ShortcutBadger:

The ShortcutBadger makes your Android App showing the count of unread messages as a badge on your App shortcut!

Currently support launchers:

Android native Launcher

Sony Home Launcher

Samsung Touchwiz

LG Launcher

HOW TO ASSEMBLE

Run 'gradlew assemble' to get ShortcutBadger.aar in directory ./build/outputs/aar

Run 'gradlew jarRelease' to get ShortcutBadger.jar in directory ./build/libs

HOW TO USE

1. Download the jar file named ShortcutBadger-X.X.jar in the target folder.
2. Add the jar file into the folder "lib" in your Android project.
3. Do not forget to add these permissions to your Androidmanifest.xml.

    <uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.htc.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE"/>

4. Add the codes below:

    int badgeCount = 1;
    try {
        ShortcutBadger.setBadge(getApplicationContext(), badgeCount);
    } catch (ShortcutBadgeException e) {
        //handle the Exception
    }

5. If you want to remove the badge, just set the badgeCount as 0.



LICENSE

    Copyright 2014 Leo Lin
    
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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