Local Notifications and Geofencing in iOS
Local Notifications and Geofencing in iOS Most iOS developers encounter push notifications first — the server-side setup, APNs configuration, device tokens. It’s the more visible part of the notifications system. But there’s an entire category of notifications that require none of that infrastructure: no server, no APNs, no internet connection. Just your app, iOS, and a trigger condition. Local notifications are scheduled entirely on-device. From the user’s perspective, they’re identical to a push notification — same banner, same lock screen card, same sound. But the entire lifecycle happens locally. The user can be on a plane in airplane mode and your notification fires exactly when it should. ...