Conversations - CometChat Docs

Overview

The Conversations is a Component, That shows all conversations for the currently logged-in user,

iOS
Android

Usage

Integration

To use Conversations in your component, use the following code snippet:

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

return <CometChatConversations />;

Actions

Actions dictate how a component functions. They are divided into two types: Predefined and User-defined. You can override either type, allowing you to tailor the behavior of the component to fit your specific needs.

1. onItemPress

OnItemPress is triggered when you press on a ListItem of the Conversations component. The OnItemPress action doesn’t have a predefined behavior. You can override this action using the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const onPressHandler = (conversationClicked: CometChat.Conversation) => {
  //code
};

return <CometChatConversations onItemPress={onPressHandler} />;

2. onItemLongPress

onItemLongPress is triggered when you long press on a ListItem of the Conversations component. The onItemLongPress action doesn’t have a predefined behavior. You can override this action using the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const onLongPressHandler = (conversationClicked: CometChat.Conversation) => {
  //code
};

return <CometChatConversations onItemLongPress={onLongPressHandler} />;

3. onSelection

The onSelection event is triggered upon the completion of a selection in SelectionMode. It does not have a default behavior. However, you can override its behavior using the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const onSelectionHandler = (selection: Array<CometChat.Conversation>) => {
  //code
};

return (
  <CometChatConversations
    selectionMode={"single"}
    onSelection={onSelectionHandler}
  />
);

4. onBack

onBack is triggered when you press the back button in the app bar. It does not have a default behavior. However, you can override its behavior using the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const onBackHandler = () => {
  //code
};

return <CometChatConversations showBackButton={true} onBack={onBackHandler} />;

5. OnError

This action doesn’t change the behavior of the component but rather listens for any errors that occur in the Conversations component.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const onErrorHandler = (error: CometChat.CometChatException) => {
  console.log("Error");
};

return <CometChatConversations onError={onErrorHandler} />;

Filters

You can set ConversationsRequestBuilder in the Conversations Component to filter the conversation list. You can modify the builder as per your specific requirements with multiple options available to know more refer to ConversationRequestBuilder. You can set filters using the following parameters.

Conversation Type: Filters on type of Conversation, User or Groups
Limit: Number of conversations fetched in a single request.
WithTags: Filter on fetching conversations containing tags
Tags: Filters on specific Tag
UserTags: Filters on specific User Tag
GroupTags: Filters on specific Group Tag

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";
import { CometChat } from "@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native";

const conversationsRequestBuilder = new CometChat.ConversationsRequestBuilder();
conversationsRequestBuilder.setLimit(30);

return (
  <CometChatConversations
    conversationsRequestBuilder={conversationsRequestBuilder}
  />
);

Events

Events are emitted by a Component. By using event you can extend existing functionality. Being global events, they can be applied in Multiple Locations and are capable of being Added or Removed.

Add Listener

import { CometChatUIEventHandler } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

CometChatUIEventHandler.addConversationListener("SOME_UNIQUE_ID", {
  ccConversationDeleted: (conversation: CometChat.Conversation) => {
    //code
  },
});

return {
  /* your view*/
};

Remove Listener

import { CometChatUIEventHandler } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";
CometChatUIEventHandler.removeListener("SOME_UNIQUE_ID");

Customization

To fit your app’s design requirements, you can customize the appearance of the conversation component. We provide exposed methods that allow you to modify the experience and behavior according to your specific needs.

Style

Using Style you can customize the look and feel of the component in your app, These parameters typically control elements such as the color, size, shape, and fonts used within the component.

1. Conversations Style

You can set the ConversationsStyle to the Conversations Component to customize the styling.

