Chat Room and Messages - TapCore
If you are using core implementation method, you can use the methods from the TapCoreChatRoomManager and TapCoreMessageManager class to manage chat room and messages.
TapTalk Chat Method
Description
Returns the room model of the currently active chat room.
Create new personal chat room with recipient user, or obtain chat room data if it already exists
Create new personal chat room with recipient user ID, or obtain chat room data if it already exists.
Obtain locally saved chat room details with a roomID.
Create a new group chat room with selected group name.
Create a new group chat room with selected group name and group picture.
Get room details from selected room ID.
Update existing group chat room data.
Update group picture with current selected image.
Delete group chat room from the device's local storage.
Delete group chat room and clear all chat data and participants.
Leave from selected group chat.
Add selected member(s) to current group chat room.
Remove selected member(s) from current group chat room.
Promote selected member(s) as admin(s) to the current group chat room.
Demote selected admin(s) to member(s) to the current group chat room.
Obtain Saved Messages chat room data
Notify that the active user has started typing in the selected room.
Notify that the active user has stopped typing in the selected room.
Send a new text message to the selected chat room.
Send a new message with location to the selected chat room.
Send a new image message to the selected chat room.
Send a new video message to the selected chat room.
Send a new file message to the selected chat room.
Send a new voice message to the selected chat room.
Send a new link message to the selected chat room.
Forward existing messages to the selected chat room.
Construct a customized TapTalk.io message model.
Send a new custom message to the room defined in the message model.
Edit the contents of the selected message.
Delete the selected message from the server.
Delete the selected message from local storage.
Cancel image, video, or file upload on the selected pending message.
Start a file download from the selected file, image, or video message.
Cancel image, video, or file download on the selected message.
Upload an image file to TapTalk.io server without sending message.
Upload a video file to TapTalk.io server without sending message.
Upload a document to TapTalk.io server without sending message.
Mark message as delivered by the active user.
Mark message as read by the active user.
Mark all unread messages in a chat room as read.
Retrieve messages from chat room that are already stored in the device's local storage.
Retrieve messages that are older than the provided timestamp from the server to the selected chat room.
Retrieve newer messages from the server to the selected chat room
Retrieve all available messages from the selected chat room.
Retrieve unread messages from the device's local storage.
Retrieve media messages from the device's local storage.
Call this method to search messages from the device's local storage with a keyword.
Set message as starred or remove star from message for the active user.
Retrieve list of messages marked as starred in a chat room.
Set message as pinned or remove pin from message for all room participants.
Retrieve list of pinned messages in a chat room.
Retrieve image, video, file, and link messages from a chat room.
Clear all existing messages in a selected chat room for the active user.
Schedule a message to be delivered at a specified time.
Retrieve list of created scheduled messages in a chat room.
Send a previously created scheduled message immediately to the recipient.
Change the deliver time of a previously created scheduled message.
Update the contents of a scheduled message that has not been delivered.
Delete a scheduled message that has not been delivered.
Retrieve info about a message's recipients that has read or received the message.
Retrieve a message's total read count from a non-personal room.
Get Active Chat Room
Returns the room model (TAPRoomModel) of the currently active chat room.
Get Personal Chat Room with Recipient User
Create new personal chat room with recipient user, or obtain chat room data if it already exists.
Parameters
RECIPIENT_USER: (TAPUserModel) recipient user data
Get Personal Chat Room with Recipient User ID
Create new personal chat room with recipient user ID, or obtain chat room data if it already exists.
Parameters
RECIPIENT_ID: (String) user ID of recipient
Get Local Chat Room Data
Obtain locally saved chat room details with a roomID. Returns the saved room model or null if it does not exist.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) selected room's ID
Create Group Chat Room
Create a new group chat room with selected group name.
Parameters
GROUP_NAME: (String) your group name
PARTICIPANT_LIST: (List<String>) list of the group participant's user IDs
Create Group Chat Room
Create a new group chat room with selected group name and group picture.
