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Version: v3

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.

TypeDefault
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
ParameterDescription
datedate 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.

TypeDefault
booleantrue

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}
TypeDefault
componentAttachment

overrides the value from MessagesContext
FileAttachmentGroup#

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

TypeDefault
componentFileAttachmentGroup

overrides the value from MessagesContext
Gallery#

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

TypeDefault
componentGallery

overrides the value from MessagesContext
MessageDeleted#

Component to render deleted message.

TypeDefault
componentMessageDeleted

overrides the value from MessagesContext
MessageFooter#

Component to render footer for message, within MessageList.

TypeDefault
componentMessageFooter

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

TypeDefault
componentMessageReplies

overrides the value from MessagesContext
MessageStatus#

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

TypeDefault
componentMessageStatus

overrides the value from MessagesContext
Reply#

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

TypeDefault
componentReply

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