how to set unread notification count in NavigationView of DrawerLayout?

Question

I have created one NavigationView inside DrawerLayout using Android Design Support Library

 <android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
     android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:fitsSystemWindows="true">

     <!-- other views -->

     <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
         android:id="@+id/navigation"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:layout_gravity="start"
         app:menu="@menu/my_navigation_items" />
 </android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

my_navigation_items.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <group android:checkableBehavior="single">
        <item
            android:id="@+id/bookmarks_drawer"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_drawer_bookmarks"
            android:title="@string/bookmarks" />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/alerts_drawer"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_drawer_alerts"
            android:title="@string/alerts" />
        <item
            android:id="@+id/settings_drawer"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_drawer_settings"
            android:title="@string/settings" />
    </group> 
</menu>

Now, I want to set unread notification counter for each item of NavigationView like below image:

how to set unread notification counter on item of NavigationView ?

Solution 1

Updated answer:

Using app:actionLayout with support library 23.1.1 or higher will support the custom layout as below.

Create your custom counter layout like below.

menu_counter.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body2" />

Reference it in your drawer menu item in xml.

menu/drawer.xml:

<item
    android:id="@+id/navigation_drawer_item_1"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_1"
    android:title="@string/navigation_drawer_item_1"
    app:actionLayout="@layout/menu_counter"
    />

Note that you should use app namespace, don't try to use android.

Alternatively you can manually set action view with MenuItem.setActionView() method.

Find menu item and set counter like below code:

private void setMenuCounter(@IdRes int itemId, int count) {
    TextView view = (TextView) navigationView.getMenu().findItem(itemId).getActionView();
    view.setText(count > 0 ? String.valueOf(count) : null);
}

Note, that you will need to use MenuItemCompat if you have to support Android 2.x versions.

Previous Answer (For older version) :

Solved with ListView inside NavigationView as below code...

<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/my_courses_nav_view"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header" >

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginTop="150dp" > <!-- Give layout margin top according to "headerLayout" height -->

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/left_drawer"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@android:color/white"
            android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"
            android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
            android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
            android:dividerHeight="0dp" />

    </FrameLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

In your activity set list item as below...

    private final String[] mMenuTitles = { getResources().getString(R.string.bookmarks), getResources().getString(R.string.alerts), getResources().getString(R.string.settings)  };
    private final int[] mMenuIconId = { R.drawable.ic_drawer_bookmarks, R.drawable.ic_drawer_alerts, R.drawable.ic_drawer_settings };


    ListView mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);
    mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());

    private ArrayList<SlideMenuItem> drawerItemList = new ArrayList<SlideMenuItem>();           
    for( int i = 0; i < mMenuTitles.length; i++ ) {
        SlideMenuItem item = new SlideMenuItem();
        item.setTitle(mMenuTitles[i]);
        item.setIconID(mMenuIconId[i]);
        // item..setUnread(5) //set or update unread count & notify dataset changed to adapter
        drawerItemList.add(item);
    }

    MenuAdapter mMenuAdapter = new MenuAdapter( MyCoursesActivity.this, R.layout.drawer_list_item, drawerItemList);
    mDrawerList.setAdapter(mMenuAdapter);

The click listener for ListView in the navigation drawer...

private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        try {
            mDrawerLayout.closeDrawers();
            SlideMenuItem item =  (SlideMenuItem) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            switch (item.getIconId()) {

                case R.drawable.ic_drawer_bookmarks: {

                }
                break;
                case R.drawable.ic_drawer_alerts: {

                }
                break;
                case R.drawable.ic_drawer_settings: {

                }
                break;                  
                default: {
                }
                break;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {             
        }

    }
}

MenuAdapter..java

public class MenuAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<SlideMenuItem> {

private Activity activity;
private List<SlideMenuItem> itemList;
private SlideMenuItem item;
private int row;

public MenuAdapter(Activity act, int resource, List<SlideMenuItem> arrayList) {
    super(act, resource, arrayList);
    this.activity = act;
    this.row = resource;
    this.itemList = arrayList;
}

