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Official React Native SDK for Stream Chat
The official React Native and Expo components for Stream Chat, a service for building chat applications.
Quick Links
- Stream Chat API product overview
- Register to get an API key for Stream Chat
- React Native Chat Tutorial
- Chat UI Kit
- Release Notes
- Internationalisation (i18n)
- Cookbook :rocket:
Contents
- React Native Chat Tutorial
- Example Apps
- Docs
- Keep in mind
- Setup
- Expo package
- Native package
- Native Web package (currently under development. Please follow progress at #206)
- Upgrade
- Common Issues
- Contributing
React Native Chat Tutorial
The best place to start is the React Native Chat Tutorial. It teaches you how to use this SDK and also shows how to make frequently required changes.
Example Apps
This repo includes 2 example apps. One made with Expo, and one Native.
Expo example
- Make sure node version is >= v10.13.0
yarn global add expo-cli git clone https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react-native.git cd stream-chat-react-native/examples/ExpoMessaging yarn && yarn start
Native example
Please make sure you have installed necessary dependencies depending on your development OS and target OS. Follow the guidelines given on official React Native documentation for installing dependencies: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started#
Make sure node version is >= v10.13.0
Start the simulator
git clone https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react-native.git cd stream-chat-react-native/examples/NativeMessaging yarn install
- For iOS
cd ios && pod install && cd .. react-native run-ios
- For android
react-native run-android
If you run into following error on android:
Execution failed for task ':app:validateSigningDebug'. > Keystore file '/path_to_project/stream-chat-react-native/examples/NativeMessaging/android/app/debug.keystore' not found for signing config 'debug'.
You can generate the debug Keystore by running this command in the
android/app/
directory:keytool -genkey -v -keystore debug.keystore -storepass android -alias androiddebugkey -keypass android -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000
- Reference- For iOS
Slack clone
Check out our tutorial on how to build a slack clone using react-native and stream-chat-react-native
Tutorial https://medium.com/@vishalnarkhede.iitd/slack-clone-with-react-native-part-1-f71a5e6a339f
Source code for app
- react native https://github.com/GetStream/slack-clone-react-native/
- expo https://github.com/GetStream/slack-clone-expo/
Docs
The styleguidist docs for stream-chat-react-native document how all the components work.
The React Native components are created using the stream-chat-js library. If you're customizing the components, it's essential to learn how the Chat Server API works. You'll want to review our JS chat API docs.
Keep in mind
Navigation between different components is something we expect consumers to implement. You can check out the example given in this repository
Minor releases may come with some breaking changes, so always check the release notes before upgrading the minor version.
Library currently exposes the following components:
- Avatar
- Chat
- Channel
- MessageList
- TypingIndicator
- MessageInput
- MessageSimple
- ChannelList
- Thread
- ChannelPreviewMessenger
- CloseButton
- IconBadge
You can see detailed documentation about the components at https://getstream.github.io/stream-chat-react-native
Setup (Setting up a chat app)
Expo package
yarn global add expo-cli
# expo-cli supports following Node.js versions:
# * >=8.9.0 <9.0.0 (Maintenance LTS)
# * >=10.13.0 <11.0.0 (Active LTS)
# * >=12.0.0 (Current Release)
expo init StreamChatExpoExample
cd StreamChatExpoExample
# Add chat expo package
yarn add stream-chat-expo
# If you are using stream-chat-expo <= 0.4.0 and expo <= 34, then you don't need to add @react-native-community/netinfo as dependency, since previously we used NetInfo from react-native package.
expo install @react-native-community/netinfo expo-document-picker expo-image-picker expo-permissions
Please check the example to see usage of the components.
OR you can swap this file for your App.js
in the root folder with by following these additional steps:
yarn add [email protected] react-native-gesture-handler react-native-reanimated
and finally
yarn start
Native package:
For react native < 0.60
react-native init StreamChatReactNativeExample
cd StreamChatReactNativeExample
yarn add stream-chat-react-native
# https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-netinfo#react-native-compatibility
# For React native 0.59.x - use @react-native-community/[email protected]
# For React native <= 0.58.x - use @react-native-community/[email protected]
yarn add @react-native-community/[email protected]
# https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-image-picker#react-native-compatibility
yarn add [email protected]
yarn add react-native-document-picker
react-native link @react-native-community/netinfo
# if you are planning to use image picker or file picker or both
react-native link react-native-image-picker
react-native link react-native-document-picker
Please check the example to see the usage of these components.
OR you can swap this file for your App.js
in the root folder by following these additional steps:
yarn add [email protected]
yarn add [email protected] react-native-reanimated
react-native link react-native-gesture-handler
react-native link react-native-reanimated
If you are planning to use the image picker, there are some additional steps to be done. You can find them here - https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-image-picker/blob/master/docs/Install.md
If you are planning to use file/document picker, you need to enable iCloud capability in your app - https://github.com/Elyx0/react-native-document-picker#reminder
and finally
react-native run-ios
For react native >= 0.60
react-native init StreamChatReactNativeExample
cd StreamChatReactNativeExample
yarn add stream-chat-react-native
yarn add @react-native-community/netinfo react-native-image-picker react-native-document-picker
cd ios && pod install && cd ..
