Apple push notification not changing icon badge automatically

Question

I have seen the mail app in my iPhone (4S, iOS 5.1) automatically updates the badge count if new mail arrives, even when app is not running. So it is possible to achieve thi

Answer 1

I also had this exact same problem. The badge icon was not quoted. After many hours of trying to tweak the JSON (after verifying app on phone showed badges, sounds, alerts) - the problem was I had added UIRemoteNotificationTypeNewsstandContentAvailability as one of the alert types my app was registering for. (I went crazy, just picking everything)

So, when UIRemoteNotificationTypeNewsstandContentAvailability is also in the mix, it seems to override the function of allowing aps/badge numbers to update an app icon. (Must be looking to update newsstand info)