android-viewbadger vs ShortcutBadger

android-viewbadger

[DEPRECATED] A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout (by jgilfelt)

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ShortcutBadger

An Android library supports badge notification like iOS in Samsung, LG, Sony and HTC launchers. (by leolin310148)

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android-viewbadger		ShortcutBadger
	Project
-	Mentions	3
3,019	Stars	7,326
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 8 years ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Push notifications service with a customizable badge count
1 project | /r/androiddev | 8 Sep 2022
Popular Android phones that have a badge count
1 project | /r/androiddev | 7 Sep 2022

Yes, it's totally dependent on the launcher. You can achieve something with this https://github.com/leolin310148/ShortcutBadger , but only for launchers that support it.
Alternative to Tasks.org?
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 23 Jan 2021

About 1/2 of the permissions on that list are added by ShortcutBadger for writing notification badges to various launchers. If you have questions or concerns about any of the other permissions let me know

What are some alternatives?

When comparing android-viewbadger and ShortcutBadger you can also consider the following projects:

material-animated-switch - A material Switch with icon animations and color transitions

SwipeSelector - A nicer-looking, more intuitive and highly customizable alternative for radio buttons and dropdowns for Android.

TapTargetView - An implementation of tap targets from the Material Design guidelines for feature discovery.

AndroidQuery - AndroidQuery

Badge - :octocat: Drawable of badge.

AndroidNotificationJson - json2notification

AndroidSlidingUpPanel - This library provides a simple way to add a draggable sliding up panel (popularized by Google Music and Google Maps) to your Android application. Brought to you by Umano.

BottomBar - (Deprecated) A custom view component that mimics the new Material Design Bottom Navigation pattern.

SlidingCard - Sliding cards with pretty gallery effects.

ScratchView

AppIntro - Make a cool intro for your Android app.