Badge on BottomNavigationView

Question

I am trying to add a badge to the BottomNavigationView Item without using any library, however somehow the BottomNavigationView is not showing the

Answer 1

@hrskrs Try adding a higher elevation on your txtCount or badgeWrapper itself. BottomNavigationView seems to have higher elevation than the views on the screen.

I struggled with showing badges on BottomNavigationView items. My badge (without any text value) being part of the drawable itself turned grey when user clicked other item or became the same color defined in the tint (if not defined is colorPrimary). I think you will run into the same problem I faced with colouring of the badge/counter on top of menu item of BottomNavigationViewas tint color will be applied to the item itself and your badgeWrapper being part of MenuItem will take the tint (turns grey when you tap any other item which you will not want I guess).

Check out my answer here: Is there a way to display notification badge on Google's official BottomNavigationView menu items introduced in API 25?

I used an ImageView for a badge but you can have your badgeWrapper RelativeView instead of the ImageView.