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Adding badge (such as notification count) in bottom nav menu item on android
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Adding Badge to BottomNavigationView
navigation = (BottomNavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation);
navigation.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);
navigation.setSelectedItemId(R.id.navigation_store);
BottomNavigationMenuView bottomNavigationMenuView =
(BottomNavigationMenuView) navigation.getChildAt(0);
View v = bottomNavigationMenuView.getChildAt(2); // number of menu from left
new QBadgeView(this).bindTarget(v).setBadgeNumber(5);
/**
* compile 'q.rorbin:badgeview:1.1.2'
* https://github.com/qstumn/BadgeView
*/
@anooshkhalid
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Hello,
I tried this but it returning the getChildAt(x) as null and I couldn't access the child view.

@AgiMaulana
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@anooshkhalid make sure the child number is no out of index

@eugenio-caicedo
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Excellent solution. It is not the ideal solution but it is working correctly. Thanks @AgiMaulana

@mohamedhamada1
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in case more than 3 bottom navigation items, when you press menu item will shift in that case number is far away icon

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For current proper solution may check BadgeDrawable

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