useIsDirectChat

Returns true when the channel is a direct chat — i.e. it has exactly one other member besides the current user.

Best Practices

• Use this hook to branch UI for DM vs group behaviors.
• Keep DM-specific logic centralized instead of scattering member checks.
• Rely on this hook for action labeling (chat vs group) consistency.
• Avoid inferring channel type from channel.type alone.
• Treat the result as derived state and avoid local duplication.

Usage

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

const isDirectChat = useIsDirectChat(channel);

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