MessageContext

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

Basic Usage

MessageContext can be consumed by any of the child component of Message component as following:

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

const { isMyMessage, message, files } = useContext(MessageContext);

Alternatively, you can also use useMessageContext hook provided by library to consume MessageContext.

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

const { isMyMessage, message, files } = useMessageContext();

Value

actionsEnabled

This value gets set to true when following condition is true:

message.type === "regular" && message.status === "received";

alignment

Sets if the message should be aligned to right or left side of list.

canModifyMessage

True if one of the following condition is true:

• message is sent by the current user (connected to chat)
• current user has admin role
• current user has moderator role

files

Array of file type attachments to be shown in the grouped UI component.

const files = message.attachments.filter((a) => a.type === "file");

groupStyles

Position of message in the group. A message group is a group of consecutive messages from the same user. groupStyles can be used to style the message as per their position in message group.

For example, user avatar (to which message belongs to) is only showed for last (bottom) message in group.

handleAction

Function to send an attachment action on message. For example, in case of giphy type attachments, there are 3 actions available - Shuffle, Cancel, Send.

handleToggleReaction

Callback function for toggling reaction from reaction selector.

hasReactions

True if the message has at least 1 reaction.

images

Array of image type attachments on message.

const images = message.attachments.filter((a) => a.type === "image");

isMyMessage

True if the message is sent by current user (connected to chat).

lastGroupMessage

Whether or not this is the last message in a group of messages.

lastReceivedId

Most recent message id in the message list.

message

Message object.

messageContentOrder

Order of message content.

for example ['quoted_reply', 'attachments', 'file', 'gallery', 'text']

onLongPress

Default long press handler for message UI.

onlyEmojis

True if the message text only contains emojis and nothing else.

onOpenThread

Handler function for “Thread Reply” action.

onPress

Default press handler for message UI.

onPressIn

Default pressIn handler for message UI.

otherAttachments

All the attachments on the message except for types file and image.

reactions

List of reactions added to the message.

[
  {
    own: true,
    type: "love",
  },
  {
    own: false,
    type: "haha",
  },
];

showMessageOverlay

Function to open the message action overlay. This function gets called when user long presses a message.

showMessageStatus

When false, message status (read receipt, pending state indicator) won’t be rendered. By default, this value is true for messages sent by current user of chat.

threadList

True if current message is part of a message thread.

videos

Array of video file attachments.

const videos = message.attachments.filter(
  (a) => a.type === "video" && !a.og_scrape_url,
);