iPhone / IOS App Reinstall from App Store Has Old Badge and Value

Question

When an app that has an app badge with a value is uninstalled and then installed again from the app store, it will have the "old" badge. Is this desired behavior? Is there a way to inform the installation / distribution not to use the "old" application badge?

The initial install does not have the badge.

This is all BEFORE that app is run after NEW installation.

did you find the solution? or the reason why its happening.. if yes please post. — waheeda, Oct 02 '12 at 09:15
See below comment. Have not revisited this for a better solution. — ort11, Oct 24 '13 at 12:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '12 at 21:58

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I would try to hide the "old" badge icon using

[[[UIApplication] sharedApplication] setApplicationIconBadgeNumber:0];

You can easily check if it's first open of your app using some values in NSUserDefaults.

answered Mar 08 '12 at 21:58

akashivskyy

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ok, the whole deal here is that BEFORE the app is run after reinstallation the APP has the OLD badge. Once the app starts all is well. This is not a big issue, just trying to see why this is happening. Probably a bug on APPLE's side, but wanting to see if anyone else has seen this. – ort11 Mar 12 '12 at 14:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 08:36

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As I know, iOS remembers badge value (which is appeared on the app icon). So you have to wait for a short period of time (1 day maybe), and then try to install it again.

answered Apr 10 '13 at 08:36

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iPhone / IOS App Reinstall from App Store Has Old Badge and Value

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