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This is documentation for Stream Chat React Native SDK v4, which is no longer actively maintained. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version (v9).

AttachmentPickerContext

AttachmentPickerContext is provided by OverlayProvider component. If you are not familiar with React Context API, please read about it on React docs.

Basic Usage

AttachmentPickerContext can be consumed by any of the child component of OverlayProvider component as following:

import { useContext } from "react";
import { AttachmentPickerContext } from "stream-chat-react-native";

const { openPicker, closePicker } = useContext(AttachmentPickerContext);

Alternatively, you can also use useAttachmentPickerContext hook provided by library to consume AttachmentPickerContext.

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

const { openPicker, closePicker } = useAttachmentPickerContext();

Value

attachmentPickerBottomSheetHeight

Height of the image picker bottom sheet when closed.

Type Default
number 308

attachmentSelectionBarHeight

Height of the attachment selection bar displayed above the image picker.

Type Default
number 52

bottomInset

bottomInset determine the height of the AttachmentPicker and the underlying shift to the MessageList when it is opened.

Type Default
number bottomInset

CameraSelectorIcon

Camera selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

Type Default
component CameraSelectorIcon

closePicker

Function to close the attachment picker bottom sheet.

Type
function

FileSelectorIcon

File selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

Type Default
component FileSelectorIcon

ImageSelectorIcon

Image selector component displayed in the attachment selector bar.

Type Default
component ImageSelectorIcon

openPicker

Function to open the attachment picker bottom sheet.

Type
function

selectedFiles

List of currently selected files in attachment picker.

Array<{
  duration: number | null;
  name: string;
  size: string;
  type: string;
  uri: string;
}>;

selectedImages

List of currently selected images in attachment picker.

Array<{
  height: number;
  source: "camera" | "picker";
  uri: string;
  width: number;
  id?: string;
}>;
Type
array

selectedPicker

Value is images (string), when image attachment picker is open. Value will be undefined if file picker is active or file picker is open.

Type
'images' | undefined

setBottomInset

Setter function for bottomInset

Type
(bottomInset: number) => void

setSelectedFiles

Setter function for selectedFiles

Type
(selectedFiles) => void

setSelectedImages

Setter function for selectedImages

Type
(selectedImages) => void

setSelectedPicker

Setter function for selectedPicker

| Type | | ------------------ | ------------------- | | (picker: 'images' | undefined) => void |

setTopInset

Setter function for topInset

Type
(topInset: number) => void

topInset

topInset is used to determine how high the scroll-able bottom-sheet can go when opened.

Type Default
number topInset