Android Question Notification without Number (B4A 8.0)

[brunnlechner]

Hello,
since B4A 8.0 my Icon has a notification number like B4A-Bridge.
Is it possible to make norifications without notification numbers?

Thank you
Franz

 

[DonManfred]

What do you mean with "notification numbers"?

 

[brunnlechner]

The little number on the app Icon.

 

[DonManfred]

i dont see an image

 

[brunnlechner]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v03z41dr2x0mysa/20180406_141733.jpg?dl=0

 

[DonManfred]

Ahh, i see... I was not aware that this happens with B4A 8 when using Notifications...
It is a nice feature btw... In the past you needed to use a Library to add a Badge to the App-Icon.

You can try to use my ShortcutBadger library and then remove the Badge if you dont want this to happen.

Sub Globals
  'These global variables will be redeclared each time the activity is created.
  'These variables can only be accessed from this module.
  Dim badge As ShortcutBadger
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
  'Do not forget to load the layout file created with the visual designer. For example:
  'Activity.LoadLayout("Layout1")
  badge.Initialize()

  'badge.applyCount(17)
  badge.RemoveCount ' Remove the badge after you set a Notification
End Sub

 

[brunnlechner]

Thank you,
do i need to add permissions if I only want to remove count?

 

[DonManfred]

i guess you need them

 

[tigrot]

Does this feature work on all versions of Android? I do lot of notifications and I have not noticed yet. Whould be very nice...

 

[Erel]

Does this feature work on all versions of Android?

No. It is an Android 8 feature and it also depends on the installed launcher.

Modifying the notification channel behavior: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/custom-notifications-channel.91634/