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  ConversationsStyleInterface,
  ListItemStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const conversationsStyle: ConversationsStyleInterface = {
  width: "100%",
  height: "100%",
  backgroundColor: "green",
  titleColor: "red",
};

const listItemStyle: ListItemStyleInterface = {
  backgroundColor: "green",
};

return (
  <CometChatConversations
    conversationsStyle={conversationsStyle}
    listItemStyle={listItemStyle}
  />
);

List of properties exposed by ConversationsStyle

Name	Type	Description
backgroundColor	string	Sets the background colour for Conversations
height	number \| string	Sets the height for Conversations
borderRadius	number	Sets the border radius for Conversations
width	number \| string	Sets the width for Conversations
border	BorderStyleInterface	Sets the border colour for Conversations
titleColor	string	Sets the title colour for Conversations
titleFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets the title font for Conversations
backIconTint	string	Sets the back button tint colour for Conversations
onlineStatusColor	string	Sets the online status colour for Conversations
separatorColor	string	Sets the separator colour for Conversations
loadingIconTint	string	Sets the loading icon colour for Conversations
emptyTextColor	string	Sets the empty text colour for Conversations
emptyTextFont	FontStyle	Sets the empty text font for Conversations
errorTextColor	string	Sets the error text colour for Conversations
errorTextFont	FontStyle	Sets the error text font for Conversations
lastMessageTextColor	string	Sets the last message text text colour
lastMessageTextFont	FontStyle	Sets the last message text font for Conversations
typingIndictorTextColor	string	Sets the typing indicator colour for Conversations
typingIndictorTextFont	FontStyle	Sets the typing indicator font for Conversations
threadIndicatorTextFont	FontStyle	Sets the thread indicator text font for Conversations
threadIndicatorTextColor	string	Sets the thread indicator text font for Conversations

2. Avatar Style

To apply customized styles to the Avatar component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Avatar Styles refer

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  AvatarStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const avatarStyle: AvatarStyleInterface = {
  border: {
    borderWidth: 2,
    borderStyle: "dotted",
    borderColor: "red",
  },
};

return <CometChatConversations avatarStyle={avatarStyle} />;

3. StatusIndicator Style

To apply customized styles to the Status Indicator component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Status Indicator Styles refer

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  StatusIndicatorStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const statusIndicatorStyle: StatusIndicatorStyleInterface = {
  backgroundColor: "rgb(0, 200, 111)",
};

return <CometChatConversations statusIndicatorStyle={statusIndicatorStyle} />;

4. Date Style

To apply customized styles to the Date component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Date Styles refer

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  DateStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const dateStyle: DateStyleInterface = {
  textColor: "red",
};

return <CometChatConversations dateStyle={dateStyle} />;

5. Badge Style

To apply customized styles to the Badge component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Badge Styles refer

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  BadgeStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const badgeStyle: BadgeStyleInterface = {
  textColor: "red",
};

return <CometChatConversations badgeStyle={badgeStyle} />;

6. Confirm Dialog Style

To apply customized styles to the delete dialog component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  CometChatConfirmDialogStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const confirmDialogStyle: CometChatConfirmDialogStyleInterface = {
  confirmBackground: "red",
};

return <CometChatConversations confirmDialogStyle={confirmDialogStyle} />;

6. List Item Style

To apply customized styles to the ListItemStyle component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on ListItemStyle Styles refer

App.tsx

import {
  CometChatConversations,
  ListItemStyleInterface,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

const listItemStyle: ListItemStyleInterface = {
  backgroundColor: "green",
};
return <CometChatConversations listItemStyle={listItemStyle} />;

Functionality

These are a set of small functional customizations that allow you to fine-tune the overall experience of the component. With these, you can change text, set custom icons, and toggle the visibility of UI elements.

App.tsx

import { CometChatConversations, ListItemStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

return (
  <CometChatConversations
    title="Your Custom Title"
  />
);

