UINavigationController and adding a badge to rightBarButtonItem

How can I add a numeric badge to th开发者_如何学编程e rightBarButtonItem of a UINavigationController? I saw the same in some shopping cart applications.

thanks in advance,

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You'll have to do this manually (ie, create a view that draws the badge and number in). There's no API to set a badge value on a UINavigationBar.