How can I get my message icon to show the amount of unread messages?

[crystal_planet]

Icon help please

First off, I'm a first time Android user so this may seem like a pretty stupid question, but please bear with me.

How do I get my mail and messaging icons to show the amount of unread messages I have? I get notifications with a banner and a tone of course but there is no number shown on the icon. What am I missing here?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lior Talmor]

Re: Icon help please

You should be able to do it (as is with ios) with a launcher called Nova launcher and a plugin called TeslaUnread plugin , both available on the play store !!
Just download and install both and you're all set !!!
Also, you can configure the sort of notification you would like and "per app" activation

 

[gone down south]

Re: Icon help please

BTW, badges showing the number of unread items is a TERRIBLE productivity tool.

 

[crystal_planet]

Re: Icon help please

I downloaded Nova Prime and installed the TeslaUnread plugin. A couple of things:
- If I use the stock LG mail client and create two icons in nova - one for outlook and one for exchange work mail. Whenever one gets mail, the other reports the amount as well, even if the other account is empty. Kind of useless.

- So I moved one account to the Microsoft app and TeslaUnread but can't create the icon - it crashes the addon.

What's next?

 

[Lior Talmor]

Re: Icon help please

I'd say use a third party app (such as boxer or another) but I'm guessing you,re looking for something a bit more sophisticated than that...

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[crystal_planet]

Re: Icon help please

Finally the combination of Nova Prime and Missed It! did the trick - although performance is sketchy at times. TeslaUnread was garbage and crashed all the time when I tried to get the Outlook app to work with it. It's kind of ridiculous when two apps don't play well together and they're made by the same developer. :-$

The adventure never stops with this O/S.