Below is a list of customizations along with corresponding code snippets

Property	Description	Code
Title	Used to set custom title in the app bar.	`title="Your Custom Title"`
EmptyState Text	Used to set a custom text response when fetching the conversations has returned an empty list	`emptyStateText="Your Custom Empty State text"`
Selection Mode	Used to set a custom text response when fetching the conversations has returned an empty list	`selectionMode={SelectionMode.multiple}`
ProtectedGroup Icon	Used to set icon shown in place of status indicator for password protected group	`protectedGroupIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR import customProtectedGroupIcon from "./customProtectedGroupIcon.svg"; ``protectedGroupIcon={customProtectedGroupIcon}
privateGroupIcon	Used to set icon shown in place of status indicator for private group	`privateGroupIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customPrivateGroupIcon from "./customPrivateGroupIcon.svg";` `privateGroupIcon={customPrivateGroupIcon}`
SentIcon	Used to customize the receipt icon shown in the subtitle of the conversation item if hideReceipt is false and if the status of the last message in the conversation is sent	`sentIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customSentIcon from "./secustomSentIconntIcon.svg";` `sentIcon={customSentIcon}`
Delivered Icon	Used to customize the receipt icon shown in the subtitle of the conversation item if hideReceipt is false and if the status of the last message in the conversation is delivered	`deliveredIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR import customDeliveredIcon from "./customDeliveredIcon.svg"; ``deliveredIcon={customDeliveredIcon}
Read Icon	Used to customize the receipt icon shown in the subtitle of the conversation item if hideReceipt is false and if the status of the last message in the conversation is read	`readIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customReadIcon from "./customReadIcon.svg";` `readIcon={customReadIcon}`
errorIcon	Asset URL for the error state indicating that an error has occurred when the message was in transit.	`errorIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customErrorIcon from "./customErrorIcon.svg";` `errorIcon={customErrorIcon}`
Hide Error	Used to hide error on fetching conversations	`hideError={true}`
Hide Separator	Used to control visibility of Separators in the list view	`hideSeparator={true}`
Disable UsersPresence	Used to control visibility of status indicator shown if user is online	`disableUsersPresence={true}`
Hide Receipt	Used to control the visibility of read receipts without affecting the functionality of marking messages as read and delivered	`hideReceipt={false}`
Disable Typing	Used to toggle visibility of typing indicator	`disableTyping={true}`
disableSoundForMessages	When set to true, the component will not produce sound for all incoming messages.indicator	`disableSoundForMessages={true}`
customSoundForMessages	mp3 file asset of your choice.	`import customMessageSound from "./customMessageSound.wav";` `customSoundForMessages={customMessageSound}`
disableMentions	Sets whether mentions in text should be disabled. Processes the text formatters If there are text formatters available and the disableMentions flag is set to true, it removes any formatters that are instances of CometChatMentionsFormatter.	`disableMentions={true}`

Advanced

For advanced-level customization, you can set custom views to the component. This lets you tailor each aspect of the component to fit your exact needs and application aesthetics. You can create and define your views, layouts, and UI elements and then incorporate those into the component.

ListItemView

With this function, you can assign a custom ListItem to the Conversations Component.

TypeScript

import { CometChatConversations, ListItemStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

const getListItemView = () => {
  //your custom list item view
};

return (
   <CometChatConversations
    listItemView={getListItemView} //custom listitem view
   />
);

Demonstration

iOS
Android

You can customize the appearance of each list item by modifying the getListItemView function as follows:

TypeScript

    const viewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
      flex: 1,
      flexDirection: 'row',
      alignItems: 'flex-start',
      padding: 10,
      borderColor: 'black',
      borderWidth: 1,
      backgroundColor: '#E8EAE9',
      borderRadius: 10,
      margin: 2
    }
    const getListItemView = (conversation: CometChat.Conversation) => {
      const conversationWith = conversation.getConversationWith();

      if (conversationWith instanceof CometChat.User) {
        return (
          <View style={viewStyle}>
            <CometChatAvatar
              image={conversationWith.getAvatar() ? {uri: conversationWith.getAvatar()} : undefined}
              name={conversationWith.getName()}
            />

            <View>
              <Text style={{color: "black", fontWeight: 'bold'}}>
                {conversationWith.getName()}
              </Text>
              <Text style={{color: '#667'}}>{conversationWith.getStatus()}</Text>
            </View>
          </View>
        );
      } else if (conversationWith instanceof CometChat.Group) {
        return (
          <View style={viewStyle}>
            <CometChatAvatar
              image={conversationWith.getIcon() ? {uri: conversationWith.getIcon()} : undefined}
              name={conversationWith.getName()}
            />
            <View>
              <Text style={{color: "black", fontWeight: 'bold'}}>
                {conversationWith.getName()}
              </Text>
              <Text style={{color: '#888'}}>
                Members: {conversationWith.getMembersCount()}
              </Text>
            </View>
          </View>
        );
      } else {
        return <Text>Unknown conversation type</Text>;
      }
    };

