totalUnreadCount is always 0 on app launch

[jasnicaa]

So I am trying to get the total unread count from the stream and data it is always 0 at first, although when I inspect the client I can see under totalUnreadCount that there is a number. I want to show the number of unread messages in the tabBar when a user enters the app without the need to enter the channel itself.

As you can see on the image both totalUnreadCount and unreadChannels are zero and totalUnreadCount is 3.

Am I missing something here?

[xsahil03x]

Hey @jasnicaa, I am looking into this.

[jasnicaa]

HI guys, so I was just testing this fix, and still is not working for me as expected.

I enter the app and send a message from another account and when debugging I can see that in the currentUser totalUnreadCount has updated while totalUnreadCount from the Stream is zero. It only updates when I enter the channel.

[imtoori]

this hasn't been released yet
are you trying it using git dependency?

[jasnicaa]

no, I saw this

[imtoori]

yeah that was another issue
you can check the upcoming changelog here https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-flutter/blob/develop/packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md

[rickgrade3]

this hasn't been released yet

Do you have any workaround of this issue before the release?

[imtoori]

I can't think of nothing right now, but we'll probably publish the next release early next week

[jasnicaa]

@rickgrade3 If you are using bloc you can create your own totalUnreadCount from currentUser.totalUnreadCount - this number is updating correctly, I started this way but decided to wait for an update