Actionbar Notification Count Icon (Badge) Like Google Has

Actionbar notification count icon (badge) like Google has

I am not sure if this is the best solution or not, but it is what I need.

Please tell me if you know what is need to be changed for better performance or quality. In my case, I have a button.

Custom item on my menu - main.xml

<item
    android:id="@+id/badge"
    android:actionLayout="@layout/feed_update_count"
    android:icon="@drawable/shape_notification"
    android:showAsAction="always">
</item>

Custom shape drawable (background square) - shape_notification.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:shape="rectangle">
    <stroke android:color="#22000000" android:width="2dp"/>
    <corners android:radius="5dp" />
    <solid android:color="#CC0001"/>
</shape>

Layout for my view - feed_update_count.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Button xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:id="@+id/notif_count"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:minWidth="32dp"
     android:minHeight="32dp"
     android:background="@drawable/shape_notification"
     android:text="0"
     android:textSize="16sp"
     android:textColor="@android:color/white"
     android:gravity="center"
     android:padding="2dp"
     android:singleLine="true">    
</Button>

MainActivity - setting and updating my view

static Button notifCount;
static int mNotifCount = 0;    

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

    View count = menu.findItem(R.id.badge).getActionView();
    notifCount = (Button) count.findViewById(R.id.notif_count);
    notifCount.setText(String.valueOf(mNotifCount));
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

private void setNotifCount(int count){
    mNotifCount = count;
    invalidateOptionsMenu();
}

Notification Badge On Action Item Android

You can show custom MenuItem on ActionBar by creating a custom layout for MenuItem. To set a custom layout you have to use menu item attribute app:actionLayout.

Follow below steps to create a Badge on Cart action item. See the attached image for result.

1. Create a custom layout with ImageView(for cart icon) and TextView(for count value)

layout/custom_action_item_layout.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
    style="?attr/actionButtonStyle"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:clipToPadding="false"
    android:focusable="true">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_action_cart"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/cart_badge"
        android:layout_width="20dp"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:layout_gravity="right|end|top"
        android:layout_marginEnd="-5dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="-5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
        android:background="@drawable/badge_background"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="3dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/white"
        android:text="0"
        android:textSize="10sp"/>

</FrameLayout>

2. Create drawable circular badge background using Shape.

drawable/badge_background.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="oval">

    <solid android:color="@android:color/holo_red_dark"/>
    <stroke android:color="@android:color/white" android:width="1dp"/>

</shape>

3. Add custom layout to menu item.

menu/main_menu.xml

<menu 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" >

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_cart"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_cart"
        android:title="Cart"
        app:actionLayout="@layout/custom_action_item_layout"
        app:showAsAction="always"/>

</menu>

4. In your MainActivity, add following codes:

MainActivity.java:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    ................
    ......................
    TextView textCartItemCount;
    int mCartItemCount = 10;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        .....................
        ............................
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);

        final MenuItem menuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_cart);

        View actionView = menuItem.getActionView();
        textCartItemCount = (TextView) actionView.findViewById(R.id.cart_badge);

        setupBadge();

        actionView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                onOptionsItemSelected(menuItem);
            }
        });

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {

            case R.id.action_cart: {
                // Do something
                return true;
            }
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    private void setupBadge() {

        if (textCartItemCount != null) {
            if (mCartItemCount == 0) {
                if (textCartItemCount.getVisibility() != View.GONE) {
                    textCartItemCount.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                }
            } else {
                textCartItemCount.setText(String.valueOf(Math.min(mCartItemCount, 99)));
                if (textCartItemCount.getVisibility() != View.VISIBLE) {
                    textCartItemCount.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    ..................
    ..............................

}

OUTPUT:

How to make an icon in the action bar with the number of notification?

After a lot of trying of nearly all resources on SO I turned to blogs; successfully. I want to share what worked for me (Api >= 13).

Let's start with the way it's used in code:

 public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    //inflate menu
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_my, menu);

    // Get the notifications MenuItem and LayerDrawable (layer-list)
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.action_notifications);
    LayerDrawable icon = (LayerDrawable) item.getIcon();

    // Update LayerDrawable's BadgeDrawable
    Utils2.setBadgeCount(this, icon, 2);

    return true;
}

The menu_my.xml:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_notifications"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_notifications"
        android:title="Notifications"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

This class that conveniently makes a BadgeDrawable:

public class BadgeDrawable extends Drawable {

    private float mTextSize;
    private Paint mBadgePaint;
    private Paint mTextPaint;
    private Rect mTxtRect = new Rect();

    private String mCount = "";
    private boolean mWillDraw = false;

    public BadgeDrawable(Context context) {
        //mTextSize = context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.badge_text_size);
        mTextSize = 12F;

        mBadgePaint = new Paint();
        mBadgePaint.setColor(Color.RED);
        mBadgePaint.setAntiAlias(true);
        mBadgePaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);

        mTextPaint = new Paint();
        mTextPaint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        mTextPaint.setTypeface(Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD);
        mTextPaint.setTextSize(mTextSize);
        mTextPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
        mTextPaint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER);
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        if (!mWillDraw) {
            return;
        }

        Rect bounds = getBounds();
        float width = bounds.right - bounds.left;
        float height = bounds.bottom - bounds.top;

        // Position the badge in the top-right quadrant of the icon.
        float radius = ((Math.min(width, height) / 2) - 1) / 2;
        float centerX = width - radius - 1;
        float centerY = radius + 1;

        // Draw badge circle.
        canvas.drawCircle(centerX, centerY, radius, mBadgePaint);

        // Draw badge count text inside the circle.
        mTextPaint.getTextBounds(mCount, 0, mCount.length(), mTxtRect);
        float textHeight = mTxtRect.bottom - mTxtRect.top;
        float textY = centerY + (textHeight / 2f);
        canvas.drawText(mCount, centerX, textY, mTextPaint);
    }

    /*
    Sets the count (i.e notifications) to display.
     */
    public void setCount(int count) {
        mCount = Integer.toString(count);

        // Only draw a badge if there are notifications.
        mWillDraw = count > 0;
        invalidateSelf();
    }

    @Override
    public void setAlpha(int alpha) {
        // do nothing
    }

    @Override
    public void setColorFilter(ColorFilter cf) {
        // do nothing
    }

    @Override
    public int getOpacity() {
        return PixelFormat.UNKNOWN;
    }
}

This class that helps to set the number.

public class Utils2 {
    public static void setBadgeCount(Context context, LayerDrawable icon, int count) {

        BadgeDrawable badge;

        // Reuse drawable if possible
        Drawable reuse = icon.findDrawableByLayerId(R.id.ic_badge);
        if (reuse != null && reuse instanceof BadgeDrawable) {
            badge = (BadgeDrawable) reuse;
        } else {
            badge = new BadgeDrawable(context);
        }

        badge.setCount(count);
        icon.mutate();
        icon.setDrawableByLayerId(R.id.ic_badge, badge);
    }


}

And mui importante a drawable (like a layout) in res/drawable:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/ic_notification"
        android:drawable="@drawable/ice_skate"
        android:gravity="center" />

    <!-- set a place holder Drawable so android:drawable isn't null -->
    <item
        android:id="@+id/ic_badge"
        android:drawable="@drawable/ice_skate" />
</layer-list>

Good luck!

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