How to set badge value in Tab bar?

Question

i have to read datas from xml and have to display values in view controller. am using tab barcontroller . where i have to read xml data and have to display it in tab bar as badge. here is my controller code.

-(void) parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{

    if([elementName isEqualToString:@"Event"]) {
        //Initialize the array.
        rssOutputData  = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
        mycount = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"count"];
         NSLog(@"Reading count value :%@",mycount);
    }
    else if([elementName isEqualToString:@"eventdashboard"]) {
        //Initialize the book.
        aEvent = [[Eventlist alloc] init];
        //Extract the attribute here.
        aEvent.id = [[attributeDict objectForKey:@"userid"] integerValue];
        NSLog(@"Reading id value :%d", aEvent.id);
    }
    NSLog(@"Processing Element: %@", elementName);
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string {
    if(!nodecontent)
        nodecontent = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithString:string];else
            [nodecontent appendString:string];
    NSLog(@"Processing Value: %@", nodecontent);
}
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName
  namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName {

    if([elementName isEqualToString:@"Event"])
        return;
    if([elementName isEqualToString:@"eventdashboard"]) {
        [rssOutputData addObject:aEvent];
        [aEvent release];
        aEvent= nil;
        }
    else
        [aEvent setValue:nodecontent forKey:elementName];
    [nodecontent release];
    nodecontent = nil;

}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{

        [super viewDidLoad];
        self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bg2.jpeg"]];
        NSLog(@"%d",memberid);
        myid = [SingleTonClass sinlgeTon].memberIdOne;
        NSString *post =[[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"userid=%d",myid];
        NSData *postData = [post dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
        NSString *postLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [postData length]];
        NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://journalonline.in/cfts/dashboards/dashboard?"];
        NSMutableURLRequest *theRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
        // [theRequest addRequestHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/xml"];
        [theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
        [theRequest setValue:@"application/xml" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
        [theRequest setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
        [theRequest setValue:postLength forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Length"];
        [theRequest setHTTPBody:postData];
        NSURLConnection *theConnection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:theRequest delegate:self];
        if( theConnection )
        {
            webData = [[NSMutableData data] retain];
            NSLog(@"%@",webData);
        }
        }

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated{
    [tblView reloadData];
}

-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response
{
    [webData setLength: 0];
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveData:(NSData *)data
{
    [webData appendData:data];
}
-(void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
    [connection release];
    [webData release];
}
-(void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
    eventarray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    xmlParserObject = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:webData];
    [xmlParserObject setDelegate:self];
    [xmlParserObject parse];


     for (int i =0; i<[rssOutputData count]; i++) {
        Eventlist *log = [rssOutputData objectAtIndex:i];
        eventid = log.id;
        NSLog(@"%d",eventid);
        Invit = log.invitationdet; 
        NSLog(@"%@",Invit);

        [eventarray addObject:log];
    }


    [connection release];
    [tblView reloadData];
}
-(void) prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender{
    NSString * segueIdentifier = [segue identifier];
    if([segueIdentifier isEqualToString:@"MainEventList"]){
        UINavigationController *nav = [segue destinationViewController];
        MaineventListController *MVC = (MaineventListController *)nav.topViewController;
        MVC.memberid1 = [SingleTonClass sinlgeTon].memberIdOne;
        NSLog(@"%d",MVC.memberid1);
    }
    if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"EventListDetail"])
    {
        NSIndexPath *indexPath = [tblView indexPathForSelectedRow];
        [[SingleTonClass sinlgeTon] addObjectsColorArray:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",indexPath.row]];
        MainEventDetailController *destViewController = segue.destinationViewController;
        MainEvent *aEvent1 = [eventarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        destViewController.eveID = aEvent1.id;
        destViewController.usrid =  [SingleTonClass sinlgeTon].memberIdOne;
    }
}

-(void)didReceiveMemoryWarning  {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
    return [eventarray count];
}
-(NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    if (section == 0)
        return  [eventarray count];
    if (section == 1)
        return 1;
    return 0;
}
-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"eventCell";
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
if(indexPath.section == 0)
    {
        Eventlist *msglist = [eventarray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        cell.textLabel.text = msglist.invitationdet;
        NSLog(@"Array %@",[SingleTonClass sinlgeTon].colorArray);
        NSInteger stat=msglist.readflag;
        if([[SingleTonClass sinlgeTon].colorArray containsObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",indexPath.row]] || stat == 1 ) {
            NSInteger stat1 = msglist.responseflag;
            if(stat1 == 1){
                cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor yellowColor];
            }
            else {
             cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
            }
        }
               else{
        cell.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor greenColor];
        }
        cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        cell.accessoryType = UITableViewCellAccessoryDisclosureIndicator;
          }
    if(indexPath.section == 1)
    {
        UIButton *viewmoreButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
        viewmoreButton.frame = CGRectMake(200.0f, 5.0f, 80.0f, 30.0f);
        [viewmoreButton setTitle:@"View More" forState:UIControlStateNormal]; 
        [cell addSubview:viewmoreButton];
        [viewmoreButton addTarget:self
                           action:@selector(viewMore:)
                 forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        cell.backgroundColor = [ UIColor blackColor];
    }
    return cell;
}
- (void)viewMore:(id)sender
{
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"MainEventList" sender:sender];
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

-(void) dealloc
{
    [xmlParserObject release];
    [super dealloc];
}

Here am reading a value from XML

 mycount = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"count"];

I dont know to display in tab bar as badge. i tried to display it under ViewdidLoad but didnt worked pls help me friends

Answer 1

Let me tell you the simplest way to set badge value :

[[self navigationController] tabBarItem].badgeValue = @"YourBadgeValue";