillDisappear
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:#"ProcessDidComplete" object:nil];

Your code looks okay, which makes me wonder where in your app delegate you post the notification?
If you post the notification before you add the observer in the view controlller, then the notification will never be received. Can you not send the message to the main view controller directly, i.e., as a property, rather than using notifications?

Just wanted to note here that iOS notification names are case-sensitive:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(handUpdate:) name:#"scheduleUpdated" object:nil];
will not respond to:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ScheduleUpdated" object:items];
(as I spent the last 20 minutes figuring out...)

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NSNotificationDefault Center called multiple times even removing observer before adding

I am adding observer to init method.And for the reason it will not call multiple times I am removing observer before adding it.Even then is is calling as many times as we load the View.
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(updateStuff)
name:#"appDidBecomeActive"
object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(closeConnection)
name:#"appDidEnterBackground"
object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(orientationChanges:)
name:#"UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification"
object:nil];
t=[[Theme alloc] init];
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
I have also tried it removing in updateStuff method
-(void)updateStuff
{
[MBProgressHUD hideAllHUDsForView:self.view animated:YES];
NSLog(#"Market Watch update stuff called $$$$$$$----------------------");
[self initNetworkCommunication];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
also tried removing here.
-(void)dealloc
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:#"appDidBecomeActive" object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:#"appDidEnterBackground" object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:#"UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification" object:nil];
}
also tried removing in viewWillDisappear It works fine but here adding observer to viewWillAppear not working.
When I lock the screen and unlock it this observer should call.As it is notified on appDidBecomeActive , and it is working like that. But when I pop back to previous viewController and push to current one and repeats the process of lock and unlock this observer fires two times.As number of times I pop view and push again to current View.Notifier fires number of times I pushed to the View.I know it is because of init method.Whenever view will load it adds an observer but doesn't removes observer.
What can I do other than that.
You have to remove observer in viewWillDisappear method.
-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
and remove from initWithNibName.
Try adding it to -awakeFromNib instead
Also, try removing the notification in a different manner. I don't have the code but you have to also give it the name of the notification, and you should only remove observer in dealloc

NSNotification not receiving in View Controller from appDelegate

hello i assign nsnotifiaction in app delegate.m's method and this method call eprox every 30sec, and i wants its notifcation in viewcontroller adn execute method,
here is my code of appdelegate .m
- (void)layoutAnimated:(BOOL)animated{
BOOL yy= self.bannerView.bannerLoaded;
if (yy==1){
self.iAdString=[NSMutableString stringWithString:#"1"];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"BannerViewActionWillBegin" object:self];
}
else{
self.iAdString=[NSMutableString stringWithString:#"0"];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"BannerViewActionDidFinish" object:self];
}
}
and in viewcontroller.m
//i defined in viewdidload method
- (void)viewDidLoad{
[super viewDidLoad];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(willBeginBannerViewActionNotification:) name:#"BannerViewActionWillBegin "object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(didFinishBannerViewActionNotification:) name:#"BannerViewActionDidFinish" object:nil];
}
its method are..
- (void)willBeginBannerViewActionNotification:(NSNotification *)notification{
[self.view addSubview:self.app.bannerView];
NSLog(#"come");
}
- (void)didFinishBannerViewActionNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
NSLog(#"come");
[self.app.bannerView removeFromSuperview];
}
- (void)dealloc{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}
I have not getting response of excessing method while method read in appdelegate file.
Please help me.
You have a typo error.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(willBeginBannerViewActionNotification:) name:#"BannerViewActionWillBegin "object:nil];
//Your error here-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^
You have put a space there.
SideNote: For all notification names, you should/can create a separate file and put all your notification names as constants strings.
const NSString *kBannerViewActionWillBegin=#"BannerViewActionWillBegin";
this will be easier to change the value and no such typo will happen.
From your code what I get is except for the notification name's all other stuff is fine, did you check whether the notification gets fired. Try keeping break points at the notification firing line.

