MessageContent

Component to render content of a message within the MessageList. Message avatar and reactions are not part of MessageContent. This is the default component provided to the prop MessageContent on the Channel component.

Props

overrides the value from MessagesContext

additionalTouchableProps

Additional props provided to the underlying TouchableOpacity used by components within a message such as MessageContent.

Type
object

overrides the value from MessageContext

alignment

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

Type	Default
enum('right', 'left')	'right'

overrides the value from MessageContext

disabled

True if channel is frozen and disableIfFrozenChannel is true.

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessagesContext

formatDate

Format function that returns a string to be used for the date in the message status and delete message component.

Type
function

Parameter	Description
date	date to format provided as a string, Date, or number (Unix Timestamp)

overrides the value from MessageContext

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.

Type
array of enum('top', 'bottom', 'middle', 'single')

overrides the value from MessageContext

hasReactions

True if the message has at least 1 reaction.

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessageContext

isMyMessage

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

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessageContext

lastGroupMessage

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

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessageContext

members

Members of current channel. This value is received from backend when you query a channel, either using client.queryChannels() or channel.watch() API call.

caution

client.queryChannels() or channel.watch() returns only up to 100 members of channel. So if you expect total number of members to be > 100, its better to use client.queryMembers() API endpoint separately to get the list of members.

Record<
  string, // userId
  {
    banned?: boolean;
    created_at?: string;
    invite_accepted_at?: string;
    invite_rejected_at?: string;
    invited?: boolean;
    is_moderator?: boolean;
    role?: string;
    shadow_banned?: boolean;
    updated_at?: string;
    user?: UserResponse<UserType>;
    user_id?: string;
  }
>;

Type
object

overrides the value from MessageContext

message

Message object

Type
object

overrides the value from MessageContext

messageContentOrder

Order of message content.

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

Type
array

overrides the value from MessageContext

onLongPress

Default long press handler for message UI.

Type
function

overrides the value from MessageContext

onlyEmojis

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

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessageContext

onPress

Default press handler for message UI.

Type
function

overrides the value from MessageContext

onPressIn

Default pressIn handler for message UI.

Type
function

overrides the value from MessageContext

otherAttachments

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

Type
array

overrides the value from MessageContext

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.

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessagesContext

quotedRepliesEnabled

Allow messages to be replied to using inline quotation.

Type	Default
boolean	true

overrides the value from MessageContext

threadList

True if current message is part of a message thread.

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessagesContext

threadRepliesEnabled

Allow messages to be replied to in a thread. The default value is supplied by the channel config.

Type
boolean

overrides the value from MessagesContext

Attachment

Component for rendering attachments in MessageList.

Available props:

• attachment {object}

Type	Default
component	Attachment

overrides the value from MessagesContext

FileAttachmentGroup

Component to render group of file type attachments, when there are multiple file type attachments in message.

Type	Default
component	FileAttachmentGroup

overrides the value from MessagesContext

Gallery

Component to render 'image' type attachments in the MessageList.

Type	Default
component	Gallery

overrides the value from MessagesContext

MessageDeleted

Component to render deleted message.

Type	Default
component	MessageDeleted

overrides the value from MessagesContext

MessageFooter

Component to render footer for message, within MessageList.

Type	Default
component	MessageFooter

overrides the value from MessagesContext

MessageHeader

Component to render header for message, within MessageList.

Type
component

overrides the value from MessagesContext

MessageReplies

Component to show number of thread replies and avatars of members who replied on message

Type	Default
component	MessageReplies

overrides the value from MessagesContext

MessageStatus

Component to render status of message, which includes time and read-receipts.

Type	Default
component	MessageStatus

overrides the value from MessagesContext

Reply

Component to render preview of parent of message for quoted reply.

Type	Default
component	Reply