Other chat features

Delete local media file#

To enable/disable the deletion of the associated media file in the app's document folder when we delete a media message call the below method.

ChatManager.deleteMediaFromDevice(delete: DELETE_MEDIA)

Argument	Type	Description
DELETE_MEDIA	Bool	Maximum amount of a recent chat that can be pinned

Hide Notification Content#

To be in Compliance with Hipaa and other Security guidelines, sdk provides method to hide the title and content of the push notifations. By calling the below method we can hide the notification content.

ChatManager.hideNotificationContent(hide: HIDE)

Argument	Type	Description
HIDE	Bool	if true content will be hidden and shown as New Message

Process Video#

Slow motion videos captured by iOS devices has to be processed before sending a video message to support cross-platform messaging. For normal video nothing will be processed and it's URL will be returned in completion handler. Call the below method to process a video.

  MediaUtils.processVideo(PHASSET) { PHASSET, STATUS, PROCESSED_VIDEO_URL, IS_SLOMO_VIDEO  in
  switch STATUS {
    case.processing:
    case.success:
    case.failed:
  }
}

Argument	Type	Description
PHASSET	PHAsset	PHAsset file object

Variable	Type	Description
PHASSET	PHAsset	PHAsset file object to be processed
STATUS	`MediaStatus`	an enum type to reflect status of the processing
PROCESSED_VIDEO_URL	URL	URL of the video
IS_SLOMO_VIDEO	Boolean	true if it's a slomo video

Compress Image#

To compress and get the metadata of an image call the below method.

MediaUtils.compressImageFile(DATA,MEDIA_QUALITY) {IS_SUCCESS, DATA, FILENAME ,URL, FILEKEY, FILESIZE, ERRORMESSAGE in }

Argument	Type	Description
DATA	Data	Data of the uncompressed image to be compressed
MEDIA_QUALITY	`MediaQuality`	Output quality of the compressed image
COMPLETION_HANDLER	`(Bool,Data?,String,URL?,String, Double, String?)`	tuple completion handler

Variable	Type	Description
IS_SUCCESS	Boolean	true if compression is success else false
DATA	Data	Data of the compressed image
FILENAME	String	name of the compressed image
URL	URL	URL of the compressed image
FILEKEY	Boolean	key of the compressed ecnrypted image if encryption is enabled
FILESIZE	Double	Size of the compressed image in bytes
ERRORMESSAGE	String	Error reason message for the processing failure

Note : Default media quality for Image compression is medium.

info

MediaUtils.compressImage() method was deprecated and will be removed in the future releases, migrate to above method to process Image files.

Compress Video#

To compress and get the metadata of a video call the below method.

MediaUtils.compressVideoFile(PROCESSED_VIDEO_URL,MEDIA_QUALITY) {IS_SUCCESS, URL, FILENAME, FILEKEY, FILESIZE , DURATION, ERRORMESSAGE in }

Argument	Type	Description
PROCESSED_VIDEO_URL	Data	URL of the video to be compressed
MEDIA_QUALITY	`MediaQuality`	Output quality of the compressed video
COMPLETION_HANDLER	`(Bool, URL?, String, String, Double, Double, String)`	tuple completion handler

Variable	Type	Description
IS_SUCCESS	Boolean	true if compression is success else false
URL	URL	URL of the compressed video
FILENAME	String	Name of the compressed video file
FILEKEY	String	key of the compressed ecnrypted video if encryption is enabled
FILESIZE	Double	Size of the compressed video in bytes
DURATION	Double	Duration of the compressed video
ERRORMESSAGE	String	Error reason message for the processing failure

Note : Default media quality for video compression is medium.

info

MediaUtils.compressVideo() method was deprecated and will be removed in the future releases, migrate to above method to process video files.

Process Audio#

To process and get the metadata of an audio file call the below method.

MediaUtils.processAudioFile(AUDIO_URL,MAX_SIZE) {IS_SUCCESS, FILENAME, SAVED_FILE_URL, FILESIZE , DURATION, FILEKEY, ERRORMESSAGE in }

Argument	Type	Description
AUDIO_URL	URL	URL of the audio asset file to be processed
MAX_SIZE	Double	validation size for maximum audio file size(default 30MB)
COMPLETION_HANDLER	`(Bool, String,URL?, Double, Double, String, String)`	tuple completion handler

Variable	Type	Description
IS_SUCCESS	Boolean	true if processing is success else false
FILENAME	String	Name of the processed audio file
SAVED_FILE_URL	URL	URL of the processed and saved audio file
FILESIZE	Double	Size of the processed audio in bytes
DURATION	Double	Duration of the processed audio
FILEKEY	String	Key of the processed ecnrypted audio if encryption is enabled
ERRORMESSAGE	String	Error reason message for the processing failure

info

MediaUtils.processAudio() method was deprecated and will be removed in the future releases, migrate to above method to process audio files.

Process Document#

To process and get the metadata of a document file call the below method.

MediaUtils.processDocumentFile(DOCUMENT_URL,MAX_SIZE) {IS_SUCCESS, SAVED_FILE_URL, FILESIZE , FILENAME, FILEKEY, ERRORMESSAGE in }

Argument	Type	Description
DOCUMENT_URL	URL	URL of the document file to be processed
MAX_SIZE	Double	validation size for maximum Document file size(default 20MB)
COMPLETION_HANDLER	`(Bool, URL?,Double,String,String,String)`	tuple completion handler

Variable	Type	Description
IS_SUCCESS	Boolean	true if processing is success else false
SAVED_FILE_URL	URL	URL of the processed and saved document file
FILESIZE	Double	Size of the processed document in bytes
FILENAME	String	Name of the processed document file
FILEKEY	String	Key of the processed ecnrypted document if encryption is enabled
ERRORMESSAGE	String	Error reason message for the processing failure

info

MediaUtils.processDocument() method was deprecated and will be removed in the future releases, migrate to above method to process Document files.

Get MetaData of user#

To get MetaData value of user call the below method.

 ChatManager.getMetaData { (isSuccess, flyError, resultDict) in
  if isSuccess {
    var flydata = resultDict
    print(flydata.getData())
  }else{
    //Getting metaData failed
  }
}

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	`FlyCompletionHandler` used as completion Handler

Update MetaData of user#

To Update MetaData value of user call the below method.

 ChatManager.updateMetaData([MetaData]) { (isSuccess, flyError, resultDict) in
  if isSuccess {
    var flydata = resultDict
    print(flydata.getData())
  }else{
    //Updating metaData failed
  }
}

Argument	Type	Description
META_DATA	`[MetaData]`	list of key - value pair of metadata object. `Maximum size is 3` (optional)
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	`FlyCompletionHandler` used as completion Handler