Use Push Notifications & App Icon Badge
Castro can send a push notification as soon as a new episode of one of your podcasts is published. In addition to informing you of new episodes, these notifications can also be used to perform triage.
Allowing Push Notifications
- Open Castro and tap the settings cog on the top left of the screen.
- Tap âNotifications & Badgeâ
- Slide the âAllow Notifications & Badgeâ switch on. The first time you do this, iOS will prompt you for permission to send push notifications.
- If you denied this permission first time you were asked, youâll have to enable it in the iOS Settings app. Tap âOpen Settingsâ to jump to the appropriate place in Settings, then return to Castro.
Choose Notification Types
- You can choose to receive notifications of episodes that arrive in the inbox or just those that are set to auto-queue.
- Tap the âNew Episode in Inboxâ cell to toggle inbox notifications. A small green checkmark will appear to indicate that it is active.
- Tap the âNew Episode in Queueâ cell to toggle queue notifications. A small green checkmark will appear to indicate that it is active.
- If you donât choose either cell, you wonât receive notifications despite the permission being active.
Notification Based Triage
If you drag the notification down when it appears, or 3d touch on it in Notification Centre, you will reveal the following actions:
- Play Now
- Queue Next
- Queue Last
- Archive
Tap one of these to triage the episode without even opening Castro. These actions are also available on notifications that display on your Apple Watch.
App Icon Badge
- Castro can display a red badge on the app icon indicating the number of episodes in the inbox, queue or both added together.
- Tap the âInbox Countâ or âQueue Countâ cells to toggle them on or off.