# Notify users about new content **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 3, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953 "2021-08-03T22:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/102 "2021-08-11T14:40:00Z")
> [@nikatronic](#): > > Apparently, I had accidentally clicked on Select Mode, that’s why my app was frozen. Feeling silly now. 🙈 Np, when we click Ctrl/Cmd, sometimes it can activate it ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/103 "2021-08-11T14:40:33Z")
Make sure _All_ inline list has no filters ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/104 "2021-08-11T14:40:44Z")
Maybe that happend when I did the screenshots. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/105 "2021-08-11T14:41:16Z")
No filter for ALL ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/106 "2021-08-11T14:42:11Z")
Maybe can be the visibilities setup ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/107 "2021-08-11T14:46:21Z")
It’s back now. I deleted everything in visibility and set it up again. It seems to work now. Woohoo!! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/108 "2021-08-11T14:49:27Z")
There you go - well done! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/109 "2021-08-11T14:51:03Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/2/f271ec51e2ae6432212a95f4bd4bcac80115a1ee.gif) ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/110 "2021-08-11T16:38:57Z")
😂 Now that this one’s solved, on to the next quest: Implementing chat functionality on a detail screen. 🤪 Can’t wait to publish my app! ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/111 "2021-08-11T22:43:15Z")
Hi guys, I have a follow-up question concerning the notifier. I implemented an [action](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mcy-juHNkNdIx0NDjid1fuhNi-oSFgPq/view?usp=sharing) to increment the number of total reads by 1 when an entry is read, which allows me to [calculate the unread messages](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FZ-8qwcdmIf629m3OAVlLL0Vzo3qwszi/view?usp=sharing), but now I noticed that when a message is read several times, the total count goes up and the number of unread messages can drop below zero when the number of total reads is higher than the number of entries. \>\> [See this example](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q83H9LE0M59uHv0WDCk6Q9aLZHGsihXo/view?usp=sharing) In my example I published 2 news entries, but the 1st entry was read 3 times, so unread drops to -1. My tab only displays the counter when numbers are greater than 0. Is it possible to count only the first time a message is read? Or any other solution? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/112 "2021-08-11T23:18:44Z")
Branch your logic. If counter equals 1 then just set it to view details, else increment that column before viewing details. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/113 "2021-08-11T23:50:32Z")
I would just set a boolean to true when it’s read. Then use a rollup to count rows that are not true. Then you don’t have to mess with and increment counter. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/114 "2021-08-12T04:00:43Z")
> [@Jeff\_Hager](#): > > Then you don’t have to mess with and increment counter. Talking about tricks today. Here’s my 2 cents for this in what I’m doing nowadays - knowing and working everyday with glide: When we use increment only to “check” something, I use **is not empty** instead of _equals 1_. This way prevents this mess like “omg this user incremented twice instead of once - gosh!” True story lol ---
**Author:** ![nikatronic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nikatronic/32/29921_2.png) [@nikatronic](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nikatronic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/115 "2021-08-12T04:59:46Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Mns\_Glide](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mns_glide/32/2514_2.png) [@Mns\_Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mns_Glide)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/116 "2021-10-04T21:53:05Z")
One of the complaint I get from users is that there is no notification on the app homescreen of new contents available. It means they must log into the app… Now that I can collect unread items inside the app, is there a way to show onto the app homescreen, just like attached photo of FB/IG/WA/Messages. Thanks. ![Screenshot_2021-10-05-05-47-53-99](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/8/380e7438695410ba7ef4777cd535977a7564d2a4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/117 "2021-10-04T22:56:57Z")
Simply put, there’s no way to do that. It’s a dynamic thing that is, I assume, only available to native apps. Your Glide apps’ icons only serve as a bookmark for the app. ---
**Author:** ![Mns\_Glide](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mns_glide/32/2514_2.png) [@Mns\_Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mns_Glide)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/118 "2021-10-04T23:05:46Z")
Is it a feature the Glide team can look into or technical it is IMpossible! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/119 "2021-10-04T23:43:35Z")
As long as it serves only as a bookmark I think it’s technically impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/120 "2021-10-05T01:08:46Z")
Just like push notifications, Safari and Firefox do not currently support badges for PWAs…one day hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Butter-Bee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/butter-bee/32/15102_2.png) [@Butter-Bee](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Butter-Bee)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953/121 "2022-01-14T00:59:52Z")
Thanks so much for sharing this! This helped a lot 🙂 [Previous page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/notify-users-about-new-content/29953.md?page=5)