Option to hide the badge count of unread messages in muted chats

[tonysung]

This is already done on desktop per https://github.com/overtake/telegram/issues/141 .

Should do the same on iOS.

[4tuneTeller]

+1 I'd sugest and option to completely disable notifications from muted chats (badge numbers are also set by push notifications, if I'm not mistaken), so they won't drain my battery.

[etonline]

Is it the default for muted supergroup? on my device, muted supergroup doesn't count into badge numbers, and I actually want it to be counted... :(

[dotKirk]

+1 Dear god please. I've had to leave so many groups because I can't handle the ever-increasing badge count.

[stepan001]

+1

[audiocommander]

+1

Doesn't look really complicated: https://github.com/peter-iakovlev/Telegram/blob/58ce610e95aec809a847e928e06c01cffbd317a1/Telegraph/TGAppDelegate.mm#L797

It's already been implemented in the OS X Version: https://github.com/overtake/telegram/issues/141#

[SomniusTiger]

+1 from me as well. I like having the notification bubble on iOS for things that still need my attention. If I've muted a chat, I've decided that unless I'm notified directly (via reply or mention) that I don't need to pay attention to every unread message for that chat. Without this feature, the notification bubble no longer has any importance, and I can't tell if I need to reply to someone or not.

[Fenrikur]

+1 Being able to mute chats without also having them excluded from the unread badge counter makes the badge rather useless indeed, especially since the functionality itself is already available in clients on for other platforms as mentioned above.

[last-chance]

+1

Telegram has quickly replaced text messaging as my way of communicating with friends and family, but now one of the volunteer organizations I help run has decided to use Telegram for communication.

Now my badge counter is permanently in the high hundreds, and I can't really tell when someone is actually trying to get ahold of me. This is getting to a point where I may have to stop using Telegram for anything important.

[ha33an]

i have same problem correct that

[r3nya]

+1

[Gryzor]

+1000 :)

[pinver]

+1

[gustavoavena]

+1

[barsukov]

It is still the issue here :( I mean I still has a problem with it and to be honest I have no idea why it is so complicated to implement so useful bug.

[mrsyasi]

+1

[mlabarca]

Definitely +1

[adabu]

+1

[mdevaev]

+1

[maxdrift]

+1

[alexinside]

+1 It is very annoying. Already thinking to either uninstall the app or disable Badge Icon (iOS). Both solutions are bad.

[barsukov]

I am simply disabled the badge for app. We will see hopefully they will fix it for ios10 update.

[iamDecode]

+1, please, this is currently making Telegram unusable for me..

[r3nya]

@iamDecode and all … Now everything is ok for me. Please check. :)

[iamDecode]

@r3nya What do you mean? Version 3.13 (current App Store version) nor this repo have solved this issue.

[audiocommander]

@r3nya nice that everything is ok for you, I can't see any update or fix or new setting. I basically stopped using telegram for other communications than group chats and disabled the badge setting. So, currently Telegram is one of the most unreliable ways to contact me and the reason is this annoying issue. Telegram would be the best messenger ever if it just got the notifications right. I mean, notifications are one of the most essential aspects of a messenger...

[r3nya]

Ah, damn … Sorry guys. I mean version for iOS. @iamDecode @audiocommander

[audiocommander]

yes, we're talking about the iOS version? as iamDecode said, there's no fix - or do you have different informations?

[r3nya]

@audiocommander yes. I has a lot of muted chats … And my telegram icon without badge. Strange. :)

[pochemuto]

@r3nya so have I. I had received a lot of messages today and badges and notifications appeared only from unmated chats. iOS version 3.13

[r3nya]

Ha! Gotcha! I can't see the badge for muted chats, but I have badge for bots. But I disabled notifications for this bots. 😞

// cc @audiocommander

[audiocommander]

I would rather think that this is another bug. Just made a test. My badge showed 15 unread messages, but I am actually having only 2 unmuted messages and 335 muted messages from various groups. After launching Telegram and not reading any new message, the badge dropped to 14 unread. That definitely doesn't work. (latest iOS, latest Telegram, iPhone 6)

[sdugoten]

Would that be possible that making a switch on badge count for each group? So, one mute switch and one badge switch for each group. So, I could still mute the channel but somehow know someone is talking in a group when badge count shows. BTW, this is IOS version

[pdostal]

It'd be very nice and it's even solved for OSX client.

[CareF]

Also expect this feature

[alexdiment]

I'm surprised this takes forever to fix.

[mikexine]

Looking forward to this :)

[ralphbert]

+1

[nezaidu]

+111111111

[emieljanson]

+1

[rivf]

+1

[z3t0]

This needs to be implemented on the server side AFAIK which won't happen unless either telegram decides to work on it or releases the source code. Correct me if I am wrong but the source code for the server is not open source?

[iamDecode]

Why? This was already once implemented on the desktop app (before the introduction of the web app) and worked fine. The client just has to determine what unread counts to sum into the final app badge, I don't see how the server is involved in this at all.

[Gryzor]

I agree with @iamDecode

App Badges are locally implemented by Cocoa/UIKit, I don't see how it has anything to do with the server. The app receives messages (among a gazillion other things) via the API, the status of a Chat is locally known by the App, and so the decision to create the Badge should rely on client code given the current API.

I know this is possible because the Mac app was doing it and it was using the Public API.

[z3t0]

@Gryzor @iamDecode Sorry I was referring to iOS where the badge count is directly connected to the APN push servers. Mac Desktop already has this feature so not sure why that's even a concern.

This is already done on desktop per overtake/telegram#141 . Should do the same on iOS.

As far as I can tell this issue is for iOS

[RoOb17]

+1 I have a muted supergroup and it's not showing in the badge while the muted group is showing

[z3t0]

Just FYI.

For more of an explanation as to why this needs to be done on the server side.

The way notifications work on mobile devices when the app is not on the foreground is that push notifications are sent to the servers connected to the phone, in this case Apple's push servers. One of the pieces of information sent is the number of unread notifications.

Currently, on iOS the server sends all the unread count, and does not remove the muted unread count. This is not an issue on Desktop because the server ends it directly to the app which can easily hide any unread messages for the muted converations.

AFAIK telegrams server code is not accessible nor is it open source so unless they fix this I dont really know what there is to be done.

[JulyIghor]

+100

[z3t0]

This issue should be locked as I have mentioned above that the issue needs to be resolved by telegram and cannot be fixed here.

[leo150]

Please fix this issue, it's very annoying

[Gryzor]

@leo150 Did you actually read the comments above you before posting? @z3t0 So are you receiving a plain notification with a number and nothing else? Wouldn’t It be possible (albeit lame) to locally track, which ones are muted and subtract from that number? don’t you have to then show the number of unread messages in each group/chat?