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Content Card integration

Content Cards data model

The Content Cards data model is available in the iOS SDK.

Getting the data

To access the Content Cards data model, subscribe to Content Cards update events:

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// Subscribe to Content Cards updates
// Note: you should remove the observer where appropriate
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(contentCardsUpdated:)
                                             name:ABKContentCardsProcessedNotification
                                           object:nil];

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// Called when Content Cards are refreshed (via `requestContentCardsRefresh`)
- (void)contentCardsUpdated:(NSNotification *)notification {
  BOOL updateIsSuccessful = [notification.userInfo[ABKContentCardsProcessedIsSuccessfulKey] boolValue];
  if (updateIsSuccessful) {
    // get the cards using [[Appboy sharedInstance].contentCardsController getContentCards];
  }
}

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// Subscribe to content card updates
// Note: you should remove the observer where appropriate
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector:
  #selector(contentCardsUpdated),
  name:NSNotification.Name.ABKContentCardsProcessed, object: nil)

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// Called when the Content Cards are refreshed (via `requestContentCardsRefresh`)
@objc private func contentCardsUpdated(_ notification: Notification) {
  if let updateIsSuccessful = notification.userInfo?[ABKContentCardsProcessedIsSuccessfulKey] as? Bool {
    if (updateIsSuccessful) {
      // get the cards using Appboy.sharedInstance()?.contentCardsController.contentCards
    }
  }
}

If you want to change the card data after it’s been sent by Braze, we recommend storing a deep copy of the card data locally, updating the data, and displaying it yourself. The cards are accessible via ABKContentCardsController.

Content Card model

Braze offers three Content Card types: banner, captioned image, and classic. Each type inherits common properties from a base ABKContentCard class and has the following additional properties.

Base Content Card model properties - ABKContentCard

Property Description
idString (Read only) The card’s ID set by Braze.
viewed This property reflects whether the user viewed the card or not.
created (Read only) This property is the unix timestamp of the card’s creation time from Braze.
expiresAt (Read only) This property is the unix timestamp of the card’s expiration time.
dismissible This property reflects if the user can dismiss the card.
pinned This property reflects if the card was set up as “pinned” in the dashboard.
dismissed This property reflects if the user has dismissed the card.
url The URL that will be opened after the card is clicked on. It can be an HTTP(s) URL or a protocol URL.
openURLInWebView This property determines whether the URL will be opened within the app or in an external web browser.
extras An optional NSDictionary of NSString values.
Property Description
image This property is the URL of the card’s image.
imageAspectRatio This property is the aspect ratio of the card’s image and serves as a hint before image loading completes. Note that the property may not be supplied in certain circumstances.

Captioned image Content Card properties - ABKCaptionedImageCard

Property Description
image This property is the URL of the card’s image.
imageAspectRatio This property is the aspect ratio of the card’s image.
title The title text for the card.
cardDescription The body text for the card.
domain The link text for the property URL, like @”blog.braze.com”. It can be displayed on the card’s UI to indicate the action/direction of clicking on the card.

Classic Content Card properties - ABKClassicContentCard

Property Description
image (Optional) This property is the URL of the card’s image.
title The title text for the card.
cardDescription The body text for the card.
domain The link text for the property URL, like @”blog.braze.com”. It can be displayed on the card’s UI to indicate the action and direction of clicking on the card.

Card methods

Method Description
logContentCardImpression Manually log an impression to Braze for a particular card.
logContentCardClicked Manually log a click to Braze for a particular card. The SDK will only log a card click when the card has the url property with a valid value.
logContentCardDismissed Manually log a dismissal to Braze for a particular card. The SDK will only log a card dismissal if the card’s dismissed property is not already set to true.
isControlCard Determine if a card is the Control card for an A/B test.

For more details, refer to the class reference documentation

Content Cards view controller integration

Content Cards can be integrated with two view controller contexts: navigation or modal.

Example of pushing a ABKContentCardsTableViewController instance into a navigation controller:

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ABKContentCardsTableViewController *contentCards = [[ABKContentCardsTableViewController alloc] init];
contentCards.title = @"Content Cards Title";
contentCards.disableUnreadIndicator = YES;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:contentCards animated:YES];

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let contentCards = ABKContentCardsTableViewController()
contentCards.title = "Content Cards Title"
contentCards.disableUnreadIndicator = true
navigationController?.pushViewController(contentCards, animated: true)

This modal is used to present the view controller in a modal view, with a navigation bar on top and a Done button on the side of the bar.

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ABKContentCardsViewController *contentCards = [[ABKContentCardsViewController alloc] init];
contentCards.contentCardsViewController.title = @"Content Cards Title";
contentCards.contentCardsViewController.disableUnreadIndicator = YES;
[self.navigationController presentViewController:contentCards animated:YES completion:nil];

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let contentCards = ABKContentCardsViewController()
contentCards.contentCardsViewController.title = "Content Cards Title"
contentCards.contentCardsViewController.disableUnreadIndicator = true
self.present(contentCards, animated: true, completion: nil)

For view controller examples, check out our Content Cards sample app.

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