Parameters
GROUP_NAME: (String) name of the group chat room to create
PARTICIPANT_LIST: (List) list of the group participant's user IDs
IMAGE_URI: (Uri) picture to be uploaded as the group's profile
Get Chat Room Data
Get room details from selected room ID.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) selected room's ID
Update Group Chat Room Details
Create a new Update existing group chat room data.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of group
GROUP_NAME: (String) name of group
Update Group Image
Update group picture with current selected image.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
IMAGE_URI: (Uri) new picture for the group's profile
Delete Local Group Chat Room
Delete group chat room from the device's local storage and clear all chat data and participants. Locally deleted room data will still be accessible from the server if the user remains a participant in the room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) group room ID to be deleted
Delete Group Chat Room
Delete group chat room and clear all chat data and participants.
Parameters
GROUP_CHAT_MODEL: (TAPRoomModel) a room model of the group to delete
Leave Group Chat
Leave from selected group chat.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
Add Members to Group Chat
Add selected member(s) to current group chat room.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
USER_IDs: (List<String>) list of the user IDs to add to the group
Remove Members from Group Chat
Remove selected member(s) from current group chat room.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
USER_IDs: (List<String>) list of the user IDs to add to the group
Promote Group Admin
Promote selected member(s) as admin(s) to the current group chat room.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
USER_IDs: (List<String>) list of the user IDs to add to the group
Demote Group Admin
Demote selected admin(s) to member(s) to the current group chat room.
Parameters
GROUP_ID: (String) room ID of the selected group
USER_IDs: (List<String>) list of the user IDs to add to the group
Get Saved Messages Chat Room
Obtain Saved Messages chat room data.
Send Start Typing
Notify that the active user has started typing in the selected room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the room where the user starts typing in
Send Stop Typing
Notify that the active user has stopped typing in the selected room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the room where the user starts typing in
Send Text Message
To send a text message to a chat room, use the sendTextMessage() method from the TapCoreMessageManager class.
Use the sendTextMessage() method with extra parameter to send a text message with quote.
Parameters
MESSAGE_BODY: (String) content of the message
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
Send Location Message
You can send a location embedded in a chat message using sendLocationMessage(). This method takes latitude, longitude, and address text as parameters.
Use the sendLocationMessage() method with extra parameter to send a location message with quote.
Parameters
LATITUDE: (Double) latitude of the shared location
LONGITUDE: (Double) longitude of the shared location
ADDRESS: (String) text data containing the location address
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
Send Image Message
To send an image to a chat room, you can use sendImageMessage() method by providing either IMAGE_URI, BITMAP, or IMAGE_URL as parameter.
Use the sendImageMessage() method with extra parameter to send an image message with quote.
Parameters
IMAGE_URI: (Uri) local Uri of the image file
BITMAP: (Bitmap) bitmap file of the image
IMAGE_URL: (String) remote URL of the image file
CAPTION: (String) caption for the image
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
FETCH_METADATA: (boolean) inserts metadata from remote URL to the constructed message when true
Send Video Message
To send a video to a chat room, you can use sendVideoMessage() method by providing VIDEO_URI or VIDEO_URL.
Use the sendVideoMessage() method with extra parameter to send a video message with quote.
Parameters
CONTEXT: (Context) your Application or Activity context
VIDEO_URI: (Uri) local Uri of the video file
VIDEO_URL: (String) remote URL of the video file
CAPTION: (String) caption for the video
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
FETCH_METADATA: (boolean) inserts metadata from remote URL to the constructed message when true
Send File Message
You can also send a file to a chat room using the sendFileMessage() method with a provided FILE, URI, or FILE_URL.
Use the sendFileMessage() method with extra parameters to send a file message with quote and/or caption.
Parameters
FILE: (File) file to be sent, can also be replaced with URI
URI: (Uri) path of the file to be sent
FILE_URL: (String) file to be sent, can also be replaced with URI
CAPTION: (String) caption for the file
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
FETCH_METADATA: (boolean) inserts metadata from remote URL to the constructed message when true
Send Voice Message
You can also send a voice note to a chat room using the sendVoiceMessage() method with a provided FILE or URI.
