4.8.0

Common changes for all artifacts

🐞 Fixed

Group channels with 1<>1 behaviour the same way as group channels with many users
It is not possible to remove users from distinct channels anymore.

⬆️ Improved

it is now possible to configure the max lines of a link description. Just use
app:streamUiLinkDescriptionMaxLines when defining MessageListView

It is now possible to configure the max size of files and an alert is shown when
a files bigger than this is selected.

✅ Added

Configure enable/disable of replies using XML in MessageListView
Option app:streamUiReactionsEnabled in MessageListView to enable or disable reactions
It is possible now to configure the max size of the file upload using
app:streamUiAttachmentMaxFileSizeMb

stream-chat-android

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed crash when sending GIF from Samsung keyboard

stream-chat-android-client

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed parsing of createdAt property in MessageDeletedEvent

⬆️ Improved

• Postponed queries as run as non-blocking

✅ Added

• Added a brand new serialization implementation, available as an opt-in API for now. This can be enabled by making a useNewSerialization(true) call on the ChatClient.Builder.
  • This new implementation will be more performant and greatly improve type safety in the networking code of the SDK.
  • The old implementation remains the default for now, while we're making sure the new one is bug-free.
  • We recommend that you opt-in to the new implementation and test your app with it, so that you can report any issues early and we can get them fixed before a general rollout.
• Added unflagMessage(messageId) and unflagUser(userId) methods to ChatClient
• Added support for querying banned users - added ChatClient::queryBannedUsers and ChannelClient::queryBannedUsers
• Added uploadsEnabled, urlEnrichmentEnabled, customEventsEnabled, pushNotificationsEnabled, messageRetention, automodBehavior and blocklistBehavior fields to channel config

⚠️ Changed

• Renamed ChannelId property to channelId in both ChannelDeletedEvent and NotificationChannelDeletedEvent
• Deprecated ChatClient::unMuteChannel, the ChatClient::unmuteChannel method should be used instead
• Deprecated ChatClient::unBanUser, the ChatClient::unbanUser method should be used instead
• Deprecated ChannelClient::unBanUser, the ChannelClient::unbanUser method should be used instead
• Deprecated ChannelController::unBanUser, the ChannelController::unbanUser method should be used instead

stream-chat-android-offline

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed an issue that didn't find the user when obtaining the list of messages
• Fix refreshing not messaging channels which don't contain current user as a member

stream-chat-android-ui-common

⬆️ Improved

• Show AttachmentMediaActivity for video attachments

✅ Added

• AvatarView.streamUiAvatarOnlineIndicatorColor and AvatarView.streamUiAvatarOnlineIndicatorBorderColor attrs

stream-chat-android-ui-components

🐞 Fixed

• Now replied messages are shown correctly with the replied part in message options
• MessageListView::enterThreadListener is properly notified when entering into a thread
• Fix initial controls state in MessageInputView
• Fix crashing when open attachments destination

⬆️ Improved

• Add support of non-image attachment types to the default attachment click listener.

