Message Information

Message Information — CometChat documentation.

The MessageInformation is a Component designed to display message-related information, such as delivery and read receipts. It serves as an integral part of the CometChat UI Kit, extending the ListBase class, which provides the underlying infrastructure for CometChat UI components. With its rich set of methods and properties, developers can easily customize and tailor the appearance and behavior of the message information view to suit the specific requirements of their application.

MessageInformation is comprised of the following Base Components:

Base Components	Description
List Base	This renders common components used across Conversations, Groups & Users.

Usage

Integration

The following code snippet illustrates how you can directly incorporate the MessageInformation component into your View_Controller file.

self.present(UINavigationController(rootViewController: CometChatMessageInformation()), animated: true)

If you are already using a navigation controller, you can use the pushViewController function instead of presenting the view controller.

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. OnBackPress

The OnBackButtonClick event is typically triggered when the back button is pressed and it carries a default action. However, with the following code snippet, you can effortlessly override this default operation.

Swift

let messageInformationConfiguration = MessageInformationConfiguration()
 .setOnBack {
     // Your BackPress action
 }    

2. onError

This function is used to set a callback that triggers in response to any errors.

Swift

let messageInformationConfiguration = MessageInformationConfiguration()
    .setStyle(messageInformationStyle: messageInformationStyle)
    .setOnError { error in
       // your error handling logic
}

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Filters

MessageInformation component does not have any available filters.

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Events

MessageInformation component does not have any available events.

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Customization

To fit your app’s design requirements, you can customize the appearance of the MessageInformation 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. MessageInformation Style

To modify the styling, you can apply the MessageInformationStyle to the MessageInformation Component using the setStyle method.

Swift

let messageInformationStyle = MessageInformationStyle()

let messageInformationConfiguration = MessageInformationConfiguration()
            .setStyle(messageInformationStyle: messageInformationStyle)

The following properties are exposed by MessageInformationStyle:

Property	Description	Code
SubtitleText Color	Sets the text color for the subtitle	.set(subtitleTextColor: UIColor)
SubtitleText Appearance	Sets the text appearance for the subtitle	.set(subtitleTextFont: UIFont)
Title Font	Sets the font for the title	.set(titleTextFont: UIFont)
EmptyText Font	Sets the font for the empty state text	setEmptyTextFont(String emptyTextFont)
Title Color	Sets the text color for the title	.set(titleTextColor: UIColor)
Background Color	Sets the background color	.set(background: UIColor)
Corner Radius	Sets the corner radius	set(cornerRadius: CometChatCornerStyle)
Border Width	Sets the width of the border	.set(borderWidth: CGFloat)
Border Color	Sets the color of the border	.set(borderColor: UIColor)

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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.

Swift

let messageInformationConfiguration = MessageInformationConfiguration()
            .set(titleText: "CometChat")
        
let messageListConfiguration = MessageListConfiguration()
            .set(messageInformationConfiguration: messageInformationConfiguration)
        
let cometChatMessages  = CometChatMessages()
            .set(messageListConfiguration: messageListConfiguration)
            .set(user: user)

How to integrate CometChatMesssageInformation ?

CometChatMessageInformation is a view controller that can be presented or pushed. CometChatMessageInformation includes various attributes and methods to customize its UI.

Swift

self.present(UINavigationController(rootViewController: CometChatMessageInformation()), animated: true)

If you are already using a navigation controller, you can use the pushViewController function instead of presenting the view controller.

Methods

Methods	Parameters	Description
titleText	String	used to set title
backIcon	UIImage	used to set the back icon
readIcon	UIImage	used to set the read icon
deliveredIcon	UIImage	used to set the delivered icon
emptyStateText	String	used to set the empty state text
emptyStateView	UIView	used to set the empty state view
loadingIcon	UIImage	used to set the loading icon
loadingStateView	UIView	used to set the loading state view
errorStateText	String	used to set the error state text
errorStateView	UIView	used to set the error state view
listItemStyle	ListItemStyle	used to set the list item style
template	CometChatMessageTemplate	used to set the template of the message
messageInformationStyle	MessageInformationStyle	used to set the message information style
subtitle	(message: BaseMessage, _ receipt: MessageReceipt) -> UIView	used to set the subtitle view
bubbleView	(message: BaseMessage) -> UIView	used to set a custom bubble view
listItemView	(message*: BaseMessage,* receipt: MessageReceipt) -> UIView	used to set a custom listItemView
onError	(error: CometChatException) -> Void	used to set a callback triggered in case any error happens
onBack	() -> Void	used to set the back icon function when tapped on back icon
receiptDatePattern	(_ timestamp: Int?) -> String	used to set the date pattern for delivered and read date time

MessageInformationStyle

allows you to set the styling for message information

Methods	Parameters	Description
background	UIColor	Used to set the background color
cornerRadius	CometChatCornerStyle	used to set the corner radius
borderWidth	CGFloat	used to set the border width
borderColor	UIColor	used to set the border color
width	CGFloat	used to set width
height	CGFloat	used to set height
titleTextColor	UIColor	used to set the title text color
titleTextFont	UIFont	used to set the title text font
sendIconTint	UIColor	used to set the send icon color
readIconTint	UIColor	used to set the read icon color
deliveredIconTint	UIColor	used to set the delivered icon color
subtitleTextColor	UIColor	used to set the subtitle text color
subtitleTextFont	UIFont	used to set the subtitle text font
dividerTint	UIColor	used to set the divider color

Swift

let messageInformationController = CometChatMessageInformation()
let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: messageInformationController)

if let template = templates?.filter({$0.template.type == MessageUtils.getDefaultMessageTypes(message: message) && $0.template.category == MessageUtils.getDefaultMessageCategories(message: message) }).first?.template {
         messageInformationController.set(template: template)
}

messageInformationController.set(message: message)

self.present(navigationController, animated: true)

If you are already using a navigation controller, you can use the pushViewController function instead of presenting the view controller.