Use the sendVoiceMessage() method with extra parameter to send a file message with quote.
Parameters
FILE: (File) voice file to be sent, can also be replaced with URI
URI: (Uri) path of the file to be sent
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
Send Link Message
You can send a link message, which is usually composed of a text message with URL on the body, using the sendLinkMessage() method.
Use the sendLinkMessage() method with extra parameters to send a link message with quote.
Parameters
MESSAGE_BODY: (String) content of the message
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote containing another existing message
URLS: (List<String>) list of URLs contained in the message
TITLE: (String) og:title metadata of the specified URL
DESCRIPTION: (String) og:description metadata of the specified URL
IMAGE: (String) og:image metadata of the specified URL
SITE_NAME: (String) og:site_name metadata of the specified URL
TYPE: (String) og:type metadata of the specified URL
Forward Message
To forward existing messages to chat room, call the sendForwardedMessage() method. You may also use sendForwardedMessages() to forward multiple messages at once, or sendForwardedMessageToMultipleRooms() or sendForwardedMessagesToMultipleRooms() to forward messages to multiple rooms at once.
Parameters
MESSAGE_TO_FORWARD: (TAPMessageModel) existing message to be forwarded
MESSAGES_TO_FORWARD: (List<TAPMessageModel>) list of messages to be forwarded
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be forwarded
ROOMS: (List<TAPRoomModel>) list of destination rooms where the message will be forwarded
Construct TapTalk.io Message Model
You can construct your own customized message model to be used in chat as shown below.
Parameters
MESSAGE_BODY: (String) content of the message
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
MESSAGE_TYPE: (Integer) type of your custom message, check the Message Type page for more information
MESSAGE_DATA: (HashMap<String, Object>) custom data for the message (optional)
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote of the new message model containing another existing message
Note: you are free to put any data that you need for your custom message in the MESSAGE_DATAparameter, to obtain message data from a TAPMessageModel, use the TAPMessageModel.getData()method
Send a Custom Message
To send a custom message that you just created above, call the sendCustomMessage() method with the custom message as a parameter.
Parameters
CUSTOM_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) the message to be sent, see the Construct TapTalk.io Message Model section to construct a custom message
Edit Message
To update the contents of a message, you may use the editMessage() method from TapCoreMessageManager class. Editing is currently available for text message, and image or video message caption.
Parameters
MESSAGE_MODEL: (TAPMessageModel) the message to be updated
UPDATED_TEXT: (String) new text to replace the body and caption of the message
Delete Message
To delete a message permanently from the server, call deleteMessage() from TapCoreMessageManager class. When the message is successfully deleted, TapCoreMessageListener will invoke onMessageDeleted() callback.
Parameters
MESSAGE_MODEL: (TAPMessageModel) the message to be deleted
Delete Message from Local Cache
To delete a message from local cache, call deleteLocalMessage() from TapCoreMessageManager class.
Parameters
MESSAGE_LOCAL_ID: (String) local ID of the message to delete
Cancel Message File Upload
Messages such as Image, Video, and File messages requires a file upload completion before the message is sent. To cancel an ongoing file upload of a message, call the cancelMessageFileUpload() method.
Parameters
MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) pending message with ongoing file upload
Download Message File
To start a file download from a File, Image, or Video message, you can use the downloadMessageFile() method.
Parameters
MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) existing message to download the file from
Cancel Message File Download
You can cancel download message with type such as Image, Video, and File by calling the cancelMessageFileDownload() method.
Parameters
MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) selected message with ongoing file download
Upload Image
You can upload an image file to TapTalk.io server without sending message. The response will return the uploaded file ID and URL.
Parameters
CONTEXT: (Context) your Application or Activity context
IMAGE_URI: (Uri) local Uri of the image file
Upload Video
You can upload a video file to TapTalk.io server without sending message. The response will return the uploaded file ID and URL.
