how to set the badgevalue in tabbar in iphone ?

Question

I am using the following code to set the badgevalue in current tab bar but its not visible in tab bar

self.navigationController.tabBarItem.badgeValue = @"1"

what is the correct way of putting the badge value in the tab bar.

Answer 1

This is how I access the badgeValue on a tabBarItem:

UITabBarItem * tabBarItem = (UITabBarItem *)[aTabBarController.tabBar.items objectAtIndex:1];
tabBarItem.badgeValue = @"1";