On the iPhone, how can I make the icon badge?

icons, iphone

Solution

From within your application you can use the `applicationIconBadgeNumber` property of `UIApplication` to set the badge number:

[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationIconBadgeNumber = 1;

If you want to change the badge without the user launching your app, you need to use the push notification service. The Push Notification Service Programming Guide should have all the info you need.

Problem

I want to set an icon badge while I am not in the application, like the Mail application. How can I do that?

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