Parameters
CONTEXT: (Context) your Application or Activity context
VIDEO_URI: (Uri) local Uri of the video file
Upload File
You can also upload other formats of file/document to TapTalk.io server without sending message. The response will return the uploaded file ID and URL.
Parameters
CONTEXT: (Context) your Application or Activity context
FILE_URI: (Uri) local Uri of the file
Mark Message as Delivered
To manually mark a message as delivered, call the markMessageAsDelivered() method.
Mark Message as Read
To manually mark a message as read, call the markMessageAsRead() method. You can also mark multiple messages as read at once using markMessagesAsRead().
Parameters
MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) existing message to be marked as read
MESSAGE_ID: (String) message ID from an existing message to be marked as read
MESSAGE_IDS: (String) message ID from an existing message to be marked as read
Mark All Chat Room Messages as Read
To quickly mark all unread messages in a chat room as read, call markAllMessageInRoomAsRead() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) room ID of the messages to be marked as read
Get Local Messages from Chat Room
In a chat room, you can retrieve messages that are already stored in the device's local storage by calling getLocalMessages() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages for
Retrieving local messages is fast and reliable, but may not contain all messages available in the selected chat room. To obtain more messages that are available from the server, you may use getOlderMessagesBeforeTimestamp() and getNewerMessagesAfterTimestamp() methods.
Get Older Messages from Chat Room
To retrieve older messages in a chat room from the server, use the getOlderMessagesBeforeTimestamp() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages for
MAX_CREATED_TIMESTAMP: (long) the maximum created time of the messages to retrieve, in milliseconds
NUMBER_OF_ITEMS: (int) maximum limit of the number of messages to retrieve
Get Newer Messages from Chat Room
To retrieve newer messages in a chat room from the server, use the getNewerMessagesAfterTimestamp() method.
You can also call getNewerMessages() without providing MIN_CREATED_TIMESTAMP and LAST_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP, only providing ROOM_ID as the parameter. With this method, MIN_CREATED_TIMESTAMP will automatically be set to the oldest existing message's created time in the room, and LAST_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP will be obtained from local cache.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages for
MIN_CREATED_TIMESTAMP: (long) the minimum created time of the messages to retrieve, in millisecond
LAST_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP: (long) the minimum updated time of the messages to retrieve, in milliseconds
NUMBER_OF_ITEMS: (int) maximum limit of the number of messages to retrieve
Get All Messages from Chat Room
You may also retrieve all available messages from a chat room using the getAllMessagesFromRoom() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages from
getAllMessagesFromRoom() is convenient to obtain all existing chat room messages since the beginning of the room creation, but the process will take longer depending on the number of messages contained in the selected room.
TapCoreGetAllMessageListener will trigger two callbacks sequentially during the process of retrieving messages:
• onGetLocalMessagesCompleted() will be triggered first once local messages are retrieved, the process will then continue to retrieve more messages from the server.
• onGetAllMessagesCompleted() will be triggered after all messages from the server are successfully retrieved, this callback contains three parameters containing all messages, older messages (that did not exist in local storage), and newer messages that have recently been updated), the latter two parameters might be empty depending on the situation.
Get Unread Messages from Chat Room
You can retrieve unread messages from the device's local storage by calling getUnreadMessagesFromRoom() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages from
Get Media Messages from Chat Room
You can also retrieve media messages from the device's local storage, which consists of image, video, and documents, by calling getMediaMessagesFromRoom() method.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) the room ID to retrieve the messages from
LAST_TIMESTAMP: (long) the maximum created time of the messages to retrieve, in milliseconds
NUMBER_OF_ITEM: (int) maximum limit of the number of messages to retrieve
Search Local Message
Call this method to search messages from the device's local storage with a keyword. Provided keyword will be used to filter message body in the search result.