✅ Added

• MessageInputView now uses the cursor stream_ui_message_input_cursor.xml instead of accent color. To change the cursor, override stream_ui_message_input_cursor.xml.
• Replacing ChatUI with new io.getstream.chat.android.ui.ChatUI implementation
• Added possibility to configure delete message option visibility using streamUiDeleteMessageEnabled attribute, and MessageListView::setDeleteMessageEnabled method
• Add streamUiEditMessageEnabled attribute to MessageListView and MessageListView::setEditMessageEnabled method to enable/disable the message editing feature
• Add streamUiMentionsEnabled attribute to MessageInputView and MessageInputView::setMentionsEnabled method to enable/disable mentions
• Add streamUiThreadsEnabled attribute to MessageListView and MessageListView::setThreadsEnabled method to enable/disable the thread replies feature
• Add streamUiCommandsEnabled attribute to MessageInputView and MessageInputView::setCommandsEnabled method to enable/disable commands
• Add ChannelListItemPredicate to our channelListView to allow filter ChannelListItem before they are rendered
• Open AvatarBitmapFactory class
• Add ChatUI::avatarBitmapFactory property to allow custom implementation of AvatarBitmapFactory
• Add AvatarBitmapFactory::userBitmapKey method to generate cache key for a given User
• Add AvatarBitmapFactory::channelBitmapKey method to generate cache key for a given Channel
• Add StyleTransformer class to allow application-wide style customizations
• Add the default font field to TextStyle
• Add new method ChatFonts::setFont(textStyle: TextStyle, textView: TextView, defaultTypeface: Typeface)
• Add attributes for MessageListView in order to customize styles of:
  • Mine message text
  • Theirs message text
  • User name text in footer of Message
  • Message date in footer of Message
  • Thread replies counter in footer of Message
  • Link title text
  • Link description text
  • Date separator text
  • Deleted message text and background
  • Reactions style in list view and in options view
  • Indicator icons in footer of Message
  • Unread count badge on scroll to bottom button
  • Message stroke width and color for mine and theirs types
    It is now possible to customize the following attributes for ChannelListView:
• streamUiChannelOptionsIcon - customize options icon
• streamUiChannelDeleteIcon - customize delete icon
• streamUiChannelOptionsEnabled - hide/show options icon
• streamUiChannelDeleteEnabled - hide/show delete button
• streamUiSwipeEnabled - enable/disable swipe action
• streamUiBackgroundLayoutColor - customize the color of "background layout"
• streamUiChannelTitleTextSize - customize channel name text size
• streamUiChannelTitleTextColor - customize channel name text color
• streamUiChannelTitleTextFont - customize channel name text font
• streamUiChannelTitleFontAssets - customize channel name font asset
• streamUiChannelTitleTextStyle - customize channel name text style (normal / bold / italic)
• streamUiLastMessageTextSize - customize last message text size
• streamUiLastMessageTextColor - customize last message text color
• streamUiLastMessageTextFont - customize last message text font
• streamUiLastMessageFontAssets - customize last message font asset
• streamUiLastMessageTextStyle - customize last message text style (normal / bold / italic)
• streamUiLastMessageDateTextSize - customize last message date text size
• streamUiLastMessageDateTextColor - customize last message date text color
• streamUiLastMessageDateTextFont - customize last message date text font
• streamUiLastMessageDateFontAssets - customize last message date font asset
• streamUiLastMessageDateTextStyle - customize last message date text style (normal / bold / italic)
• streamUiIndicatorSentIcon - customize drawable indicator for sent
• streamUiIndicatorReadIcon - customize drawable indicator for read
• streamUiIndicatorPendingSyncIcon - customize drawable indicator for pending sync
• streamUiForegroundLayoutColor - customize the color of "foreground layout"
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterBackgroundColor - customize the color of message counter badge
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterTextSize - customize message counter text size
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterTextColor - customize message counter text color
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterTextFont - customize message counter text font
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterFontAssets - customize message counter font asset
• streamUiUnreadMessageCounterTextStyle - customize message counter text style (normal / bold / italic)
• Option app:streamUiReactionsEnabled in MessageListView to enable or disable reactions
• It is now possible to configure new fields in MessageInputView:
• streamUiMessageInputTextStyle - customize message input text style.
• streamUiMessageInputFont - customize message input text font.
• streamUiMessageInputFontAssets - customize message input text font assets.
• streamUiMessageInputEditTextBackgroundDrawable - customize message input EditText drawable.
• streamUiMessageInputCustomCursorDrawable - customize message input EditText cursor drawable.
• streamUiCommandsTitleTextSize - customize command title text size
• streamUiCommandsTitleTextColor - customize command title text color
• streamUiCommandsTitleFontAssets - customize command title text color
• streamUiCommandsTitleTextColor - customize command title font asset
• streamUiCommandsTitleFont - customize command title text font
• streamUiCommandsTitleStyle - customize command title text style
• streamUiCommandsNameTextSize - customize command name text size
• streamUiCommandsNameTextColor - customize command name text color
• streamUiCommandsNameFontAssets - customize command name text color
• streamUiCommandsNameTextColor - customize command name font asset
• streamUiCommandsNameFont - customize command name text font
• streamUiCommandsNameStyle - customize command name text style
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionTextSize - customize command description text size
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionTextColor - customize command description text color
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionFontAssets - customize command description text color
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionTextColor - customize command description font asset
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionFont - customize command description text font
• streamUiCommandsDescriptionStyle - customize command description text style
• streamUiSuggestionBackgroundColor - customize suggestion view background
• streamUiMessageInputDividerBackgroundDrawable - customize the background of divider of MessageInputView

⚠️ Changed

• Deprecated ChatUI class