Rails 8 + Hotwire Native iOS — Real-time Notification Badge & Side Menu Navigation
Two problems solved while building a Rails 8 + Hotwire Native iOS app. Real-time notification badge — instantly update the app icon badge and bell button the moment a notification is created on the server Side menu navigation failure — correctly navigate to URLs that require dynamic parameters like a resource ID 1. Background Notification Badge Without setting the badge field in APNs push notifications, no number appears on the iOS app icon. And even when notifications are read, the badge doesn’t clear. ...