Badge icon resource/view

Question

Is there a built in badge icon like the info icon so that I can show status updates on other views in my app? It's easy enough to duplicate manually but I'd like to use a built in resource if it's available.

Answer 1

Check out CustomBadge, the site is in German, but theres sample source code there.

You can also steal a badge from a tabbar view like this:

.h

IBOutlet UITabBarItem *tabbarItem;
UIView *badgeView;

.m

badgeView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(25,100, 32, 32)];
badgeView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
badgeView.clipsToBounds = NO;
[badgeView addSubview:[((UIView *)[tabbar.subviews objectAtIndex:0]).subviews objectAtIndex:0]];

and to set the value for that badge:

tabbarItem.badgeValue = unreadCount;

Note that you don't have to use a UITabbar thats visible in your app, you are simple stealing the badge resource.