I have implemented the bottom navigation view in my app and I have looked every where to display badges on top of the icons like this I was wondering whether this is even possible to implement. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
If you just want to use a stock BottomNavigationView
and no third party lib here's how I've done it:
BottomNavigationMenuView bottomNavigationMenuView =
(BottomNavigationMenuView) navigationView.getChildAt(0);
View v = bottomNavigationMenuView.getChildAt(3);
BottomNavigationItemView itemView = (BottomNavigationItemView) v;
View badge = LayoutInflater.from(this)
.inflate(R.layout.notification_badge, itemView, true);
Then here's the layout file:
<merge 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">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/notifications.badge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top|center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
android:background="@drawable/notification_badge"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="3dp"
android:text="9+"
android:textColor="@color/white"
android:textSize="11sp" />
</merge>
Then just find TextView
by id and set text.
@drawable/notification_badge
is just a circle shape drawable