Retrieve Recent Chats

Get Recent Chat#

To get the recent chat of a user or a group.

let recentChat: RecentChat = ChatManager.getRecentChatOf(jid:jid)

Refer this doc to know more about RecentChat Class

Argument	Type	Description
JID	`String`	jid of the user/group

caution

Will return a null object if a user never made a conversation with that user/group.

Get Recent Chat list#

To get the recent chat list

 ChatManager.getRecentChatList()
       or 
 ChatManager.getRecentChatList { isSuccess, error, data in
            
        }      

Provides recent chat list without Archive

Get messages by pagination#

Initialization#

Create a FetchMessageListParams instance. Here, you can set the message filter to determine the message order and the starting point of the message list in the chat view.

   let messageListParams = FetchMessageListParams()
messageListParams.chatId = "CHAT_ID"
messageListParams.messageId = "MESSAGE_ID"
messageListParams.messageTime = "MESSAGE_TIME"
messageListParams.exclude = "EXCLUDE"
messageListParams.limit = "LIMIT"
messageListParams.ascendingOrder = "ASCENDING_ORDER"

Argument	Type	Description
CHAT_ID	`String`	Jid of the user/group
MESSAGE_ID	`String`	Message id of the starting point `optional`
MESSAGE_TIME	`Double`	Message time of the starting point `optional`
EXCLUDE	`Bool`	If `true` starting point message will be excluded in message list default `true`
ASCENDING_ORDER	`Bool`	If `true` message list will be returned ascendingOrder by message time default `false`
LIMIT	`Int`	No of messages will be fetched for each request default`50`

Secondly, create a FetchMessageListQuery instance.

let messageListQuery = FetchMessageListQuery(MESSAGE_LIST_PARAM)

Argument	Type	Description
MESSAGE_LIST_PARAM	`FetchMessageListParams`	Insatance of 'FetchMessageListParams'

Load Initial Messages#

To fetch initial conversations between you and a single chat user or group, call the below method.

 messageListQuery.loadMessages { isSuccess, flyError, flyData in
    var data  = flyData
    if (isSuccess) {
         let messageList  = data.getData() as? [ChatMessage]
    } else {
        // Fetch messages failed print error to know more about the exception
    }
}

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	FlyCompletionHandler implemented as closures

Load Previous Messages#

To fetch previous conversations between you and a single chat user or group, call the below method.

messageListQuery.loadPreviousMessages { isSuccess, flyError, flyData in
    var data  = flyData
    if (isSuccess) {
        let messageList  = data.getData() as? [ChatMessage]
    } else {
        // Fetch messages failed print error to know more about the exception
    }
}
  

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	FlyCompletionHandler implemented as closures

Load Next Messages#

To fetch next conversations between you and a single chat user or group, call the below method.

messageListQuery.loadNextMessages { isSuccess, flyError, flyData in
  var data  = flyData
  if (isSuccess) {
        let messageList  = data.getData() as? [ChatMessage]
  } else {
        // Fetch messages failed print error to know more about the exception
  }
}

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	FlyCompletionHandler implemented as closures

Check Previous Set of Messages availability#

To check previous set of conversations available or not, call the below method.

 let hasPreviousMessages: Bool = messageListQuery.hasPreviousMessages()

Check Next Set of Messages availability#

To check next set of conversations available or not, call the below method.

let hasNextMessages: Bool = messageListQuery.hasNextMessages()

Check Message Fetching InProgress#

 
 let fetchingInProgress: Bool = messageListQuery.isFetchingInProgress()

Get RecentChat by pagination#

Create a RecentChatListParams instance. Here, you can set the recentchat filter options .

 
 let recentChatListParams = RecentChatListParams()
recentChatListParams.limit = "LIMIT"

Argument	Type	Description
LIMIT	`Int`	No of recent chats will be fetched for each request default `40`

Secondly, create a RecentChatListBuilder instance.

let recentChatListBuilder = RecentChatListBuilder(RECENT_LIST_PARAM)

Argument	Type	Description
RECENT_LIST_PARAM	`RecentChatListParams`	Insatance of 'RecentChatListParams

Load Initial RecentChats#

To fetch initial set of recentChat data, call the below method.

 
recentChatBuilder.loadRecentChatList { isSuccess, flyError, flyData in
    var data  = flyData
    if (isSuccess) {
        let recentChatArray  = data.getData() as? [RecentChat]
    } else {
        // Fetch recentchat failed print error to know more about the exception
    }
}

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	FlyCompletionHandler implemented as closures

Load Next RecentChats#

To fetch next set of recentChats, call the below method.

 
recentChatBuilder.nextSetOfData { { isSuccess, flyError, flyData in
    var data  = flyData
    if (isSuccess) {
        let recentChatArray  = data.getData() as? [RecentChat]
    } else {
        // Fetch recentchat failed print error to know more about the exception
    }
}

Argument	Type	Description
CALLBACK	`FlyCompletionHandler`	FlyCompletionHandler implemented as closures

Get Recent Chat list with archived chats#

To get the recent chat list including the arhived chat conversation call the below method.

  let recentChatList: [RecentChat] = ChatManager.getRecentChatListIncludingArchived()

Unread count#

If you want to get the unread count of chat messages, you can utilise the below method.

let (messageCount, chatCount) = ChatManager.getUNreadMessageAndChatCount()