https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger

[DEPRECATED] A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout
https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger

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[DEPRECATED] A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger
• Owner: jgilfelt
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2011-09-27T22:50:57.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-08-28T07:48:08.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-01T17:42:37.239Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Java
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• Size: 290 KB
• Stars: 3,016
• Watchers: 219
• Forks: 1,032
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Android ViewBadger

==================

A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout.

![Demos](http://www.jeffgilfelt.com/viewbadger/vb-1a.png "Demos") 

![ListAdapter](http://www.jeffgilfelt.com/viewbadger/vb-2a.png "ListAdapter")

Note: If your aim is to replicate the iOS icon and TabBar badge UI for notifications, consider using Android UI conventions such as the number field of the [Notification](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Notification.html "Notification") class rather than this method.

Usage

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Simple example:

    View target = findViewById(R.id.target_view);

    BadgeView badge = new BadgeView(this, target);

    badge.setText("1");

    badge.show();

This project contains a fully working example application. Refer to the `DemoActivity` class for more custom badge examples, including custom backgrounds and animations. `BadgeView` is a subclass of `TextView` so you can use all of `TextView`'s methods to style the appearance of your badge.

To use ViewBadger in your own Android project, simply copy `android-viewbadger.jar` (available from this repository's package downloads) into your project's `/libs` directory and add it to the build path.

Current Limitations

-------------------

- Badging Action Bar items is currently not supported [#2](https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger/issues/2)

- Badging views inside RelativeLayout with dependencies may break alignment [#1](https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger/issues/1)

Credits

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Author: Jeff Gilfelt

The code in this project is licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0.




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