Badges

Badges are small icons that are ideal for getting a user’s attention. Using badges to alert the user about new Content Card content can attract users back to your app and increase sessions.

Displaying the number of unread Content Cards as a badge

You can display the number of unread Content Cards your user has as a badge on your app’s icon. The following sample uses braze.contentCards to request and display the number of unread Content Cards. Once the app is closed and the user’s session ends, this code requests a card count, filtering the number of cards based on the viewed property.

• swift
• OBJECTIVE-C

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func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication)

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let unreadCards = AppDelegate.braze?.contentCards.cards.filter { $0.viewed == false }
UIApplication.shared.applicationIconBadgeNumber = unreadCards?.count ?? 0

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(void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application

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NSInteger unreadCardCount = 0;
for (BRZContentCardRaw *card in AppDelegate.braze.contentCards.cards) {
  if (card.viewed == NO) {
    unreadCardCount += 1;
  }
}
[UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationIconBadgeNumber = unreadCardCount;