[aerogear-dev] Aerogear Feature Request - Auto Increment Badge

[keithdmoore94]

Matthias Wessendorf wrote
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Sebastien Blanc 
> <
> scm.blanc at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Matthias Wessendorf 
> <
> matzew at apache.org
> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Keith!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 7:05 PM, keithdmoore94 <
>>> keith at kdmooreconsulting.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Currently, the cordova push plugin sets the badge number to zero which
>>>> clears
>>>> out the notifications upon launching the app.
>>>>
>>>> What I am saying is that I would like for the badge number to be
>>>> incremented
>>>> as the notification center receives the notification, not the mobile
>>>> device
>>>> app.
>>>>
>>> yeah, the push plugin should set the arrived number. Can you file a
>>> ticket for that ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> So in my server side application, I would like to be able to set the
>>>> badge
>>>> number in the java push client to "increment" and then have the
>>>> Aerogear
>>>> Push Server keep track of the badge number and increment it every time
>>>> a
>>>> push notification is sent.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nope, the push server won't keep track. It just delivers the given
>>> number
>>> to APNs.
>>> The number can be totally different per user (e.g. number of messages in
>>> a messanger).
>>>
>> I think what Keith means is that on installation level  the
>> auto-increment
>> badge number could be stored (and incremented).
>>
> 
> Ok, that means we always increment? but what if the sales agent gets three
> new brochures on Monday, two on Tuesday.
> IMO there is zero value in having our server apply some magic. The meaning
> of the badge number is in most cases really something that the business
> backend already knows (Mr. T has 12 new mails).
> 
> -Matthias
> 
> What I am saying is that, I don't want to have to keep track of the badge
> number.  I want the Aerogear push server to keep track of it.  
> I don't know how many notifications that I have sent to the user.  Also,
> if I had multiple disparate systems, I would have a much harder time
> getting the badge number correct.  Seems like the Aerogear push server is
> an ideal candidate for this task.  There would need to be some 
> minor changes to the cordova plugin (right now it sets the count to zero
> which clears the badges and all of the notifications for that matter).  
> The developer would be responsible for setting the badge number by calling
> the existing JS Push api function to set the badge number upon receiving
> the notification.  I think that API should also make a call back to the
> Aerogear push server to update the badge number on the 
> server.
> 
> -Keith
> 
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the mobile app, I can always call the method to decrement the badge
>>>> number upon receiving the notification.  Or even better would be to
>>>> have
>>>> the
>>>> aerogear cordova plugin do that for me when it sends the notification.
>>>>
>>>
>>> decrement (or setting back to zero) is app logic, and Apple treats it
>>> that way.
>>> IMO the Push Plugin should follow that as well
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing your toughts!
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Should I open a feature request for this in Jira ?
>>>>
>>>>
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