

I've tried looking up some apps on the play store, but I haven't downloaded any because of the reviews. The solutions proposed in articles I've found on Android 9 but a different phone or on different versions of Android have not worked for me. I wasn't able to find any articles specifically on Android 9 and Samsung Galaxy S9. Question: How do I see number or existence of unread messages on icons of apps such as viber and whatsapp and the SMS app? If I get a message on whatsapp or viber or regular SMS but say I have to install some updates and so my phone has to turn off or restart, then the notification of this message is gone. Last but not least, a soft reset of your phone might solve the issue of bad connectivity and disappearing Viber messages. Update your phone to the latest OS version.


My situation: I do not have such number or dot on icons on apps on my device. If it’s not working properly, try the following fixes: Refresh the connection. My device: I use Android 9 on samsung galaxy s9.īackground: I believe there was a feature before (or maybe currently still, but I turned it off) about showing number of unread messages on apps like whatsapp, viber or the SMS app (and i guess gmail or facebook) or at the very least there's some kind of dot or something on a corner of the icon of such an app that indicates there exists at least 1 unread message (so the dot is an alternative to a specific number of unread messages).
