Daily Reminder Feature using DatePicker and Local Notification in SwiftUI

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Let’s say you want to implement a daily reminder or something similar within your app with local notification. That’s definitely possible in SwiftUI, and it’s easier than you think!

What is Local Notification?

Local notification is basically a notification system that we can implement directly within the app, and without relying on a server. It’s ideal for things like a daily reminder, etc.

The major difference between local notification and remote notification is that in remote notification, we rely on our server backend to send a notification to a specific device token. For local notifications, we can either send a one-time-only notification, or a repeated notification.

The Main Idea

There are things to consider while implementing local notification.

1. Does the notification repeat? be it daily, weekly, or monthly? Or one-time only?
2. If it’s repeated, can the user set their own schedule? And if it’s not repeated, on what occasion will the notification arrive to the user?
3. If the notifications are repeated and the user can set their schedule, how…