Updating Badge count silently (no push notification)

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Hey everyone,

I’d like to update the badge count on my app without a push notification.

We send 1 push notification every morning (should be visible)
We would like to update the badge count 2x a day without showing a push notification (things we handle behind the scenes).

I know I can use setBadgeNumberAsync to set the badge number, but can I set the badge number w/o a notification using Expo?

I’m assuming this would be done with Background App Refresh?

Thank you!

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The mechanism for setting the badge count on iOS is through a local notification. You should be able to set the badge number locally without a push notification nor displaying a message.

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Hey James,

Thanks for the reply! Even if the app isn’t open? We process data in the background and if the # of active items goes down, we want to update the badge to reflect that too, even if you’re not using the app.

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If you are able to run code in the background (this is the tricky part), calling that API should work.

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