2.1.0

added custom display/dismiss methods

CWStatusBarNotification.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         = "CWStatusBarNotification"
-  s.version      = "2.0.0"
+  s.version      = "2.1.0"
   s.summary      = "A library that creates status bar notifications."
   s.description  = "CWStatusBarNotification is a library allows you to present a beautiful text-based notification in the status bar."
   s.homepage     = "http://github.com/cezarywojcik/CWStatusBarNotification"

CWStatusBarNotification/CWStatusBarNotification.h

@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ enum {
 @property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *notificationWindow;
 
 - (void)displayNotificationWithMessage:(NSString *)message forDuration:(CGFloat)duration;
+- (void)displayNotificationWithMessage:(NSString *)message completion:(void (^)(void))completion;
+- (void)dismissNotification;
 
 @end

CWStatusBarNotification/CWStatusBarNotification.m

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
 # pragma mark - display notification
 
-- (void)displayNotificationWithMessage:(NSString *)message forDuration:(CGFloat)duration
+- (void)displayNotificationWithMessage:(NSString *)message completion:(void (^)(void))completion
 {
     if (!self.notificationIsShowing) {
         self.notificationIsShowing = YES;
@@ -234,25 +234,37 @@
         [UIView animateWithDuration:STATUS_BAR_ANIMATION_LENGTH animations:^{
             [self firstFrameChange];
         } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
-            [UIView animateWithDuration:duration - 2*STATUS_BAR_ANIMATION_LENGTH animations:^{
-                // potential animations while notification is showing
-            } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
-                [self secondFrameChange];
-                dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(duration * NSEC_PER_SEC));
-                dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
-                    [UIView animateWithDuration:STATUS_BAR_ANIMATION_LENGTH animations:^{
-                        [self thirdFrameChange];
-                    } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
-                        [self.notificationLabel removeFromSuperview];
-                        [self.statusBarView removeFromSuperview];
-                        self.notificationWindow = nil;
-                        self.notificationIsShowing = NO;
-                        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarOrientationNotification object:nil];
-                    }];
-                });
-            }];
+            [completion invoke];
+        }];
+    }
+
+}
+
+- (void)dismissNotification
+{
+    if (self.notificationIsShowing) {
+        [self secondFrameChange];
+        [UIView animateWithDuration:STATUS_BAR_ANIMATION_LENGTH animations:^{
+            [self thirdFrameChange];
+        } completion:^(BOOL finished) {
+            [self.notificationLabel removeFromSuperview];
+            [self.statusBarView removeFromSuperview];
+            self.notificationWindow = nil;
+            self.notificationIsShowing = NO;
+            [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarOrientationNotification object:nil];
         }];
     }
 }
 
+- (void)displayNotificationWithMessage:(NSString *)message forDuration:(CGFloat)duration
+{
+    [self displayNotificationWithMessage:message completion:^{
+        double delayInSeconds = duration;
+        dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(delayInSeconds * NSEC_PER_SEC));
+        dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
+            [self dismissNotification];
+        });
+    }];
+}
+
 @end

README.md

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ After you have a `CWStatusBarNotification` object, you can simply call the `disp
                    forDuration:1.0f];
 ```
 
+If you prefer to manually choose when to display and dismiss the notification, you can do so as well:
+
+```
+[self.notification displayNotificationWithMessage:@"Hello" completion:nil];
+// wait until you need to dismiss
+[self.notofication dismissNotification];
+```
+
 ## Customizing Appearance
 
 First of all, you can customize the background color and text color using the following properties: `notificationLabelBackgroundColor` and `notificationLabelTextColor`.
@@ -49,8 +57,8 @@ First of all, you can customize the background color and text color using the fo
 Example:
 
 ```
-notification.notificationLabelBackgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
-notification.notificationLabelTextColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
+notification.notificationLabelBackgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
+notification.notificationLabelTextColor = [UIColor greenColor];
 ```
 
 ![custom colors](screenshots/ss1.gif)