The ShortcutBadger makes your Android App showing the count of unread messages as a badge on your App shortcut!
Android native Launcher(Not support Android L)
Nova launcher with TeslaUnread,Apex launcher,Adw Launcher provided by notz</br/></br/>
Solid launcher provided by MajeurAndroid
1. Add mavenCentral to your build script.
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
2. Add dependencies for ShortcutBadger, it's available from maven now.
dependencies {
compile 'me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.0.+@aar'
}
3. Add the codes below:
int badgeCount = 1;
try {
ShortcutBadger.setBadge(getApplicationContext(), badgeCount);
} catch (ShortcutBadgeException e) {
//handle the Exception
}
4. If you want to remove the badge, just set the badgeCount as 0.
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