NSNotificationCenter not acting on the message

In one of my classes I post a notification:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ALERTNOTI" object:self userInfo:nil];
In my app delegaate I listen:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(myMethod) name:#"ALERTNOTI" object:nil];
I use NSLog to track when I send and when the method myMethod gets called.
The method is not getting called despite me sending out the notification.
Is there something that I need to know about NSNotification? Is it tempermental?
do this changes
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ALERTNOTI" object:nil];
if you want to pass some object through the notification. then do this
ex: you want to pass an NSDictionary *dict
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ALERTNOTI" object:nil userInfo:dict];
the method you want to call via notification should be like this.
-(void)method:(NSNotification *) notif
{
// your code here.
//if you want to access your dict
NSDictionary *myDict=[notif userInfo];
}
Try this:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ALERTNOTI" object:nil];

Pass An Object Between 2 View Controllers

I'm trying to pass an object between 2 VCs, from a popover to the detail view of split view controller.
I think I need to use NSNotificationCenter.
I tried this but can't seem to get it to work.
In didSelectRow of popover
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"PassObject" withObject:objectToPass];
In detail VC
- (void) didReceiveNotificationPassObject:(NSNotification*)notification
{
YourObjectClass *theObject = (YourObjectClass*)notification.object;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(didReceiveNotificationPassObject:) name:#"PassObject" object:nil];
}
Probably just a typo when entering the question but in the first line where you post the notification
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"PassObject" withObject:objectToPass];
the method signature is wrong - it should be 'object:objectToPass' not 'withObject:objectToPass'. The line you have there will compile with a warning and crash at runtime.
Aside from that all the logic seems fine.
What is the problem you are facing? Does didReceiveNotificationPassObject: hit? If it doesn't, you could verify that viewDidLoad executes before didSelectRow.
Use [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"PassObject" object:objectToPass]; instead of [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"PassObject" withObject:objectToPass];
Also, don't forget to removeObserver in viewDidUnload.
HTH,
Akshay
A fast and easy solution to notify with multiple parameters is to call the notification it like this
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"shareButton" object:#"camera"];
Where "camera" acts like your parameter. Then
- (void)shareButton:(id)sender
{
NSString *kindOf = [sender object];
if ([kindOf isEqualToString:#"camera"]) {
// Your code goes here
}
}

NSNotification not being sent when postNotificationName: called

I'm trying to get one instance of using NSNotificationCenter with addObserver and postNotificationName but I can't work out why it won't work.
I have 2 lines to code to add the observer and send the message in 2 different classes
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]addObserver:self selector:#selector(newEventLoaded:) name:#"Event" object:nil];
and
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:#"Event" object:self];
If I set the name to nil it works fine becuase it's just a broadcast, when i try and define a notification name the messages never get through.
All my code makes use of NSNotifications like so:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(updateView) name:#"ScanCompleted" object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"ScanCompleted" object:nil];
The first one is registering the notification and the second posting of the notification.
Basically it's all to do with the order of execution. If you've executed postNotificationName before addObserver, then this is an easy problem to have. Use breakpoints and step through the code :)
Your first breakpoint should stop here:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:#selector(updateView:) name:#"ScanCompleted" object:nil];
Then here:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:#"ScanCompleted" object:self];
Also, make sure the selector has a colon on. Because it's method signature will be:
- (void)updateView:(NSNotification *)notification;
I had the same problem.
The reason is that I called removeObserver method at
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated{
NSNotificationCenter *notificationCenter = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
[notificationCenter removeObserver:self];
}
So check whether if you had called removeObserver before postNotification.
Tips: You can search the keyword "removeObserver" to find if you had called this function.
Change this:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:#"Event" object:self];
to this:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:#"Event" object:nil];
If your first notification is registered properly, newEventLoaded should be called.
I had a similar issue and my problem was due to the notification being called on another thread. This solved my problem.
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),^{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]postNotificationName:#"Event" object:self];
});
Have you tried any other names but #"Event" and nil? Just to be sure, you could define your event names in one file and include that into both notification registration and sending. For example:
Header file:
extern NSString * const NOTE_myEventName;
Source file:
NSString * const NOTE_myEventName = #"MyEventName";
Registration:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
addObserver:self
selector:#selector(handleMyEvent:)
name:NOTE_myEventName
object:nil];
Notification sending:
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
postNotificationName:NOTE_myEventName object:nil];
I successfully fixed my "NSNotification not being sent when postNotificationName: called" crash.
I found the real bug is in notification message handler.
The postNotificationName and addObserver are all right as the first post of this thread.