[MOD][Xposed] Notification Count - Xposed Framework Modules

Requires Xposed Framework by rovo89. Special thanks to him!
Notification Count badge for all Android versions
Shows a notification count badge on StatusBar icons providing a quantity.
Makes this badge customizable and extendable.
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This module adds a badge with a number next to notification icons, when the notification has a quantity (e.g. messages).
This is a built-in Android functionality, this module works as enabler for this function.
See Xposed Repo information for details about the current features of the module.
Download
You can download this mod from the Xposed Repo official website:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.woalk.apps.xposed.notifcount
Alternatively, there is always an APK on GitHub tied to a release tag.
But for Download counting purposes, I would ask you to use the Xposed Repo if it's no problem for you.
Have fun with the module!
Bug reporting:
IMPORTANT. Please read.
Please do not report bugs like "Hey noob-dev, it doesn't work, bye.".
Always attach at least your Xposed log to an error report.
Also, additional information can never be bad. Android version, Xposed version, device/ROM; exact behavior when the error occurs (e.g. "No number badge is shown, on no notifications, neither on the debug notifications nor on any app's.").
This will make fixing easier, faster and better to understand for everybody in the thread maybe having the same issue.
Thank you.
Changelog:
Version 3.2
Fixed some Xposed errors on Marshmallow.
Added secure lockscreen count.
Version 3.1
New app list engine.
RAM management should be better.
Loading time is a lot faster.
The list is searchable.
Switch to Material design on older devices, too; smaller UI changes.
Added "Extract number from notification content".
Fixed system integration on HTC Sense Lollipop devices.
Added possibility to change alpha value of number badges.
Version 3.0
You can now adjust the notification badge style freely (color, size).
You can now change the behavior of the 'Exception list' from blacklist to whitelist (again).
The Notification Count settings can now be integrated into Android's notification long-click menu.
Version 2.0
Cancel test notifications before sending new ones, to apply appearance changes faster.
Added Russian language (partially). Thanks GitHub user GromozavrStas.
Added `auto-decide` feature:
Automatically choose which way to use to fetch a number from a notification that does not provide a value by itself.
Use either the title, summary or update count for this purpose.
Some apps that cause problems can be forced to use a specific way of the available ones.
UI updates to fit those needs.
Version 1.1.1-re
Fixed bug that only let save whitelist items currently visible on screen.
Version 1.1-re
Added ability to hide launcher icon.
New 'workaround' mode: Extract number from notification description.
This new mode only works on KitKat and later for now.
Only enable this for apps that provide a notification number in their notification's small description!
Version 1.0-re
Restart of version numbering.
Initial version.
Main changes against the old module:
- Added support for Lollipop.
- Added ability to customize number badge.
See https://github.com/woalk/NotifCount/releases/tag/v1.0-re for full version changes against the old module.
See the git tag description of this release (can be found under https://github.com/woalk/NotifCount/tags) for programmer-related changelog.​
Author & Copyright Information
This module was first developed by GitHub user bbukowski.
His version was not updated since August 2014, and did not work on Lollipop.
I forked his repo and added my changes.
I added a pull request for my changes and will let him keep the 'right' ownership about this module if he wants to.
Look for README.md in my GitHub repo of this module for more information.
XDA:DevDB Information
Notification Count, Xposed for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
Woalk, bbukowski
Source Code: https://github.com/woalk/NotifCount
Xposed Package Name: com.woalk.apps.xposed.notifcount
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: v3.2
Stable Release Date: 2016-05-31
Created 2015-05-06
Last Updated 2016-06-02

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Working very well on JB 4.3, good job[emoji122] [emoji122]

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Works with Android 5.11 CM12.1?
HGT - S5 G900F - Oneplus One - Tesla TTL7

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KuaQ said:
Working very well on JB 4.3, good job[emoji122] [emoji122]
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I'm happy that you're happy.
HorstiG said:
Works with Android 5.11 CM12.1?
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Doesn't CM have this feature out-of-the-box?
But, yes, it should. Even while it may need you to enable the feature in CM settings (setting preference Settings.System.STATUS_BAR_NOTIF_COUNT, if I'm not completely wrong).
Just try it out.

