Retrieve Messages

Get messages using ids

To get array of messages from database using their message ids, call the below method.

Swift

var messages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMessagesUsingIds(MESSAGE_MIDS)

Objective-C

var messages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMessagesUsingIds(MESSAGE_MIDS)

Argument	Type	Description
MESSAGE_MIDS	[String]	Ids of messages

Get messages of a user/group

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

Swift

var messages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMessagesOf(jid: JID)

Objective-C

var messages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMessagesOf(jid: JID)

Argument	Type	Description
JID	String	Jid of the chat user/group

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.

Swift

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"

messageListParams.topicID = "TOPIC_ID" // Optional

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
TOPIC_ID	String	Topic ID to be fetched`

Secondly, create a FetchMessageListQuery instance.

Swift

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.

Swift

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.

Swift

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.

Swift

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.

Swift

let hasPreviousMessages: Bool = messageListQuery.hasPreviousMessages()

Check Next Set of Messages availability

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

Swift

let hasNextMessages: Bool = messageListQuery.hasNextMessages()

Check Message Fetching InProgress

To check conversations fetching in progress or not, call the below method.

Swift

let fetchingInProgress: Bool = messageListQuery.isFetchingInProgress()

Get media messages

To get the media messages of a conversation, call the below method.

Swift

var mediaMessages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMediaMessagesOf(jid: JID)

var mediaMessages : [ChatMessage] = FlyMessenger.getMediaMessagesOf(jid: JID)

Argument	Type	Description
JID	String	Jid of the chat user/group

To get Video, Image, and Audio messages a conversation, call the below method. It is used in view all media to get array of messages group by month

Swift

ChatManager.getVideoImageAudioMessageGroupByMonth(jid: jid) { (isSuccess, flyError, resultDict) in

}

ChatManager.getVideoImageAudioMessageGroupByMonth(jid: jid) { (isSuccess, flyError, resultDict) in

}

Argument	Type	Description
jid	String	jid of the chat user/group