Swift read userInfo of remote notification

I implemented a function to open an AlertView when I receive a remote notification like this:

func application(application: UIApplication, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject]){
        var notifiAlert = UIAlertView()
        var NotificationMessage : AnyObject? =  userInfo["alert"]
        notifiAlert.title = "TITLE"
        notifiAlert.message = NotificationMessage as? String
        notifiAlert.addButtonWithTitle("OK")
        notifiAlert.show()
}

But NotificationMessage is always nil.

My json payload looks like this:

{"aps":{"alert":"Testmessage","badge":"1"}}

I am using Xcode 6, Swift and I am developing for iOS8. I searched hours now, but didn't find any useful information. The Notifications works perfectly.. and if I click it, the alertview opens. My problem is, that I am not able to get the data out of userInfo.

The root level item of the userInfo dictionary is "aps", not "alert".

Try the following:

if let aps = userInfo["aps"] as? NSDictionary {
    if let alert = aps["alert"] as? NSDictionary {
        if let message = alert["message"] as? NSString {
           //Do stuff
        }
    } else if let alert = aps["alert"] as? NSString {
        //Do stuff
    }
}

See Push Notification Documentation