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this is a nice module.. thx..
a few suggestions..
- is it possible to enable new options (currently the display style) on the fly instead of rebooting?
- for the option styles, would be nice if a combination of styles (transparent+small) is allowed..
- for the option styles, customisable colour would be nice..

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iamelton said:
this is a nice module.. thx..
a few suggestions..
- is it possible to enable new options (currently the display style) on the fly instead of rebooting?
- for the option styles, would be nice if a combination of styles (transparent+small) is allowed..
- for the option styles, customisable colour would be nice..
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Yes, display style applies for every new notification instantly after selecting.
It does however not apply for already present notifications.
You can test this out with the 'Debug' options: Create any notification with a number, change number appearance, then swipe away your notification and select the option "without number" to force creation of a new notification.
After that, you can either use "with" or "without number" again to test the new style.
If it applies to a specific app depends on whether the app stores the existing notification for re-use or creates a new one.
Suggestions noted, I feared that they would be requested.
Will work on that soon.

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and maybe also an option to hide the launcher icon, as i usually use xposed installer to manage all those modules?

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Doesn't work on my Nexus 5 with stock 5.0.1

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iamelton said:
and maybe also an option to hide the launcher icon, as i usually use xposed installer to manage all those modules?
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Yes, on GitHub already, will be in the next release.
reallyimjesus said:
Doesn't work on my Nexus 5 with stock 5.0.1
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That's a shame... Xposed log?

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Thank you for this module only problem is that Whatsapp notifications constantly increment without having incoming new messages running CM12.
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DallasBelt said:
Thank you for this module only problem is that Whatsapp notifications constantly increment without having incoming new messages running CM12.
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That's interesting. Will look into it today.
WhatsApp is using the 'workaround', isn't it?

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Woalk said:
Yes, on GitHub already, will be in the next release.
That's a shame... Xposed log?
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I am sorry for the trouble! I was having the older Notification Count module active instead of this one (the old one DID not work; but this one does yaaay!!). Silly me... :silly: Sorry again!

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reallyimjesus said:
I am sorry for the trouble! I was having the older Notification Count module active instead of this one (the old one DID not work; but this one does yaaay!!). Silly me... :silly: Sorry again!
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Ah, that's a relief. No problem, it works, and this counts.

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New version 1.1
A new version is available on Xposed Repo!
Changes are the ability to hide the launcher icon (requested by @iamelton)
and a new kind of 'workaround' mode, where the number of the notification is extracted from a string in the notification usually containing its number.
This may be a fix for WhatsApp (reported), try it out @DallasBelt, as I don't use WhatsApp that much.
The style suggestions will be added later, don't worry.
Have fun.

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Woalk said:
A new version is available on Xposed Repo!
Changes are the ability to hide the launcher icon (requested by @iamelton)
and a new kind of 'workaround' mode, where the number of the notification is extracted from a string in the notification usually containing its number.
This may be a fix for WhatsApp (reported), try it out @DallasBelt, as I don't use WhatsApp that much.
The style suggestions will be added later, don't worry.
Have fun.
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Nice! A little review:
It would be nice if it also searched for number of notifications in the title of the notifications (example: google play: N apps updated).
The "whitelist" section is necessary? Couldn't the app just first try to find a number normally, and then if no number is found switch to any of those methods, until it finds any? Like this.
(Notification on the text for some app appears)
1) Check for the number in the notification number count. Nothing found -> switch to 2)
2) Check for the number in the notification title. Not found -> switch to 3)
3) Check for the number in the notification text. Found (only if not found switch to 4)
4) Count updates
Some apps could have wrong info, so the app still should have some "exceptions" list for rare cases like whatsapp, but not a global whitelist for like 90% of the apps I think.
Thad't be awesome!!
Also, the count style only changes if you dismiss the notification, why? couldn't you make it that when generating one test notification you first close the other one? so this would be done automatically. Right now it closes too but the new style isn't applied..
Edit: I just tested increasing the test notification until >999 (yes I spent some time hah). Why >999 and not 1xxx? In small numbers it can be there lol. Also the > is half broken lol
Thanks a lot! :good::good: Keep up the nice work.

