Why the iOS notifications are ruining my marriage

How about iOS just not showing banner / alert notifications if the user is actively interacting with the UI? If the screen's been touched in the last 30 or 60 seconds, wait until they're idle before popping up unrelated toast like that. Same with waking up the phone.

Showing notification just in the top bar, and not sliding them over the screen, is much better. Open the notifications only when you're ready for them.

That's not perfect either, though. All sorts of apps vomit their crap into that notification bar, cluttering it so I can't see the more interesting stuff anymore. Worse, on my HTC One at least, I can't manage my open notifications. I can't manually remove the crap without also removing the stuff I still need to respond to. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs to be fired from a cannon.

Interesting concept aside, if your wife gets that angry because you forget to respond to a non-critical text message, she really needs to relax.

If a tap on a notification dismissed it, and a long hold on the notification launched the app, none of this would be a problem.

I am designing an app that would potentially annoy the users from time to time(, the background Core Bluetooth). I am trying my best to fight against the desire of scheduling frequent local notifications. To tell the truth I was annoyed by my own app during the testing.

I don't like the idea of having the notifications be parented under the current app's toolbar (also what if it doesn't have a toolbar), but I do like the little bubble appearing and needing a slide to action, that looks cute.