CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Falcon Hawk
Falcon Hawk

Reputation: 49

xcode, running app on device cause red stamp to appear

I am not sure why, but every time I run this specific app on a iOS device a red stamp appear with the number 5. Can someone tell me why this is happening? This doesn't happened on the simulator.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 143

Answers (1)

brightintro
brightintro

Reputation: 1016

This is used to communicate important information to the user of said app. This is set in your application by supplying an NSInteger to applicationIconBadgeNumber. For instance, Apple's App Store uses the overlay to inform a user that an update is available for X number of his/her app's. The Mail App uses it to inform the user that they have unread messages. Some applications add an applicationIconBadgeNumber to inform the user that they have received a Push Message.

Read more about it from Apple Developer Doc's

You can also turn this off for the application if you find it bothersome. Follow instructions in this Related Question.

Upvotes: 2

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