Enable rich notifications

Amplify currently supports adding images to your notifications, but there are some additional steps required.

Create a Notification Service Extension

1. Open <your-app-name>.xcworkspace located inside the /ios folder of your application project with Xcode.

2. In the Xcode project, select File > New > Target...

3. Select Notification Service Extension > Next.

4. Enter a name for your service extension (e.g. MyNotificationServiceExtension) and select Finish.

Provide the extension with the Amplify service class

1. Open Podfile located inside the /ios folder of your application project with a text editor.

2. Add AmplifyUtilsNotifications to the extension you created above.

target 'MyNotificationServiceExtension' do # Replace with your service extension
  pod "AmplifyUtilsNotifications"
end

3. Install the new pods by running the following command at the root of your application project.

npx pod-install

4. Open <your-app-name>.xcworkspace located inside the /ios folder of your application project with Xcode.

5. Find your extension folder in the Project navigator pane and select the Info Property List.

6. Update the NSExtensionPrincipalClass property with the value AmplifyUtilsNotifications.AUNotificationService.