@Override
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    View view = convertView;
    ViewHolder holder;
    if (view == null) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) activity
                .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        view = inflater.inflate(row, null);

        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.tvTitle = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.menu_title);
        holder.imgView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.menu_icon);
        holder.tvUnread = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.unread_count);
        view.setTag(holder);
    } else {
        holder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag();
    }

    if ((itemList == null) || ((position + 1) > itemList.size()))
        return view;

    item = itemList.get(position);

    holder.tvTitle.setText(item.getTitle());
    holder.imgView.setImageResource(item.getIconId());
    if( item.getUnreadCount() > 0 ) {
        holder.tvUnread.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        holder.tvUnread.setText(item.getUnread());
        if( MyCoursesActivity.DRAWER_MENU_ALERTS_POSITION == position ) {
            holder.tvUnread.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.round_unread_count_bg_red);    
        }
        else {
            holder.tvUnread.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.round_unread_count_bg_green);
        }
    }
    else {
        holder.tvUnread.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }
    return view;
}

public class ViewHolder {

    public TextView tvTitle;
    public ImageView imgView;
    public TextView tvUnread;
}

}

drawer_list_item.xml

<LinearLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
android:layout_height="match_parent" 
android:orientation="vertical">

<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/drawar_list_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/menu_icon"
    android:layout_width="20dp"
    android:layout_height="20dp"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_drawer" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/menu_title"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/unread_count"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/menu_icon"
    android:minHeight="?attr/listPreferredItemHeightSmall"
    android:paddingLeft="16dp"
    android:paddingRight="16dp"
    android:text="About Us"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/unread_count"
    android:layout_width="20dp"
    android:layout_height="20dp"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
    android:gravity="center" 
    android:text="99+"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    android:textSize="10sp"
    android:visibility="gone" />

SlideMenuItem.java

public class SlideMenuItem {

private Bitmap icon;
private String title;
private String unread;
private int iconID;

public String getTitle() {
    return title;
}

public void setTitle(String title) {
    this.title = title;
}

public Bitmap getIcon() {
    return icon;
}

public void setIcon(Bitmap icon) {
    this.icon = icon;
}

public int getIconId() {
    return iconID;
}

public void setIconID(int icon) {
    this.iconID = icon;
}

public String getUnread() {
    return unread;
}

public int getUnreadCount() {
    int count = Flinnt.INVALID;
    try {
        if( null != unread ) {
            count = Integer.parseInt(unread);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
    }
    return count;
}

public void setUnread(String unread) {
    this.unread = unread;
}

}

Solution 2

I found this easy to implement solution on this web site https://android.jlelse.eu/android-adding-badge-or-count-to-the-navigation-drawer-84c93af1f4d9 Follow the steps below

Step 1: Create an Android Studio project, instead of choosing empty activity select “Navigation Drawer Activity”.

Step 2: Adding “actionViewClass” attribute to the navigation drawer menu (i.e. menu/youractivityname_drawer.xml)

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<group android:checkableBehavior="single">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_camera"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_camera"
        android:title="Import" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_gallery"
        app:actionViewClass="android.widget.TextView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_gallery"
        android:title="Gallery" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_slideshow"
        app:actionViewClass="android.widget.TextView"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_slideshow"
        android:title="Slideshow" />
    <item
        android:id="@+id/nav_manage"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_manage"
        android:title="Tools" />
</group>

Step 3 : Declare the Navigation Drawer menu item and initialize the item with the badge value. In your main Activity, declare the menu item of the Navigation Drawer as given below

//Create these objects above OnCreate()of your main activity
TextView slideshow,gallery;

//These lines should be added in the OnCreate() of your main activity
 NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.nav_view);
 navigationView.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(this);

gallery=(TextView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(navigationView.getMenu().
        findItem(R.id.nav_gallery));

slideshow=(TextView) MenuItemCompat.getActionView(navigationView.getMenu().
        findItem(R.id.nav_slideshow));

//This method will initialize the count value
initializeCountDrawer();

