>> - StatusBar Notifications: Intended for background services to >>notify a >> user to start some action (instead of just doing the action without >>users' >> explicit intent) -- so what does this mean for iOS without background >> services? > >I *think* a fallback to local notification would be the way to handle >this. (But implementation will probably uncover better.)
I think this is what tripped me up on iOS a few weeks ago when I attempted this myself :) On iOS, you _cannot_ dispatch a local notification (to the notification center / status bar area) if the app is in the foreground.