Typing Status

Send typing status#

You can able to send the typing/gone status to the users, so that they can aware of whether user is typing the message or not. if you want send the typing status for a user, you can utilise the below method.

Argument	Type	Description
TO_JID	String	jid of the chat user
CHAT_TYPE	ChatTypeEnum	chat type

While user starts typing the message in the input box of the chat window, call the below method to send the composing status, so that they can show a typing message in the header/recent chat.

Java
Kotlin

ChatManager.sendTypingStatus(TO_JID, CHAT_TYPE)

Once user stopped/finished typing the message in the input box of the chat window, call the below method to send the gone status, so that they can hide a typing message in the header/recent chat.

Java
Kotlin

ChatManager.sendTypingGoneStatus(TO_JID, CHAT_TYPE)

Observe the typing status#

To observe the typing status changes, you can use the below method to setup listener for the typing events.

Argument	Type
LISTENER	TypingStatusListener

Java
Kotlin

ChatManager.setTypingStatusListener(new TypingStatusListener() {
            @Override
            public void onChatTypingStatus(@NotNull String fromUserJid, @NotNull TypingStatus status) {
                
            }

            @Override
            public void onGroupTypingStatus(@NotNull String groupJid, @NotNull String groupUserJid, @NotNull TypingStatus status) {

            }
        });

Once the listener has been set by the sdk user, the below callbacks will be triggered based on the chat type.

Single chat#

for single chat below callback will be triggered

Callback arguments#

Argument	Type	Description
fromUserJid	String	jid of the typing user
status	TypingStatus	The `status` param will be either `composing` or `gone`

note

composing means user is typing the message. gone means user stopped the typing

Java
Kotlin

@Override
public void onChatTypingStatus(@NotNull String fromUserJid, @NotNull TypingStatus status) {
                
}

Group chat#

for group chat below callback will be triggered

Callback arguments#

Argument	Type	Description
groupJid	String	jid of the group in which user is typing the message
groupUserJid	String	jid of the typing user
status	TypingStatus	The `status` param will be either `composing` or `gone`

note

composing means user is typing the message. gone means user stopped the typing

Java
Kotlin

 @Override
 public void onGroupTypingStatus(@NotNull String groupJid, @NotNull String groupUserJid, @NotNull TypingStatus status) {

 }