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RusherDude said:
Nice! A little review:
It would be nice if it also searched for number of notifications in the title of the notifications (example: google play: N apps updated).
The "whitelist" section is necessary? Couldn't the app just first try to find a number normally, and then if no number is found switch to any of those methods, until it finds any? Like this.
(Notification on the text for some app appears)
1) Check for the number in the notification number count. Nothing found -> switch to 2)
2) Check for the number in the notification title. Not found -> switch to 3)
3) Check for the number in the notification text. Found (only if not found switch to 4)
4) Count updates
Some apps could have wrong info, so the app still should have some "exceptions" list for rare cases like whatsapp, but not a global whitelist for like 90% of the apps I think.
Thad't be awesome!!
Also, the count style only changes if you dismiss the notification, why? couldn't you make it that when generating one test notification you first close the other one? so this would be done automatically. Right now it closes too but the new style isn't applied..
Thanks a lot! :good::good: Keep up the nice work.
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Number in title: Yes, right, that should also be an option. I somehow missed that out...
Whitelist: At the first thought I would say it is necessary, because really every notification would get a number without... But maybe this isn't even bad, as you say. Needs to be tested how it acts in real use. I will try it out.
Style applying on-the-fly: At least for the 'Without number' notification it's obviously needed that the notification updates instead of creates itself newly. But right, the 'With number' should be totally ok with creating a new one. If it makes you happy to see the style change with two touches less on the screen...
Applying the style completely on-the-fly, i.e. not only for the test notifications but for all app's, would be a bit more complicated. Maybe it will be implemented when I implement 'real' custom styles as requested in the thread, have to see how this will act on performance.
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
This is constructive feedback I'd like to see more on the internet.

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Woalk said:
Number in title: Yes, right, that should also be an option. I somehow missed that out...
Whitelist: At the first thought I would say it is necessary, because really every notification would get a number without... But maybe this isn't even bad, as you say. Needs to be tested how it acts in real use. I will try it out.
Style applying on-the-fly: At least for the 'Without number' notification it's obviously needed that the notification updates instead of creates itself newly. But right, the 'With number' should be totally ok with creating a new one. If it makes you happy to see the style change with two touches less on the screen...
Applying the style completely on-the-fly, i.e. not only for the test notifications but for all app's, would be a bit more complicated. Maybe it will be implemented when I implement 'real' custom styles as requested in the thread, have to see how this will act on performance.
Thank you very much for your suggestions!
This is constructive feedback I'd like to see more on the internet.
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Awesome
Constructive feedback? A lot of devs hate me cause I spam too much suggestions :laugh::laugh:
PS: You didn't notice the >999 issue tho :laugh:

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Will it work on Xposed Super Alpha?
I'm using Moto G GPe 5.1 stock.

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RusherDude said:
Awesome
PS: You didn't answer the >999 issue tho :laugh:
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You didn't say anything about that...
Does it behave strangely then, like I would think now?
That would not be my fault, the basic implementation of the numbers are by Android itself... ?
But I'll see if I can get around them and replace it like "99+".
Phew, a big To-Do list growth for one day.
Umer520 said:
Will it work on Xposed Super Alpha?
I'm using Moto G GPe 5.1 stock.
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I don't know, as I can't test Xposed for 5+ in an emulator (arm-only) and I don't have a developer device running 5.1 currently. Maybe I'll try installing the newest CM in the next days or week..
If you're ready to take the risk — as you are, because you installed Super Alpha — you can try for yourself, I would be curious how it does.

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Woalk said:
You didn't say anything about that...
Does it behave strangely then, like I would think now?
That would not be my fault, the basic implementation of the numbers are by Android itself... ��
But I'll see if I can get around them and replace it like "99+".
Phew, a big To-Do list growth for one day.
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I did hehe:
Edit: I just tested increasing the test notification until >999 (yes I spent some time hah). Why >999 and not 1xxx? In small numbers it can be there lol. Also the > is half broken lol
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But I think u were replying already so missed it , like my edit on the previous post haha :laugh:
Do not reduce the number of digits! at least 3 is necessary lol, but ending in + instead of the > is better yea