OverlayProvider

The OverlayProvider is the top-level Stream Chat for React Native component and wraps all other components provided by the SDK. The OverlayProvider allows users to interact with messages on long press above the underlying views, use the full screen image viewer, and use the AttachmentPicker alongside the keyboard.

General Usage

The OverlayProvider should wrap all other Stream Chat for React Native components and in most cases the majority of your application.

Note: For detailed implementation instructions of the OverlayProvider with navigation please refer to the Navigation guide.

import { StreamChat } from 'stream-chat';
import { ChannelList, Chat, OverlayProvider } from 'stream-chat-react-native';

const client = StreamChat.getInstance('api_key');

export const App = () => (
  <OverlayProvider>
    <Chat client={client}>
      <ChannelList />
    </Chat>
  </OverlayProvider>
);

Context Providers

OverlayProvider contains providers for the AttachmentPickerContext, ImageGalleryContext, MessageOverlayContext, OverlayContext, ThemeContext, and TranslationContext. These can be accessed using the corresponding hooks.

Props

attachmentPickerBottomSheetHandleHeight

Height of the image picker bottom sheet handle.

attachmentPickerBottomSheetHeight

Height of the image picker bottom sheet when opened.

attachmentPickerErrorButtonText

Text for the button within AttachmentPickerError that opens the apps OS level settings.

attachmentPickerErrorText

Error text for AttachmentPickerError.

attachmentSelectionBarHeight

Height of the attachment selection bar displayed on the attachment picker.

bottomInset

Height of items located below the MessageInput when present. This inset determines the underlying shift to the MessageList when it is opened.

autoPlayVideo

Enables or disables auto play of videos in the overlay.

giphyVersion

The Giphy version to render when viewing a Giphy in the Image Gallery. Check the keys of the Image Object for possible values.

i18nInstance

Instance of Streami18n class used for internationalization. Please read more in the translation’s docs for details on creation and customization.

imageGalleryCustomComponents

ImageGallery component is used to render the image viewer. This component handler all the gestures for zooming and swiping on images within gallery.

Its not possible to replace this component, given the complexity of it. But you can use imageGalleryCustomComponents prop on OverlayProvider to replace sub-parts of image gallery.

The following object for providing custom components. Each key in the object is spread as props onto its respective component. Each component has a number of sub-components it can receive in this manner.

• footer ->ImageGalleryFooter
• grid ->ImageGrid
• gridHandle ->ImageGridHandle
• header ->ImageGalleryHeader

imageGalleryGridHandleHeight

Height of the image gallery grid bottom sheet handle.

imageGalleryGridSnapPoints

The SnapPoints for the image gallery grid bottom sheet.

messageTextNumberOfLines

Number of lines for the message text in the Message Overlay.

numberOfAttachmentImagesToLoadPerCall

Number of images to load per call to CameraRoll.getPhotos.

numberOfAttachmentPickerImageColumns

Number of columns to render within the image picker.

numberOfImageGalleryGridColumns

Number of columns to render within the image gallery grid.

topInset

Distance from the top of the screen the attachment picker should open to when expanded. This is often set to the header height.

value

Partially overrides the value provided to the OverlayContext. This prop can be used to set the theme via the style key.

const theme = {
  messageSimple: {
    file: {
      container: {
        backgroundColor: 'red',
      },
    },
  },
};

<OverlayProvider value={{ style: theme }}>...</OverlayProvider>;

UI Component Props

AttachmentPickerBottomSheetHandle

Bottom sheet handle component for image picker.

AttachmentPickerError

Error component displayed when the app doesn’t have permissions to access photos on the device.

AttachmentPickerErrorImage

Image component within AttachmentPickerError.

AttachmentPickerIOSSelectMorePhotos

Component to render select more photos option for selected gallery access in iOS.

AttachmentPickerSelectionBar

Component to render and customize the attachment picker selection bar that displays the image, file and camera icons._createMdxContent

CameraSelectorIcon

Camera selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

FileSelectorIcon

File selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

ImageOverlaySelectedComponent

Indicator component used to designate an image as selected in the image picker.

ImageSelectorIcon

Image selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

MessageActionList

Component for rendering a message action list within the message overlay.

MessageActionListItem

Component for rendering message action list items within a message action list.

OverlayReactionList

Reaction selector component displayed within the message overlay when user long presses a message.

OverlayReactions

List of reactions component within the message overlay.

OverlayReactionsAvatar

Component for rendering an avatar in the message reaction overlay.