MaterialBadgeTextView

As the name describes, this is an Android library that you can use to show new messages badge and new features badge.

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MaterialBadgeTextView

As the name describes, This “MaterialBadgeTextView” is an Android library that provides a reformed textview for Badge. A Badge is a colored circle with an inserted number which are displayed at the top-right conner of the icons, it often plays a role of showing new messages or new features in IM apps such as Facebook Messager, WhatsApp, WeChat, and forth.

Features

  1. Material Design style - it provides a default shadow like FAB(Floating Action Bar)
  2. Easy to use - you can just use it as a normal TextView
  3. Really Lite - only ONE java class, no resource file
  4. Support MenuAction in Toolbar

If you use mac OS X, you must have seen this image:

Demo Screen Capture

Usage

Code Badge
setBadgeCount(0,true) the TextView is blank
setBadgeCount(0,false) badge_0
setBadgeCount(3) number
setBadgeCount(68) two
setBadgeCount(101) two
setBadgeCount(99999) two
setHighLightMode() two
setText("") the TextView is blank
setText("Hello World!") two
setText("10999999976") two

Compat

API level 9+ supported

Example

See example code here on Github. You can also see it live downloading this apk

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.