Footer View

Overview

LikeMindsFeed SDK Footer View for displaying action buttons for post interactions in a feed. These components are designed to handle different use cases, including standard posts, question-and-answer format posts, and video feed posts.

Social Feed Footer View

QnA Theme Footer View

Video Feed Footer View

File Location:
LMFeedPostFooterView.swift

Functionality

UI Elements

• containerView: A LMFeedView which serves as main container view
• actionStackView: A LMFeedStackView that organizes the action buttons horizontally or vertically
• likeButton: A LMFeedButton to like/unlike the post
• likeTextButton: A LMFeedButton displaying the like count
• commentButton: A LMFeedButton for adding comments
• saveButton: A LMFeedButton to save/unsave the post
• shareButton: A LMFeedButton to share the post
• spacer: A LMFeedView used for spacing within the stack views
• moreButton (Video Footer only): A LMFeedButton to show more options (menu)

Data Variables

• delegate: An instance of LMFeedPostFooterViewProtocol to handle interactions
• videoDelegate (Video Footer only): An instance of LMFeedVideoFooterViewProtocol to handle video-specific actions
• postID: The identifier of the post
• likeCount: The count of likes for the post

Methods

• configure(): Configures the footer view with the provided data and sets up the delegate for cell interactions
• getLikeText(): Generates the appropriate text based on the like count
• getCommentText(): Generates the appropriate text based on the comment count
• didTapLikeButton(): Handles the action when the like button is tapped
• didTapLikeTextButton(): Handles the action when the like text button is tapped
• didTapCommentButton(): Handles the action when the comment button is tapped
• didTapSaveButton(): Handles the action when the save button is tapped
• didTapShareButton(): Handles the action when the share button is tapped
• didTapPost(): Handles the action when the entire footer is tapped
• didTapFooterMenuButton() (Video Footer only): Handles the action when the more/menu button is tapped

Customisation

Footer View

CustomFooterView.swift

class CustomFooterView: LMFeedPostFooterView {
    override func setupAppearance() {
        super.setupAppearance()

        backgroundColor = .green
    }
}

AppDelegate.swift

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

QnA Footer View

CustomFooterView.swift

class CustomFooterView: LMFeedPostQnAFooterView {
   override func setupAppearance() {
      super.setupAppearance()

      backgroundColor = .green
   }
}

AppDelegate.swift

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

Video Footer View

CustomVideoFooterView.swift

class CustomVideoFooterView: LMFeedVideoPostFooterView {
   override func setupAppearance() {
      super.setupAppearance()
      backgroundColor = .blue
   }
}

AppDelegate.swift

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