iPhone / IOS App Reinstall from App Store Has Old Badge and Value

Question

When an app that has an app badge with a value is uninstalled and then installed again from the app store, it will have the "old" badge. Is this desired behavior? Is there a way to inform the installation / distribution not to use the "old" application badge?

The initial install does not have the badge.

This is all BEFORE that app is run after NEW installation.

Answer 1

I would try to hide the "old" badge icon using

[[[UIApplication] sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:0];

You can easily check if it's first open of your app using some values in NSUserDefaults.