Chatroom Screen

Overview

The LMChatMessageListViewController is responsible for displaying and managing a list of chat messages. It utilizes various UI components to present message data, handle user interactions, and manage the chat input functionality.

Functionality

Protocols Implemented

• LMChatMessageListViewDelegate: Manages user interactions with the message list.
• LMChatInputBarDelegate: Handles events related to the chat input bar.
• LMChatMessageCellDelegate: Manages interactions with individual message cells.
• LMMessageReactionDelegate: Handles message reaction events.
• LMChatTypingIndicatorDelegate: Manages typing indicator functionality.

UI Components

• containerView: An instance of LMChatMessageListView that displays the list of messages.
• inputBarView: An instance of LMChatInputBarView for message input functionality.
• typingIndicatorView: An instance of LMChatTypingIndicatorView to show typing status.

Properties

• messageActionHandler: Handles various message-related actions.
• chatroomDetailManager: Manages chatroom details.

Methods

• setupBindings(): Establishes data bindings between the view model and UI components.
• setupKeyboardHandling(): Configures keyboard event handling.
• loadMessages(showLoader:): Loads messages, optionally displaying a loader.
• scrollToBottom(animated:): Scrolls the message list to the bottom.
• handleLongPress(_:): Manages long press gestures on messages.

Customization

CustomMessageListViewController.swift

class CustomMessageListViewController: LMChatMessageListViewController {
    override func setupAppearance() {
        super.setupAppearance()
        view.backgroundColor = .lightGray
    }

    override func setupViews() {
        super.setupViews()
        inputBarView.backgroundColor = .systemBlue
    }
}

AppDelegate.swift

func application(_ application: UIApplication, willFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
    LMUIComponents.shared.messageListScreen = CustomMessageListViewController.self
    // ...
    return true
}