Parameters
KEYWORD: (String) search keyword to filter message body
Star/Unstar Messages
You may use these methods to mark a message or multiple messages as starred, or remove messages from the starred list. Only the active user can retrieve his/her own starred messages.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) room ID, can be obtained from the message's room model
MESSAGE_ID: (String) unique server ID from the message
MESSAGE_IDS: (List<String>) list containing message IDs to be starred/unstarred
Get Starred Messages
You can use the method below get a list of message IDs marked as starred by the user.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the target room
A method to obtain the full message model list of the starred messages with pagination is also provided.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the target room
PAGE_NUMBER: (int) the number of page to retrieve the items
NUMBER_OF_ITEMS: (int) number of items to be retrieved
Pin/Unpin Message
You may use these methods to pin or unpin a message or multiple messages in a chat room. Every participant in the room can retrieve the chat room's pinned messages.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) room ID, can be obtained from the message's room model
MESSAGE_ID: (String) unique server ID from the message
MESSAGE_IDS: (List<String>) list containing message IDs to be pinned/unpinned
Get Pinned Messages
You can use the method below get a list of message IDs of pinned messages in a chat room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the target room
A method to obtain the full message model list of the pinned messages with pagination is also provided.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the target room
PAGE_NUMBER: (int) the number of page to retrieve the items
NUMBER_OF_ITEMS: (int) number of items to be retrieved
Get Shared Content Messages
You can retrieve media-type messages, consisting of image, video, file, and link messages from a chat room by using getSharedContentMessages method.
Parameters
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) room to retrieve the messages from
MIN_CREATED_TIMESTAMP: (long) smallest created time of the messages to retrieve, use 0L to retrieve up to the oldest message in the room
MAX_CREATED_TIMESTAMP: (long) largest created time of the messages to retrieve, use current timestamp to retrieve up to the newest message in the room
Delete All Chat Room Messages
Use the deleteAllChatRoomMessages() method from the TapCoreChatRoomManager class to clear all existing messages in a selected chat room for the active user. The selected messages will only be deleted for the active user, and will not affect the other participants in the selected room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the specified room to delete the messages from
Create Scheduled Message
You can schedule a constructed message model to be delivered at a specified time to a chat room.
Parameters
MESSAGE_BODY: (String) content of the message
ROOM: (TAPRoomModel) the destination room where the message will be sent
MESSAGE_TYPE: (Integer) type of your custom message, check the Message Type page for more information
MESSAGE_DATA: (HashMap<String, Object>) custom data for the message (optional)
QUOTED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) quote of the new message model containing another existing message
TIMESTAMP: (long) time when the message will be delivered to the destination room (long value)
Get Scheduled Messages
You may then retrieve the list of created scheduled messages that have not yet been delivered in a chat room.
Parameters
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the destination chat room
Send Scheduled Message Now
You may also send a previously created scheduled message immediately to the recipient.
Parameters
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_ID: (Integer) ID of the previously created scheduled message
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_IDS: (List<Integer>) list of scheduled message IDs
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the destination chat room
Edit Scheduled Message Time
To change the deliver time of a previously created scheduled message, use the editScheduledMessageTime method from TAPCoreMessageManager.
Parameters
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_ID: (Integer) ID of the previously created scheduled message
TIMESTAMP: (long) time when the message will be delivered to the destination room (long value)
Edit Scheduled Message Content
You may also update the contents of a scheduled message that was previously created before it is delivered to the recipient.
Parameters
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_ID: (Integer) ID of the previously created scheduled message
UPDATED_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) message model with updated values
PREVIOUS_MESSAGE: (TAPMessageModel) existing message model to be edited
UPDATED_TEXT: (String) text content to update the message model
Delete Scheduled Message
To cancel sending a scheduled message that has not been delivered, you can delete it using deleteScheduledMessage method.
Parameters
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_ID: (Integer) ID of the previously created scheduled message
SCHEDULED_MESSAGE_IDS: (List<Integer>) list of scheduled message IDs
ROOM_ID: (String) ID of the destination chat room
Get Message Details
You can retrieve info about a message's recipients that has read or received the message.
Parameters
MESSAGE_ID: (String) unique server ID from the message
Get Message Total Read Count
You can also retrieve a message's total read count from a non-personal room.
Parameters
MESSAGE_ID: (String) unique server ID from the message
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