BTBadgeView

Purpose

BTBadgeView is a view that replicates and extends the number badge UI element in iOS.

It supports string values instead of integers.

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ARC Support

BTBadgeView fully supports ARC.

Supported OS

iOS 5+

Installation

Add pod ‘BTBadgeView’ to your Podfile or drag class files into your project.

Properties

@property (nonatomic,copy) NSString *value;

The current value displayed in the badge. Updating the value will update the view's display.

@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL shadow;

Indicates whether the badge view draws a shadow or not.

@property (nonatomic,assign) CGSize shadowOffset;

(Optional) The offset for the shadow.

@property (nonatomic,strong) UIColor *shadowColor;

(Optional) The base color for the shadow.

@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL shine;

Indicates whether the badge view should be drawn with a shine.

@property (nonatomic,strong) UIFont *font;

The font to be used for drawing the numbers. NOTE: Only "system fonts" should be used.

@property (nonatomic,strong) UIColor *fillColor;

The color used for the background of the badge.

@property (nonatomic,strong) UIColor *strokeColor;

The color to be used for drawing the stroke around the badge.

@property (nonatomic,assign) CGFloat strokeWidth;

The width for the stroke around the badge.

@property (nonatomic,strong) UIColor *textColor;

The color to be used for drawing the badge's numbers.

@property (nonatomic,assign) BOOL hideWhenEmpty;

If YES, the badge will be hidden when the value is 0 or empty string.