Just to be sure, please verify you are using the appropriate version of the following packages as per your react-native version.
netinfo : https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-netinfo#react-native-compatibility
react-native-image-picker : https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-image-picker#react-native-compatibility
Please check the example to see the usage of components.
OR you can swap this file for your App.js
in the root folder by following these additional steps:
yarn add [email protected]
yarn add react-native-gesture-handler react-native-reanimated
cd ios && pod install && cd ..
If you are planning to use an image picker, there are some additional steps to be done. You can find them here - https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-image-picker/blob/master/docs/Install.md
If you are planning to use file/document picker, you need to enable iCloud capability in your app - https://github.com/Elyx0/react-native-document-picker#reminder
and finally
iOS:
react-native run-ios
Note for Android:
If you are using AndroidX app:
AndroidX is a major step forward in the Android ecosystem, and the old support library artifacts are being deprecated. For 0.60, React Native has been migrated over to AndroidX. This is a breaking change, and your native code and dependencies will need to be migrated as well.
(Reference: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/blog/2019/07/03/version-60#androidx-support)
In current context, dependencies such as react-native-document-picker
and (if you are using react-navigation
) react-native-gesture-handler
, react-native-reanimated
don't have AndroidX support. But an awesome tool named jetifier is quite useful to patch these dependencies with AndroidX support.
NOTE If you are planning to use file picker functionality, make sure you enable iCloud capability in your app
Upgrade
Upgrade from 0.1.x to 0.2.x:
0.2.x added support for react native 0.60. Dependencies like
react-native-image-picker
,react-native-document-picker
andnetinfo
have been taken out of hard dependencies and moved to peer dependencies and thus will have to be installed manually on consumer end (Reference)React Native 0.60 came with auto-linking functionality that means if some native libraries are linked manually before the upgrade, they will have to be unlinked, so that React Native can auto-link them (Reference)
react-native unlink react-native-image-picker react-native unlink react-native-document-picker react-native unlink @react-native-community/netinfo
React Native 0.60 has been migrated over to AndroidX. In the current context, dependencies such as
react-native-document-picker
and (if you are usingreact-navigation
)react-native-gesture-handler
,react-native-reanimated
don't have AndroidX support. But an excellent tool named jetifier is quite useful to patch these dependencies with AndroidX support.CocoaPods are not part of React Native's iOS project (ref). Thus make sure to install all the pod dependencies.
cd ios && pod install && cd ..
Common issues
While running native example, you may (not necessarily) run into the following issues:
When you execute
react-native run-ios
for the first time, it starts a metro bundler in parallel. It can result in some errors since the build process isn't complete yet. Try the following to fix this:- Close/stop the metro bundler process.
- Let the build process finish. It can usually take around 2-3 minutes for the first time.
- Start the metro bundler manually by executing
yarn start
insidestream-chat-react-native/examples/NativeMessaging
directory.
When you execute
react-native run-android
, you may (not necessarily) run into following error:info Starting JS server... info Building and installing the app on the device (cd android && ./gradlew app:installDebug)... Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 incompatible Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring project ':@react-native-community_netinfo'. > SDK location not found. Define location with sdk.dir in the local.properties file or with an ANDROID_HOME environment variable. * Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights. * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org BUILD FAILED in 13s error Could not install the app on the device, read the error above for details. Make sure you have an Android emulator running or a device connected and have set up your Android development environment: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html error Command failed: ./gradlew app:installDebug. Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
To resolve this, do the following.
- Craete a file named
local.properties
insidestream-chat-react-native/examples/NativeMessaging/android
directory - Put the this line in that file. Make sure sdk path is correctly mentioned as per your system:
sdk.dir=/Users/{user_name}/Library/Android/sdk/
- Rerun
react-native run-android
instream-chat-react-native/examples/NativeMessaging
directory
- Craete a file named
Internationalisation
Instance of class Streami18n
should be provided to the Chat component to handle translations.
Stream provides the following list of built-in translations for components:
- English (en)
- Dutch (nl)
- Russian (ru)
- Turkish (tr)
- French (fr)
- Italian (it)
- Hindi (hi)
The default language is English. The simplest way to start using chat components in one of the in-built languages is the following:
Simplest way to start using chat components in one of the in-built languages would be following:
const i18n = new Streami18n({ language: 'nl' });
<Chat client={chatClient} i18nInstance={i18n}>
...
</Chat>;
If you would like to override certain keys in in-built translation:
const i18n = new Streami18n({
language: 'nl',
translationsForLanguage: {
'Nothing yet...': 'Nog Niet ...',
'{{ firstUser }} and {{ secondUser }} are typing...':
'{{ firstUser }} en {{ secondUser }} zijn aan het typen...',
},
});
You can find all the available keys here: https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react-native/tree/master/src/i18n
They are also exported as a JSON object from the library.
import {
enTranslations,
nlTranslations,
ruTranslations,
trTranslations,
frTranslations,
hiTranslations,
itTranslations,
esTranslations,
} from 'stream-chat-react-native'; // or 'stream-chat-expo'
Please read this docs on i18n for more details and further customizations - https://getstream.github.io/stream-chat-react-native/#streami18n
Contributing
We welcome code changes that improve this library or fix a problem, and please make sure to follow all best practices and test all the changes. Please check our dev setup docs to get you started. We are pleased to merge your code into the official repository. Make sure to sign our Contributor License Agreement (CLA) first. See our license file for more details.