Badge is shown on iOS even though it was not configured

[Alex-Sessler]

Expected Behaviour

Push Notifications are received, no badge is set.

Actual Behaviour

Push Notifications are received, Badge is always set to 1. Even after reinstalling the app, the badge is still there.

Platform and Version (eg. Android 5.0 or iOS 9.2.1)

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.3

Cordova CLI version and cordova platform version

Cordova 6.2.0
cordova-ios 4.1.1

Plugin version

1.7.0

Sample Code that illustrates the problem

I've configured the plugin like that:
window.push = window.PushNotification.init({ android: { senderID: ENV.gcmId, icon: 'noticon', clearNotifications: false, forceShow: true, clearBadge: true, }, ios: {} });

So through debugging i found some very strange behaviour.
In the didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken callback in PushPlugin.m the enabledRemoteNotificationTypes are checked. For me with this configuration (no badge, alert and sound configured), i get a 1 for rntypes, which ends up evaluating true with UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge, even though UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge was never registered for. I am fairly certain, that this is the cause for the badge number being set.
Unfortunately I didn't understand the code entirely (I'm no iOS/Obj-C developer), so it's hard for me to see what side effects this could have or what this could break.

Thanks a lot
Alex

[Alex-Sessler]

@macdonst According to your API doc, badge on iOS is disabled by default (badge attribute). Is that correct? Or will I have to disable it somehow through config? #1143 Also initializes ios with no parameters and expects the badge to show up. Who is right here?
Also, clearBadge seems to work for me on ios.

[DavidSunny]

Try this.

1. install [v 0.7.2] https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-badge
2. insert the following code into your app.

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
document.addEventListener("resume", onDeviceForeground, false);

function onDeviceReady() {
  cordova.plugins.notification.badge.set(0);
}
function onDeviceForeground() {
  cordova.plugins.notification.badge.set(0);
}

[Alex-Sessler]

I don't need an extra plugin to accomplish these things, this plugin supports setting the badge number.

In the API Docs for ios, there is an optional attribute "ios.badge", that is false by default and it's functionality is specified like that:

If true the device sets the badge number on receipt of notification. Note: the value you set this option to the first time you call the init method will be how the application always acts. Once this is set programmatically in the init method it can only be changed manually by the user in Settings>Notifications>App Name. This is normal iOS behaviour.

So either the doc is incorrect or there is a bug in the plugin. My payload does not include anything related to "badge" as well.

[ClementBu]

Hello,
I am having the same issue with version 1.8.3 of the plugin.
I have set iOS.badge option to false but still it enables the badge on the app.

Has this been fixed on later versions than 1.8.3? (I don't want to try before I know if it has been fixed because I have to update cordova and I'm afraid it may cause my build to fail).

Thanks in advance.

[gitlovenotwar]

I am having the same problem. It has always have a badge number(1) even installing/reinstalling the app. Any fix to this?

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