Changelog

All notable changes to this package will be documented in this file.

[1.0.4-preview.9] - 2019-02-10

Fixes:

  • [Android] Write all SharedPreferences to disk asynchronously.

[1.0.4-preview.6] - 2019-01-27

Fixes:

  • [Android] Duplicate notifications will no longer be scheduled after the device is restarted (when "Reschedule Notification on Device Restart" is turned on).
  • [Android] Unity's Notification package will no longer attempt to load AlarmManager intents which were not scheduledby it.
  • [Editor] It's now possible to use `Unity.Notifications' editor classes without having to create manually referenc it in your asmdef file.

[1.0.4-preview.5] - 2019-11-13

Fixes:

  • [iOS/tvOS] The iOS source plugins provided by the package will no longer be included when building for Apple TV.

[1.0.4-preview.4] - 2019-10-29

Fixes:

  • [Android] Icon resources will now be queried when the notification is supposed to be triggered instead of when it's scheduled. This should fix crashes due to missing resources in cases where the app is updated after a notification is scheduled but before it's delivered.

Changes & Improvements:

  • [Android] Added 'AndroidNotification.ShowTimestamp' to allow displaying timestamp on delivered notifications. The specific time stamp value can be overriden using 'AndroidNotification.CustomTimestamp' if it's not set the time at which the notification was delivered will be shown.

[1.0.4-preview.3] - 2019-10-09

Fixes:

  • [iOS] Remote notification deviceToken is now be returned correctly (and without angle brackets)on iOS 13.

[1.0.4-preview.2] - 2019-09-16

Fixes:

  • Embedded the Notification Samples project into the package, I can now be imported from the Package Manager UI.
  • [Android] It should now be possible to set AndroidNotificationChannel.VibrationPattern to null.

[1.0.4-preview.1] - 2019-09-9

Fixes:

  • [Android] Trying to register an `AndroidNotificationChannel with a specified VibrationPattern should no longer trigger a missing method exception.
  • [Android][1178665] Repeatable notifications should now work properly and should be recreated when the device is restarted. 1.0.4-preview.alpha.1

[1.0.3] - 2019-08-21

Fixes:

  • [iOS] It's no longer necessary to enable the Request Authorization on App Start setting in UI to be able to turn on Enable Push Notifications.
  • [iOS] GetLastRespondedNotification should now properly return the notification used to open the app even if "Request Authorization on App Start" is turned off.
  • [iOS] iOSNotification.data field should now work properly with all valid JSON structures and not only with dictionaries and strings.
  • [Android] Added a temporary fix for an IL2CPP compilation issue on Unity 2019.2 and above.
  • Fixed an issue with NUnit Test assemblies not being detected correctly due to which exceptions were thrown in the editor.
  • [Android]1165178: An Android JAVA exception should no longer be thrown when attempting to schedule more than 500 notifications on Samsung devices. Samsung seems to impose a fixed limit of concurrent Alarms so if the limit is reached all attempts to schedule new notifications will be ignored until the currently scheduled ones are triggered or manually cancelled.
  • [1114987] Reopening the project should no longer override Mobile Notification Settings.
  • [iOS] Fixed an issue with iOSNotification.data not being set correctly for remote notifications if the data field is not a string. It will now return a full JSON string for the data field.
  • [Android] Notifications cancelled using CancelScheduledNotification or CancelAllScheduledNotifications should no longer be recreated on device restart if the device is restarted before the time they were supposed to be triggered.

Changes & Improvements:

  • [Android] OnNotificationReceivedis now executed on the main Unity thread so it should now be possible to directly call Unity API methods the only work on the main thread from delegates and functions that subscribe to the this method.

  • [iOS] Turning on Enable Push Notifications will add the remote-notification setting to UIBackgroundModes array in the app’s info.plist file.

  • [iOS] The notification returned by iOSNotificationCenter.GetLastRespondedNotification() is now cleared each time the app is moved to the background and not only when the app is fully terminated. Now it should only return the notification used to open the app or the last notification activated by the user while the app was running in the foreground.

  • [Android] Added an option to override the Android app activity which should be opened when a notification is clicked. By default the main activity assigned to the UnityPlayer Java class will be used.

  • Exposed notification settings (previously only accessible in UI) in a public Editor API (see the Unity.Notifications.UnityNotificationSettings) class.

  • [Android] Increased the minimum requirements to Android 4.4 (API 19)

[1.0.2] - 2019-07-01

Fixes:

  • [iOS] Querying notification settings on iOS 10 will no longer cause a crash.

  • [Android] Changing notification icon color now works.

  • Minor UI improvements.

  • Documentation improvements.

[1.0.0] - 2019-05-20

Includes all changes from previous preview releases.

Fixes:

  • [Android] Notification API Java classes are no longer stripped when building with Proguard enabled.

  • [Editor] Editor settings window should not automatically detect changes to Android icon source texture assets.

  • [Editor] The settings window should work properly and no longer throw exceptions when opening a project used with a previous version of the package.

  • [iOS] AuthorizationRequest should properly finish even when the user denies the request.

  • [Android] Canceling scheduled notifications now works correctly when the app is restarted.

  • [iOS] Subscribing to OnNotificationReceived on iOS should now work, even if no other notification was called

  • Notification settings should no longer dissappear if Unity is closed while settings editor screen is not opened.

  • Compatibility fixes for Unity 2019.2.

  • Fixed warning messages that were being thrown after importing the package on 2018.2.

  • Compatibility fix for Unity 2019.3.

  • Fixed issues with editor scripts and .asmdef files on Unity 2018.2.

  • Made CancelDisplayedNotification public.

  • Fixed an editor script issue on 2018.3.

Improvements & changes:

  • [Android] Added support for notification groups:

    • Set Group property to group multiple notifications in a single thread.
    • Enable GroupSummaryon a notification to use it as the summary notification for it's group.
    • GroupAlertBehaviour can be used to override the alert behaviour for all notifications in a group.

  • [Android] Added a SortKey property for Android.

    • Used to lexicographically order this notification among other notifications from the same package or the same notification group.

  • [Android] Changed ‘GetLastIntentData’ to ‘GetLastNotificationIntent’, it nows returns a AndroidNotificationIntentData object (which encapsulates the received AndroidNotification and it's Channel and Id fields) instead of just a string:

    • OnNotificationReceived now returns AndroidNotificationIntentData.
    • Arbitrary data can be stored in the AndroidNotification.intentData field.

  • [iOS] Added GetLastNotification() to iOSNotificationCenter :

    • Can be used to retrieve the notification which was used to open the app.
    • If any new notifications are received while the app is active they will override the original one.

  • [iOS] Exposed additional iOSNotificationSettings properties:

    • ShowPreviewsSetting`indicates whether the app can a preview of the notification's contenton the lock screen.
    • AlertStyle indicates the type of alerts the user has authorized (Banner, Alert or None).

  • [Android] Added an option to reshedule all non expired notification on device restart.

  • [Android] Added a data field to notification object and a method to retrieve the data assigned to a notification that was used to open the app or bring it back from background.

  • Changed the minimum Unity version supported by the package to 2018.3.

  • Added an option to not add Remote Notifications capability to the Xcode project.

  • Allow sending notifications without title or body. Allows scheduling sounds only notifications that do not have an alert or are shown in the notification center.