feat: adds notifications dot on the badge icon for Mac

ts/components/leftpane/ActionsPanel.tsx

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import { syncConfigurationIfNeeded } from '../../session/utils/sync/syncUtils';
 import { clearSearch } from '../../state/ducks/search';
 import { resetLeftOverlayMode, SectionType, showLeftPaneSection } from '../../state/ducks/section';
 import {
-  _getGlobalUnreadCount,
-  _getSortedConversations,
   getGlobalUnreadMessageCount,
   getOurPrimaryConversation,
 } from '../../state/selectors/conversations';
@@ -219,11 +217,11 @@ const doAppStartUp = async () => {
   }, 20000);
 };
 
-global.setTimeout(() => {
+// global.setTimeout(() => {
-  const unreadMessageCount = useSelector(getGlobalUnreadMessageCount);
+//   const unreadMessageCount = useSelector(getGlobalUnreadMessageCount);
-  // Send the calculated count to the main process to update the badge count
+//   // Send the calculated count to the main process to update the badge count
-  ipcRenderer.send('update-badge-count', unreadMessageCount);
+//   ipcRenderer.send('update-badge-count', unreadMessageCount);
-}, 3000);
+// }, 3000);
 
 /**
  * ActionsPanel is the far left banner (not the left pane).
@@ -247,6 +245,16 @@ export const ActionsPanel = () => {
     return () => clearTimeout(timeout);
   }, []);
 
+  const globalUnreadMessageCount = useSelector(getGlobalUnreadMessageCount);
+  const unreadToShow = globalUnreadMessageCount;
+
+  // Reuse the unreadToShow from the global state to update the badge count
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (unreadToShow !== undefined) {
+      ipcRenderer.send('update-badge-count', unreadToShow);
+    }
+  }, [unreadToShow]);
+
   useInterval(cleanUpOldDecryptedMedias, startCleanUpMedia ? cleanUpMediasInterval : null);
 
   useFetchLatestReleaseFromFileServer();

ts/mains/main_node.ts

@@ -1025,10 +1025,12 @@ ipc.on('get-start-in-tray', event => {
 });
 
 ipcMain.on('update-badge-count', (_event, count) => {
-  if (count === 0) {
+  if (app.isReady()) {
-    app.setBadgeCount(0); // Clear the badge
+    if (count === 0) {
-  } else {
+      app.setBadgeCount(0); // Clear the badge
-    app.setBadgeCount(count); // Set the badge count
+    } else {
+      app.setBadgeCount(count); // Set the badge count
+    }
   }
 });