How to show Notification Count on My App Icon on Home Screen in Android

Question

The question is that Android places new alerts in the system wide notification bar while the iPhone places a notification directly over the specific app icon.

So wh

Answer 1

Though it might be possible to do such a thing it is absolutely not recommended to try and change the app's icon. This behaviour originates from iOS and is not used on Android at all.

You can create a widget that shows the unread count and takes the user to your app if the widget is clicked though. The Google Reader Android app offers a good example for that: