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Backend agnostic architecture

The user interface for the Chat SDK is completely decoupled from the backend. This means that the Chat SDK can be adapted to connect to any type of messaging server by creating a custom network adapter. Currently we have written two network adapters, one for Firebase and another for XMPP. This has a number of benefits:

1 You can connect the Chat SDK user interface to your messaging server by writing a custom network adapter. This saves you the complex job of building a full user interface.

  1. You can switch the backend your app uses. Imagine that you decide to start off with the Firebase version of the Chat SDK but at some point you decide that you want to switch to using an XMPP server. Usually, this would require a full rewrite of the messaging client but with the Chat SDK it can be achieved by changing one line of code!

If you want more details about writing a custom network adapter you can email us at team@sdk.chat.

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Overriding Activities and Fragments

You can customize the UI by subclassing UI elements and then injecting them into the framework. You should always do this just after Chat SDK activation. Checkout the example here. Override Activity For example, to override the chat activity you would subclass the PostRegistrationActivity then use: ChatSDKUI.setPostRegistrationActivity(CustomPostRegistrationActivity.class);

Jan 7, 2021
Add Additional Modules to Chat SDK

Add modules to your app-level build.gradle file Android Auto Support implementation "sdk.chat:mod-auto:[latest-version]" Allow users to have multiple profile pictures implementation "sdk.chat:mod-profile-pictures:[latest-version]"

Dec 4, 2020
Add Chat SDK to your project

Android X Make sure you've added the following to your gradle.properties file: android.useAndroidX=true android.enableJetifier=true Inherit from Chat SDK theme The Chat SDK uses custom attributes so you need to make sure that your app inherits from the Chat SDK theme. <style name="AppTheme" parent="ChatSDKTheme">

Dec 4, 2020
Building a messaging app using Chat SDK

If you want to build a messaging app, you can use the Chat SDK project as your starting point. To do this you will need to do the folling: Add the Chat SDK libraries to your project Configure Firebase Configure the Chat SDK Enable the Chat SDK Theme Enable Location Messages Display the login screen Add additional module dependencies Enable and configure the modules

Jul 27, 2020
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