How do I count Unread Notifications and display it on icon in Android?

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How to count Unread Notifications and display it on icon in android

Notifications are coming, i wanted to display unread notification counts on my app icon,

 

[Laura Knotek]

Re: How to count Unread Notifications and display it on icon in android

Hi and welcome to AndroidCentral.

What device do you have?

Stock Android doesn't show numbers of notifications in the app icons. So if you have a Nexus or Moto device, you'll need to use a custom launcher such as Nova if you want to see numbers in app icons for new SMS, emails, etc.