TextFormatters

Assigns the list of text formatters. If the provided list is not null, it sets the list. Otherwise, it assigns the default text formatters retrieved from the data source. To configure the existing Mentions look and feel check out CometChatMentionsFormatter

ShortCutFormatter.ts
App.tsx

import { CometChat } from "@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native";
import { CometChatTextFormatter, SuggestionItem } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

export class ShortCutFormatter extends CometChatTextFormatter {

  constructor() {
    super();
    this.trackCharacter = "!";
  }


search = (searchKey: string) => {
    let data: Array<SuggestionItem> = [];

    CometChat.callExtension('message-shortcuts', 'GET', 'v1/fetch', undefined)
      .then((data : any) => {
      if (data && data?.shortcuts) {
        let suggestionData = Object.keys(data.shortcuts).map((key) => {
          return new SuggestionItem({
            id: key,
            name: data.shortcuts[key],
            promptText: data.shortcuts[key],
            trackingCharacter: '!',
            underlyingText: data.shortcuts[key],
          })
        });
        this.setSearchData(suggestionData); // setting data in setSearchData();
      }
    })
      .catch(error => {
      // Some error occured
    });

    this.setSearchData(data)
  }

  // return null in fetchNext, if there's no pagination.
  fetchNext = () => {
    return null;
  }

}

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatConversations } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
import { ShortCutFormatter } from './ShortcutsTextFormatter';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const shortcutFormatter = new ShortCutFormatter();

    return (
      <CometChatConversations
         textFormatters={[new ShortcutFormatter()]}
      />
   );
  }

AppBarOptions

You can set the Custom AppBar Options to add more options to the Conversations component.

TypeScript

    const getAppBarOptions = () =>{
       //custom app bar options
    }

    <CometChatConversations
      AppBarOption={getAppBarOptions}
    />;

Demonstration

iOS
Android

You can customize the menu by modifying the getAppBarOptions function as follows:

TypeScript

  import { CometChatConversations, CometChatCallLogsWithDetails, CallLogsConfiguration } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
  import Call from "./Call.png";

  const [showCallLogs, setShowCallLogs] = useState(false);
  const callLogsConfiguration = new CallLogsConfiguration({
    showBackButton: true,
    onBack: () => {
      setShowCallLogs(false);
    }
  }) ;


  function toggleShowCallLogs() {
    setShowCallLogs(true);
  }

  const getAppBarOptions = () => {
    return (
    <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={toggleShowCallLogs}>
        <Image
        source={Call}
        style={styles.image}
        />
    </TouchableOpacity>
    );
  };

return(
  <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      {!showCallLogs && <CometChatConversations
              AppBarOption={getAppBarOptions}
          />
      }
     {showCallLogs && <CometChatCallLogsWithDetails CallLogsConfiguration={callLogsConfiguration} />}
   </SafeAreaView>
);

DatePattern

You can modify the date pattern to your requirement using DatePattern. datePattern formats date and time values according to a predefined standard, enhancing consistency and clarity in their presentation.

App.tsx

   import { CometChatConversations, CometChatConversationUtils} from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
   import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';

   const generateDateString = (conversation: CometChat.Conversation) => {
      const lastMessage : any = CometChatConversationUtils.getLastMessage(conversation);
      const conversationWith :  any = conversation.getConversationWith();
      const days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
      const timeStamp =  (lastMessage && lastMessage['updatedAt']) || conversationWith['createdAt'] || conversationWith['lastActiveAt'];
      let timeStampInSeconds = new Date(timeStamp * 1000);
      const day = days[timeStampInSeconds.getUTCDay()].substring(0, 3);
      const hours = timeStampInSeconds.getUTCHours();
      const minutes = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCMinutes()).padStart(2, '0');

      return `${day}, ${hours}:${minutes}`;
   }

   return (
     <CometChatConversations
      datePattern={generateDateString}
     />
   );

