useCanAddMembersToChannel

Returns whether the current user can add members to the channel.

It checks for the update-channel-members capability via useChannelOwnCapabilities and reacts to capabilities.changed events.

Best Practices

• Use this hook to show or hide "Add members" affordances on channel details and member-management screens.
• Treat the result as the single source of truth for the add-members permission rather than duplicating the capability check.
• The hook returns false when capabilities are unavailable, so it is safe to render-gate on directly.

Usage

import { useCanAddMembersToChannel } from "stream-chat-react-native";

const canAddMembers = useCanAddMembersToChannel(channel);

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