Question

Is there any way to use local notifications to alert a user that a magazine that they are downloading via newsstand in the background has completed downloading?

Answer 1

Usually, you are using an NKAssetDownload to get the newstand content. Then you start the download with a NSURLConnectionDownloadDelegate:

[assetDownload downloadWithDelegate:self];

When the download completes succesfully, you get a callback on

- (void)connectionDidFinishDownloading:(NSURLConnection *)connection destinationURL:(NSURL *)destinationURL;

in which implementation you could use a UILocalNotification to alert the user.