AquaMail Forum
English - Android => How do I... => Topic started by: bigguy136 on April 30, 2014, 06:25:23 am
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I upgraded to Pro 1.3.8.
When I get a new email, I want the AquaMail icon to have a number displaying showing me how many new emails I have (like the default android email app does).
Thanks
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From the FAQ:
Android provides no way to do this that’s 1) standard 2) accessible to third party apps.
Samsung, HTC, Sony have this feature only for their own apps built into the device’s firmware, and only when using their own launcher (also built in).
This leaves two options:
- Using the AquaMail’s “message counter” widget, which has theming and can be configured to “point to” a specific account or a folder. You can find it in the same place as all other widgets (this differs between Android 2.* and 3-4.*, there are plenty of tutorials on the Internet if you need one).
- Switch to using a third party launcher that has this capability. My app supports the two big ones: Apex Launcher Pro (you will need to enable “External notifiers” in its settings, under Advanced), and Nova Launcher Prime (you’ll need to install Tesla Unread, no other configuration is necessary).
Now, if this is a Samsung or a Sony, please update to the latest development build from this forum (the "Development builds" section) -- I was able to implement the unread count badge for those manufacturers using undocumented functions discovered and documented by someone else.