iOS – Push notification alert is not shown when the app is running

I used code like this in my application delegate to mimic the notification alert when the app was active. You should implement the appropriate UIAlertViewDelegate protocol method(s) to handle what happen when the user taps either of the buttons.

- (void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)userInfo {    
  UIApplicationState state = [application applicationState];
  if (state == UIApplicationStateActive) {
      NSString *cancelTitle = @"Close";
      NSString *showTitle = @"Show";
      NSString *message = [[userInfo valueForKey:@"aps"] valueForKey:@"alert"];
      UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Some title"
       message:message 
       delegate:self 
       cancelButtonTitle:cancelTitle 
       otherButtonTitles:showTitle, nil];
      [alertView show];
      [alertView release];
  } else {
    //Do stuff that you would do if the application was not active
  }
}