Step 5: Initialize initializeCountDrawer() where ever it’s required. It can also be used to update the count or badge value in the navigation drawer menu item.

private void initializeCountDrawer(){

   //Gravity property aligns the text
   gallery.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
   gallery.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
   gallery.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));
   gallery.setText("99+");
   slideshow.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
   slideshow.setTypeface(null,Typeface.BOLD);                                                                                                                    slideshow.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent));
  //count is added     
  slideshow.setText("7");
}

Source: https://android.jlelse.eu/android-adding-badge-or-count-to-the-navigation-drawer-84c93af1f4d9

Solution 3

NavigationView is designed to be an easy way to implement a basic navigation drawer that is compliant with the Material design guidelines.

If you want anything more than a basic navigation drawer (i.e. one with text navigation items and an optional header), you will need to create your own layout for your navigation drawer.

Solution 4

I would suggest you remove the NavigationView and add the navigation drawer elements as a fragment i.e. in the DarawerLayout file

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">

<LinearLayout

<fragment
    android:id = "@+id/fragment_navigation_drawer"
    android:layout_width="280dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity = "start"
    android:layout= "@layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
    android:name="com.your_package.NavigationDrawerFragment"
    tools:layout="@layout/fragment_navigation_drawer" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Then create a class for the fragment and create a resource file for the class that will contain the elements for your drawer i.e.

public class NavigationDrawerFragment extends Fragment {
...

@Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                         Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Inflate the layout for this fragment
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_navigation_drawer, container, false);
...

You can then add this fragment to your main activity i.e.

mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    navigationDrawerFragment = (NavigationDrawerFragment)
            getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_navigation_drawer);
    navigationDrawerFragment.setUp(R.id.fragment_navigation_drawer,mDrawerLayout, toolbar);

the "set up" method is located in the fragment and that's where you initialize it i.e.

public void setUp(int fragmentId, DrawerLayout drawerLayout, final Toolbar toolbar) {

    containerView = getActivity().findViewById(fragmentId);
    mDrawerLayout = drawerLayout;
    mActionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(
            getActivity(), mDrawerLayout, toolbar,
            R.string.navigation_drawer_open, R.string.navigation_drawer_close
    ) {
        @Override
        public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
            super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);

            }
            getActivity().invalidateOptionsMenu();

        }

        @Override
        public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView) {
            super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);


        }

}

In the layout file for the drawer, add the elements you want to set the unread notification for then add a relative layout whose orientation you'll set to vertical i.e.

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_below="@+id/drawer_layout_unread_notif"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

Within this vertical relative layout, add another relative layout for the elements. This would be the place you'd add the "Alerts" section as in the image you posted. This relative layout should be horizontal i.e.

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_below="@+id/drawer_items_1"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:background="@drawable/drawer_selector"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/drawer_items_2"
        android:layout_height="48dp">

        <ImageView
            android:src="@drawable/ic_notification"
            android:padding="8dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"/>

        <TextView
            android:text="Notifications"
            android:textColor="@color/primary_text"
            android:layout_marginLeft="72dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:padding="8dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

        <TextView
            android:background="@color/red"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:id="@+id/drawer_notifications"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:padding="8dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />


    </RelativeLayout>

The last textview element in the code just above this will contain the counter you want to add for unread notifications. In the xml its color is set to red. From here, get a reference to it in the Navigation drawer fragment class using its ID (in oncreateview) and populate it with your counter.

Hope this helps!

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Comments

[Sauron]

Perfect answer, this should be protected

[burntblark]

I need more buttons to up-vote. Just one is not enough. Awesome answer!

[Daniel Nugent]

Great answer (the updated part up top). Just one thing to note, I had to wrap the TextView in a RelativeLayout and set android:layout_centerInParent="true" on the TextView in order to get it vertically centered when using a drawable background. With that method, I then just had to call actionView?.findViewById(R.id.text_view) in order to get a reference to the TextView.

[hetsgandhi]

Works perfect, thanks for the solution! It saved much of my time!

[Prince]

The updated answer is copied from here: stackoverflow.com/questions/30560663/…