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Local Notifications

Getting Started

Frameworks

.NET

.NET MAUI

Operating Systems

Android

iOS

macOS

Windows

Linux

Local notifications allow your app to alert users even when the app is not in the foreground. Use them to notify about completed background tasks, BLE events, geofence triggers, and more.

Platform Notes

Feature	iOS	macOS	Android	Windows	Linux
Send / schedule	Full	Full	Full	Full	Full (in-process)
Channels	Full	Full	Full	Limited	Limited
Geofence trigger	Full	N/A	Full	N/A	N/A
Time-sensitive flag	iOS 15+	macOS 12+	N/A	N/A	N/A

Setup

Shiny.Notifications

Shiny.Hosting.Maui

Requesting Access

INotificationManager notifications; // injected

// Basic notification permission
var access = await notifications.RequestAccess();

// With additional capabilities
var access = await notifications.RequestAccess(
    AccessRequestFlags.Notification |
    AccessRequestFlags.TimeSensitivity |
    AccessRequestFlags.LocationAware
);

Flag	Description
`Notification`	Basic notification permission
`TimeSensitivity`	iOS Time Sensitive notifications
`LocationAware`	Required for geofence-triggered notifications

Handling Notification Taps

Implement INotificationDelegate to respond when a user taps a notification.

public class MyNotificationDelegate : INotificationDelegate
{
    public Task OnEntry(NotificationResponse response)
    {
        var notification = response.Notification;
        var actionId = response.ActionIdentifier;
        var text = response.Text; // from text reply actions

        // Access custom payload
        if (notification.Payload.TryGetValue("orderId", out var orderId))
        {
            // Navigate to order details
        }

        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
}

Registration

services.AddNotifications<MyNotificationDelegate>();

Platform Notes

iOS

Android

To handle notification taps properly on Android, add an intent filter to your MainActivity:

[Activity(
    Theme = "@style/Maui.SplashTheme",
    MainLauncher = true,
    LaunchMode = LaunchMode.SingleTop
)]
[IntentFilter(
    new[] { Shiny.ShinyNotificationIntents.NotificationClickAction },
    Categories = new[] { "android.intent.category.DEFAULT" }
)]
public class MainActivity : MauiAppCompatActivity
{
}