Customize Chat Features
If you are using the default interface from TapTalk.io UI implementation type, you can choose to enable or disable the available chat features that we provided by using the TapUI class.
Show / Hide Action Bar
By default, TapTalk activities will follow your project's app theme to show/hide action bar in activities, but you can show or hide action bar in TapTalk activities using the following methods:
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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// Show/hide action bar for all TapTalk activities
TapUI.getInstance().setAllTapTalkActivityActionBarEnabled(ENABLED);
// Show/hide action bar for TapTalk chat activity
TapUI.getInstance().setTapTalkChatActivityActionBarEnabled(ENABLED);Enable / Disable Message Read Status
You can choose to enable or disable read status of messages in room list and chat room. When disabled, read messages will show as delivered instead. Read status is enabled by default.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setReadStatusVisible(VISIBLE);Enable / Disable Add Contact Feature
You can also choose to enable or disable the user from adding another user as TapTalk contact.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setAddContactEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Room List Features
The following features in TapTalk default room list can be customized:
• Close Room List Button
• Search Chat
• My Account
• Start New Chat
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setCloseButtonInRoomListVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setSearchChatBarInRoomListVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setMyAccountButtonInRoomListVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setNewChatButtonInRoomListVisible(VISIBLE);Customize Chat Room Features
The following features in TapTalk default chat room can be customized:
• User / Group Profile Button
• Add to Contacts
• Mention Username
• Send Voice Note
• Link Preview in Message Bubble
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setProfileButtonInChatRoomVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setAddToContactsButtonInChatRoomVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setMentionUsernameEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSendVoiceNoteMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setLinkPreviewInMessageEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Chat Room Attachments
You can choose to enable or disable message attachments in chat room as follows:
• Documents
• Camera
• Gallery
• Location (requires Google Places API Key)
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setDocumentAttachmentEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setCameraAttachmentEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setGalleryAttachmentEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setLocationAttachmentEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Chat Bubble Long Press Action
You can choose to enable or disable long press action menus in chat room as follows:
• Reply Message
• Forward Message
• Edit Message
• Delete Message
• Delete Others' Message by Admin
• Message Info
• Save Media to Gallery
• Open Link
• Compose Email
• Dial Number
• Send SMS
• View Profile
• Send Message
• Report Message (disabled by default)
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setReplyMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setForwardMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setEditMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setDeleteMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setAllowDeleteOthersMessageForAdminEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setMessageInfoMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSaveMediaToGalleryMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setOpenLinkMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setComposeEmailMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setDialNumberMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSendSMSMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setViewProfileMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSendMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setReportMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Start New Chat Features
If setNewChatButtonInRoomListVisible is enabled (default), you can also customize the availability of its contents:
• Add New Contact (add contact by search)
• Scan QR Code (add contact by scanning QR code)
• Create new group
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setNewContactMenuButtonVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setScanQRMenuButtonVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setNewGroupMenuButtonVisible(VISIBLE);Customize My Account Page
You can choose to show or hide the logout and delete account button in TapTalk My Account page.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI
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TapUI.getInstance().setLogoutButtonVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setDeleteAccountButtonVisible(VISIBLE);Customize User Profile Page
You can choose to show or hide the add to contacts & report/block button in TapTalk Chat Profile page.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setAddToContactsButtonInChatProfileVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setReportButtonInChatProfileVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setReportButtonInUserProfileVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setReportButtonInGroupProfileVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setBlockUserMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setGroupInCommonMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSharedMediaMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
TapUI.getInstance().setSharedMediaMediasTabVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setSharedMediaLinksTabVisible(VISIBLE);
TapUI.getInstance().setSharedMediaDocumentsTabVisible(VISIBLE);Customize Star Message Menu
To enable or disable star message menu in chat room and chat profile page, you may call setStarMessageMenuEnabled() method from TapUI class. This feature is enabled by default.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setStarMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Room List Item Swipe Menu
User is able to swipe an item in the room list page to quickly complete some actions. To enable/disable this feature, you may call the following methods below.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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// Enable/disable mark as read swipe menu action
TapUI.getInstance().setMarkAsReadRoomListSwipeMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
// Enable/disable mark as unread swipe menu action
TapUI.getInstance().setMarkAsUnreadRoomListSwipeMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
// Enable/disable pin and unpin swipe menu action
TapUI.getInstance().setPinRoomListSwipeMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
// Enable/disable mute and unmute swipe menu action
TapUI.getInstance().setMuteRoomListSwipeMenuEnabled(ENABLED);
// Enable/disable delete chat swipe menu action
TapUI.getInstance().setDeleteRoomListSwipeMenuEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Saved Messages Feature
To enable or disable Saved Messages feature, call the setSavedMessagesMenuEnabled() from TapUI. This feature is enabled by default. Disabling this feature when the user has previously used it will not remove the user's existing messages that has been sent to the Saved Messages chat room.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setSavedMessagesMenuEnabled(ENABLED);Customize Pin Message Menu
To enable or disable pin message menu in chat room, you may call setPinMessageMenuEnabled() method from TapUI class. This feature is enabled by default.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setPinMessageMenuEnabled(ENABLED);Enable / Disable In-App Browser
To choose whether to open message urls with in-app browser or the device's browser app, you may call setOpenLinkWithExternalBrowserEnabled() method from TapUI class. TapTalk.io's in-app browser will be used by default.
import io.taptalk.TapTalk.Manager.TapUI;
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TapUI.getInstance().setOpenLinkWithExternalBrowserEnabled(ENABLED);Last updated
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