Gifted Messenger

Ready-to-use chat interface for iOS and Android React-Native apps

Changelog

0.1.0 - Breaking changes for a better Gifted Messenger

• Breaking: appendMessage, prependMessage are now deprecated, messages list are now managed only using states - See example
• Breaking: All messages should now contain a uniqueId property
• Breaking: setMessageStatus is now deprecated, use the message attribute status instead
• Breaking: New prop isLoadingEarlierMessages to display a loader when loading earlier messages
• New prop typingMessage for displaying 'User is typing a message...'
• New prop leftControlBar - PR @gnl
• Android improvements
• react-native-parsed-text has been re-implemented
• ESLint implementation - PR @sethx
• ES6 & Example refactoring
• Fixing scroll when loading earlier messages
• Various fixes and improvements by @swapkats, @ianlin, @zxcpoiu, @cnjon
• Special thanks to @yogiben, @koppelaar & @sethx for their contributions

0.1.2

• New prop: dateLocale - @gnl
• New prop: renderCustomDate - @pcxiong
• center position for messages (eg. for server messages) - @gnl
• Method setTextInputValue - @wenkesj
• Replace lodash with deep-equal - @austinkelleher

0.1.3

• Fix initial scrollToBottom issue
• Allow custom view for images - @aksonov

Example

See GiftedMessengerExample/GiftedMessengerContainer.js

Installation

npm install react-native-gifted-messenger --save

Props

Props name	Type	Description	Platform	Default
autoFocus	Boolean	TextInput auto focus	Both	true
blurOnSubmit	Boolean	Dismiss the keyboard when clicking on submit	Both	false
dateLocale	String	The moment.js locale used for displaying timestamps (see Locale.js)	Both	''
displayNames	Boolean	Display or not the name of the interlocutor(s)	Both	true
displayNamesInsideBubble	Boolean	Display the name of the interlocutor(s) inside the bubble	Both	false
forceRenderImage	Boolean	Always render the users images (avatar)	Both	false
handleEmailPress	Function	Called when a parsed email is pressed	iOS	(email) => {}
handlePhonePress	Function	Called when a parsed phone number is pressed	iOS	(phone) => {}
handleSend	Function	Called when a message is Sent	Both	(message, rowID) => {}
handleUrlPress	Function	Called when a parsed url is pressed	iOS	(url) => {}
hideTextInput	Boolean	Hide or not the text input	Both	false
isLoadingEarlierMessages	Boolean	Display a loader when loading earlier messages	Both	false
keyboardDismissMode	String	Method to dismiss the keyboard when dragging (none, interactive, on-drag)	Both	interactive
keyboardShouldPersistTaps	Boolean	When false, tapping the scrollview dismisses the keyboard.	Both	true
leftControlBar	Element	Optional control element displayed left of the TextInput	Both	null
loadEarlierMessagesButton	Boolean	Display or not the button to load earlier message	Both	false
loadEarlierMessagesButtonText	String	Label of the 'Load Earlier Messages' button	Both	'Load earlier messages'
maxHeight	Integer	Max height of the component	Both	Dimensions.get('window').height
messages	Array	List of messages to display	Both	[]
onChangeText	Function	Called on every keypress in the TextInput	Both	(text) => {}
onCustomSend	Function	If you want to implement a progress bar. See PR #16	Both	(message) => {}
onErrorButtonPress	Function	Called when the re-send button is pressed	Both	(message, rowID) => {}
onImagePress	Function	Called when the image of a message is pressed	Both	(rowData, rowID) => {}
onLoadEarlierMessages	Function	Called when 'Load Earlier Message' button is pressed	Both	(oldestMessage, callback) => {}
onMessageLongPress	Function	Called when doing long press on a message	Both	(rowData) => {}
parseText	Boolean	If the text has to be parsed with taskrabbit/react-native-parsed-text	iOS	true
placeholder	String	TextInput placeholder	Both	'Type a message...'
placeholderTextColor	String	TextInput text color placeholder	Both	'#ccc'
renderCustomText	Function	Implement your own text rendering	Both	(rowData) => {}
renderCustomDate	Function	Implement your own date rendering	Both	(rowData, previousData) => {}
scrollAnimated	Boolean	do animation when scrolling	Both	true
sendButtonText	String	'Send' button label	Both	'Send'
senderImage	Object	Image of the sender	Both	null
senderName	String	Name of the sender of the messages	Both	'Sender'
styles	Function	Styles of children components - See GiftedMessenger.js/componentWillMount	Both	{}
submitOnReturn	Boolean	Send message when clicking on submit	Both	false
typingMessage	String	Display a text at the bottom of the list. Eg: 'User is typing a message'	Both	''

Message object

var message = {
  uniqueId: 'XXXXX' // each messages should have an unique identifer - mandatory
  text: 'Message content',
  name: "Sender's name",
  image: {uri: 'https://facebook.github.io/react/img/logo_og.png'},
  position: 'left', // left for received messages, right for sent messages, center for server messages
  date: new Date(),
  view: null, // A custom Bubble view - the view will receive the message attributes as props
  imageView: null, // Returns custom Image view to display image (avatar) for the message
  status: 'Seen', // if status is 'ErrorButton', a re-send button will be displayed
  // ...any attributes you want
};

Android installation

• Add windowSoftInputMode in your Android Manifest android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<!-- ... -->
  android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
  android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize">
<!-- ... -->

• Calculate the maxHeight prop using react-native-extra-dimensions-android

  <GiftedMessenger
    // ...
    maxHeight={Dimensions.get('window').height - Navigator.NavigationBar.Styles.General.NavBarHeight - ExtraDimensions.get('STATUS_BAR_HEIGHT')}
    // ...
  />

Known issues

• Android: When updating a message status, scroll to bottom is not triggered - Related to facebook/react-native#5688

License

MIT

Feel free to ask me questions on Twitter @FaridSafi !