Demonstration

iOS
Android

Subtitle View

You can customize the subtitle view for each conversation item to meet your requirements

App.tsx

  const getSubtitleView = (conversation: CometChat.Conversation) =>{
  //custom subtitle view
  }

  return(
    <CometChatConversations
      SubtitleView={getSubtitleView}
    />
  )

Demonstration

iOS
Android

You can customize the subtitle view by modifying the getSubtitleView function as follows:

App.tsx

  import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';


  const getSubtitleView = (conversation: CometChat.Conversation) => {
    const conversationWith: any = conversation.getConversationWith();
    if (conversationWith instanceof CometChat.User) {
      return (
        <Text
          style={{
            fontSize: 12,
            color: currentTheme.palette.getAccent800(),
          }}>
          Last Active At:{' '}
          {conversationWith.getLastActiveAt()
            ? formatTime(conversationWith.getLastActiveAt())
            : '--'}
        </Text>
      );
    } else if (conversationWith instanceof CometChat.Group) {
      return (
        <Text
          style={{
            fontSize: 12,
            color: currentTheme.palette.getAccent800(),
          }}>
          Created At: {formatTime(conversationWith.getCreatedAt())}
        </Text>
      );
    } else {
      return (
        <Text
          style={{
            fontSize: 12,
            color: currentTheme.palette.getAccent800(),
          }}>
          Click To View Chat
        </Text>
      );
    }
  };

Swipe Options

This prop will add the array of options on swipe to perform actions on Conversation.

Name	Type	Description
options?	(item: CometChat.Conversation) => CometChatOptions[]	This prop will add the array of options on swipe to perform actions on Conversation.

Structure of CometChatOptions

Name	Type	Description
id	String	Unique identifier for the option
title	String	A text to display below the icon
icon	ImageType	A image to display for the option
titleStyle	CometChatOptionTitleStyle	Defines the style for the title containing color, fontWeight, fontSize, fontFamily properties
iconTint	string	Defines the colour for the icon
backgroundColor	string	Defines the colour for the option
onPress	Function	The action to perform when user clicks on option

Demonstration

iOS
Android

TypeScript

  import { CometChatConversations} from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
  import Call from './Call.png';

  <CometChatConversations
        options={(conversation: CometChat.Conversation) => {
          const customOptions = [
            {
              id: "1",
              //title: "Call",
              icon: Call,
              iconTint: "white",
              backgroundColor: "#6851D6",
              onPress: () => {
                //code
              },
            },
          ];
          return customOptions;
        }}
  />

Loading State View

You can set a custom loader view using LoadingStateView to match the loading view of your app.

TypeScript

  const getLoadingStateView = () =>{
    //your custom loading view
  }

  <CometChatConversations
    LoadingStateView={getLoadingStateView()}
  />

Demonstration

iOS
Android

You can customize the loading state view by modifying the getLoadingStateView function as follows:

App.tsx

  const loadingViewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
    flex: 1,
    alignItems: 'center',
    justifyContent: 'center',
    padding: 10,
    borderColor: 'black',
    borderWidth: 1,
    backgroundColor: '#E8EAE9',
  };

  const getLoadingStateView = () => {
    return (
      <View style= {loadingViewStyle}>
        <Text style={{fontSize: 20, color: "black"}}>Loading...</Text>
      </View>
    );
  };

​Overview

​Usage

​Integration

​Actions

1. onItemPress

2. onItemLongPress

3. onSelection

4. onBack

5. OnError

​Filters

​Events

​Customization

​Style

1. Conversations Style

2. Avatar Style

3. StatusIndicator Style

4. Date Style

5. Badge Style

6. Confirm Dialog Style

6. List Item Style

​Functionality

​Advanced

​ListItemView

​TextFormatters

​AppBarOptions

​DatePattern

​Subtitle View

​Swipe Options

Structure of CometChatOptions

​Loading State View

Overview

Usage

Integration

Actions

Filters

Events

Customization

Style

Functionality

Advanced

ListItemView

TextFormatters

AppBarOptions

DatePattern

Subtitle View

Swipe Options

Loading State View