jaunesarmiento / jdstatusbarnotification

[iOS] Easy, customizable notifications displayed on top of the statusbar.

JDStatusBarNotification

Show messages on top of the status bar. Customizable colors, font and animation. Supports progress display and can show an activity indicator. iOS 7/8 ready. iOS6 support. Please open a Github issue, if you think anything is missing or wrong.

Installation

Cocoapods:

pod 'JDStatusBarNotification'

(For infos on cocoapods, have a look at the cocoapods website)

Manually:

1. Drag the JDStatusBarNotification/JDStatusBarNotification folder into your project.
2. Add #include "JDStatusBarNotification.h", where you want to use it

Usage

JDStatusBarNotification is a singleton. You don't need to initialize it anywhere. Just use the following class methods:

Showing a notification

+ (JDStatusBarView*)showWithStatus:(NSString *)status;
+ (JDStatusBarView*)showWithStatus:(NSString *)status
                      dismissAfter:(NSTimeInterval)timeInterval;

The return value will be the notification view. You can just ignore it, but if you need further customization, this is where you can access the view.

Dismissing a notification

+ (void)dismiss;
+ (void)dismissAfter:(NSTimeInterval)delay;

Showing progress

+ (void)showProgress:(CGFloat)progress;  // Range: 0.0 - 1.0

Showing activity

+ (void)showActivityIndicator:(BOOL)show
               indicatorStyle:(UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle)style;

Showing a notification with alternative styles

Included styles:

Use them with the following methods:

+ (JDStatusBarView*)showWithStatus:(NSString *)status
                         styleName:(NSString*)styleName;

+ (JDStatusBarView*)showWithStatus:(NSString *)status
                      dismissAfter:(NSTimeInterval)timeInterval
                         styleName:(NSString*)styleName;

To present a notification using a custom style, use the identifier you specified in addStyleNamed:prepare:. See Customization below.

Beware

@goelv / @dskyu / @graceydb informed me (see #15, #30, #49), that his app got rejected because of a status bar overlay (for violating 10.1/10.3). So don't overuse it. Although I haven't heard of any other cases.

Customization

+ (void)setDefaultStyle:(JDPrepareStyleBlock)prepareBlock;

+ (NSString*)addStyleNamed:(NSString*)identifier
                   prepare:(JDPrepareStyleBlock)prepareBlock;

The prepareBlock gives you a copy of the default style, which can be modified as you like:

[JDStatusBarNotification addStyleNamed:<#identifier#>
                               prepare:^JDStatusBarStyle*(JDStatusBarStyle *style) {
                               
                                   // main properties
                                   style.barColor = <#color#>;
                                   style.textColor = <#color#>;
                                   style.font = <#font#>;
                                   
                                   // advanced properties
                                   style.animationType = <#type#>;
                                   style.textShadow = <#shadow#>;
                                   style.textVerticalPositionAdjustment = <#adjustment#>;

                                   // progress bar
                                   style.progressBarColor = <#color#>;
                                   style.progressBarHeight = <#height#>;
                                   style.progressBarPosition = <#position#>;

                                   return style;
                               }];

Animation Types

• JDStatusBarAnimationTypeNone
• JDStatusBarAnimationTypeMove
• JDStatusBarAnimationTypeBounce
• JDStatusBarAnimationTypeFade

Progress Bar Positions

• JDStatusBarProgressBarPositionBottom
• JDStatusBarProgressBarPositionCenter
• JDStatusBarProgressBarPositionTop
• JDStatusBarProgressBarPositionBelow
• JDStatusBarProgressBarPositionNavBar

Twitter

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