A badge control for iOS and tvOS written in Swift

The badge is a subclass of UILabel view.
It can be created and customized from the Storyboard or from the code.

Setup

There are various ways you can add BadgeSwift to your Xcode project.

Add source (iOS 7+)

Simply add BadgeSwift.swift file to your project.

Setup with Carthage (iOS 8+)

Alternatively, add github "evgenyneu/swift-badge" ~> 8.0 to your Cartfile and run carthage update.

Setup with CocoaPods (iOS 8+)

If you are using CocoaPods add this text to your Podfile and run pod install.

use_frameworks!
target 'Your target name'
pod 'BadgeSwift', '~> 8.0'

Setup with Swift Package Manager

In Xcode 11+ select File > Packages > Add Package Dependency....
Enter this project's URL: https://github.com/evgenyneu/swift-badge.git

Legacy Swift versions

Setup a previous version of the library if you use an older version of Swift.

Usage

Creating a badge in the Storyboard

Drag a Label to your view.
Set its class to BadgeSwift in identity inspector.
Set the module property to BadgeSwift (unless you used the file setup method).

Customize the badge properties in the attributes inspector (text, color and other).
If storyboard does not show the badge correctly click Refresh All Views from the Editor menu.

Note: Carthage setup method does not allow to customize Cosmos view from the storyboard, please do it from code instead.

Creating a badge from the code

Add import BadgeSwift to your source code unless you used the file setup method.

let badge = BadgeSwift()
view.addSubview(badge)
// Position the badge ...

See example of how to create and position the badge from code in the demo app.

Customization

// Text
badge.text = "2"

// Insets
badge.insets = CGSize(width: 12, height: 12)

// Font
badge.font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: UIFontTextStyle.body)

// Text color
badge.textColor = UIColor.yellow

// Badge color
badge.badgeColor = UIColor.black

// Shadow
badge.shadowOpacityBadge = 0.5
badge.shadowOffsetBadge = CGSize(width: 0, height: 0)
badge.shadowRadiusBadge = 1.0
badge.shadowColorBadge = UIColor.black

// No shadow
badge.shadowOpacityBadge = 0

// Border width and color
badge.borderWidth = 5.0
badge.borderColor = UIColor.magenta

// Customize the badge corner radius.
// -1 if unspecified. When unspecified, the corner is fully rounded. Default: -1.
badge.cornerRadius = 10

Demo app

This project includes a demo app.

Alternative solutions

Here are some alternative badges for iOS.

Thanks to 👍

amg1976 for adding a border and redesigning the drawing.
gperdomor for adding ability to customize corner radius.
acecilia for removing a warning when the badge is used in an extension.

License

BadgeSwift is released under the MIT License.

Feedback is welcome

If you found a bug or want to improve the badge feel free to create an issue.

akayrak-adesso/swift-badge