Android Question Badger on Toolbar Item

[AHilton]

Can you use the XUI Badger with the AppCompat ACToolBarLight menu item?

Yes, there's a badging example in that AppCompat example but I'd like to use the new XUI Badger to do this, if possible.

I've tried …

Dim Item As ACMenuItem = ACToolBarLight1.Menu.GetItem(0)     ' 0 = The menu item I'm wanting the badge set onto

Badger1.SetBadge(Item, 7, 0, 0)

… but am getting this error …

java.lang.ClassCastException: android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuItemImpl cannot be cast to android.view.View

 

[Erel]

XUI Badger works by adding a panel to the target view parent. This will not work with menu items. You need to use a similar approach as done here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/appcompat-with-toolbar-minimal-example.79896/#post-509530

Create a bitmap with the badge and use it as the menu icon.