v5.0.0

New

• Expanded Customization Options: Introduced a range of new props to provide greater control over UI elements, allowing developers to hide/show components, enable/disable features, and override views for a more tailored user experience.

Enhancements

• Standardized prop naming conventions across components for improved consistency.
• Renamed hideReceipt to hideReceipts in Conversations component.
• Renamed disableUsersPresence to hideUserStatus in Conversations, Users, and Message List components.
• Renamed listItemView to itemView in Conversations, Users, Groups, Group Members, Message Header, and Call Logs components.
• Renamed tailView to trailingView in Group Members, Message Header, and Call Logs components.
• Renamed showAvatar to hideAvatar in Message List component.
• Renamed alignment to messageAlignment in Message List component.
• Renamed text to initialComposerText in Message Composer component.
• Renamed hideVoiceRecording to hideVoiceRecordingButton in Message Composer component.
• Renamed onClose to onCallCanceled in Outgoing Call component.

Fixes

• Resolved an issue where the empty state of the message information in a user conversation was not visible in dark mode
• Resolved an issue where the sticky date header in the message list overlapped the outgoing call modal.
• Resolved an issue where the audio bubble overlapped the message information modal.
• Corrected the message bubble styling in the Message List component when message alignment is set to left.
• Addressed an issue in Safari where selecting an emoji from the emoji keyboard did not insert it into the message composer.
• Fixed an issue where the ongoing call screen is dismissed if another incoming call is received.
• Fixed an issue where the unread count was getting doubled when a message was received in real time.
• Fixed an issue where the group member count was showing 0 members even though there is 1 member in the group in an edge case.
• Fixed an issue where the timestamp was not visible in the group voice/video call bubble in the message information component.
• Fixed an issue where the last seen of the user is not updated when they go offline.
• Fixed an issue with message list flickering in group conversation.
• Fixed an issue where the deleted custom message bubble was incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where the outgoing call screen is dismissed if another incoming call is received.
• Fixed an issue where the user avatar is not visible in the poll message bubble in some edge cases.
• Fixed an issue where the message bubble was being rendered incorrectly in the ThreadedMessagePreview component.
• Fixed an issue where the reply message option was being clicked only when the text is clicked.

v5.0.0-beta2

New

• None

Enhancements

• Improved the clarity of images by updating the thumbnail size from small to medium, ensuring better visibility for certain images.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with sender name not visible in group conversation last message.
• Fixed issue with the message option not being visible for last message in a group conversation for admin/moderator.
• Resolved an issue where users could play multiple voice recordings at the same time.
• Corrected the member count in the group member list, which was showing incorrectly after a user left the group.
• Fixed a grammatical issue in time display: "1 minutes" now correctly displays as "1 minute".
• Resolved an issue where the maximum mention warning was not displayed when mentioning more than 10 users in a message.
• Resolved an issue where the download option in the file bubble was not visible for files with long names.

v5.0.0-beta1

New

• Revamped UI: Experience a fresh, modern design for improved visual appeal and consistency. The updated look enhances usability and engagement.
• Restructured Components: Enjoy a redesigned component architecture that improves scalability, making it easier to build and maintain modular designs.

Enhancements

• Optimized User Experience: Interactions have been streamlined to provide a smoother, more intuitive experience, reducing friction during use.
• Advanced Styling and Theming: Gain greater flexibility with enhanced customization options, allowing you to tailor appearances to suit your brand effortlessly.
• Simplified Integration: Set up faster and with ease thanks to a more intuitive, streamlined integration process.

Fixes

• None

Removals

• Style Props Removed: Style-specific props have been deprecated to encourage the use of modern theming practices, which offer more robust and scalable customization options.

v4.3.9

Fixes

• Fixed the Auto login issue on signup.
• Fixed an issue with auto-generated UID containing special characters and spaces in the name.
• Added the joinedOnly option in GroupRequestBuilder to fetch only joined groups.
• Updated the UI Kit version.

v4.3.8

Enhancement

• Added functionality to fetch sample users from the API. If the API request fails, the app will now seamlessly fallback to using locally stored data. This ensures a smoother and more reliable user experience even in case of network or server issues.

v4.3.7

Enhancement

• Updated Sample App for UiKit version 4.3.7

v4.3.5

Enhancement

• Updated Sample App for UiKit version 4.3.5

v4.3.4

Enhancement

• Updated Sample App for UiKit version 4.3.3

v4.3.3

Enhancement

• Updated Sample App for UiKit version 4.3.3

v4.3.2

New

• Introduced UI components for adding reactions to messages as a core chat feature:
  • Added CometChatReactions component to display reactions for messages, enhancing user interaction.
  • Added CometChatReactionList component to group and list users by their message reactions.
• Introduced CometChatTextFormatter Class designed to format text matching specific patterns.
• Launched UI components for mentioning users as a foundational chat feature:
  • Introduced CometChatMentionTextFormatter class, an extension of CometChatTextFormatter, to specifically format user mentions within messages and provide the user suggestions when used with CometChatMessageComposer.

Enhancements

• Updated CometChatMessageList, CometChatMessageComposer, and CometChatConversations Components to accept an array of CometChatTextFormatter, providing a flexible text formatting system based on various regex patterns, such as differentiating between user mentions and URLs within a message.
• Implemented a callback in CometChatMessages to handle header menu interactions.

Fixes

• Addressed the problem where the reactions screen was hidden behind the edge of the device in mobile devices.
• Fixed the issue where Conversations were not refreshing in real-time for interactive messages.
• Resolved the issue with the typing indicator only working for the initial typing event.
• Fixed the scrolling issue where clicking on a reaction would cause the message list to scroll to the bottom.
• Fixed the issue where realtime message listeners were not working in the thread messages screen.
• Fixed the ccComposeMessage event for CometChatMessageComposer.
• Resolved multiple issues with composing messages on iOS devices.
• Fixed the problem where passing the threadedMessagesConfiguration from MessagesConfiguration to CometChatMessages component was not working.