Swift setting Badge Value for UITabBarItem
Xcode 7.2.1 Swift 2.1.1
You just have to set the badgeValue for your desired UITabBarItem as follow:
tabBarController?.tabBar.items?[4].badgeValue = "1" // this will add "1" badge to your fifth tab bar item// or like this to apply it to your first tabtabBarController?.tabBar.items?.first?.badgeValue = "1st"// or to apply to your second tabtabBarController?.tabBar.items?[1].badgeValue = "2nd"// to apply it to your last tabtabBarController?.tabBar.items?.last?.badgeValue = "Last"To remove a badge from the UITabBarItem just add nil value to it
tabBarController?.tabBar.items?.first?.badgeValue = nil