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+import * as React from 'react'
+import { Platform, StyleProp, View, ViewStyle } from 'react-native'
+
+import { EdgeTouchableOpacity } from '../common/EdgeTouchableOpacity'
+import { cacheStyles, Theme, useTheme } from '../services/ThemeContext'
+import { EdgeText } from '../themed/EdgeText'
+
+const SCALE = 0.9
+
+export interface Props {
+  children: React.ReactNode
+  sizeRem: number
+  onPress: () => void | Promise<void>
+  /**
+   * - If undefined, renders nothing.
+   * - If 0, renders a red dot with a white circle inside.
+   * - All other cases: renders a red dot with the number inside in white
+   */
+  number?: number
+  testID?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maybe renders a red dot badge on top of the supplied `children,` with a white
+ * number or dot inside. Visibility of the red dot depends on the `number` prop.
+ */
+export const IconBadge = (props: Props) => {
+  const { number, children, sizeRem, testID, onPress } = props
+  const theme = useTheme()
+  const styles = getStyles(theme)
+
+  const size = theme.rem(sizeRem)
+  const containerStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      // ...styles.tappableArea,
+      height: size,
+      width: size,
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      justifyContent: 'center'
+    }),
+    [size]
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <EdgeTouchableOpacity accessible={false} style={containerStyle} onPress={onPress} testID={testID}>
+      {children}
+      {number == null ? null : (
+        <View style={styles.badgeContainer}>
+          {number === 0 ? (
+            <View style={styles.circle} />
+          ) : (
+            <EdgeText style={[styles.superscriptLabel, Platform.OS === 'android' ? styles.androidAdjust : null]} disableFontScaling>
+              {number}
+            </EdgeText>
+          )}
+        </View>
+      )}
+    </EdgeTouchableOpacity>
+  )
+}
+
+const getStyles = cacheStyles((theme: Theme) => {
+  const badgeSize = theme.rem(0.75) * SCALE
+
+  return {
+    iconContainer: {
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      justifyContent: 'center'
+    },
+    badgeContainer: {
+      position: 'absolute',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      justifyContent: 'center',
+      top: 0,
+      right: 0,
+      height: badgeSize,
+      minWidth: badgeSize,
+      borderRadius: badgeSize / 2,
+      paddingLeft: theme.rem(0.25) / 2,
+      paddingRight: theme.rem(0.25) / 2,
+      backgroundColor: 'red'
+    },
+    label: {
+      textAlign: 'center',
+      marginBottom: theme.rem(0.5)
+    },
+    superscriptLabel: {
+      fontSize: theme.rem(0.5)
+    },
+    androidAdjust: {
+      marginTop: 2,
+      marginLeft: 1
+    },
+    circle: {
+      width: theme.rem(0.25),
+      height: theme.rem(0.25),
+      borderRadius: theme.rem(0.125),
+      backgroundColor: 'white',
+      alignSelf: 'center'
+    }
+  }
+})