This SwiftUI framework provides a highly customizable chat UI, enabling developers to build rich messaging experiences with features like custom message cells, media integration, and interactive elements. It targets iOS developers building chat applications who need a flexible and feature-complete UI component.

How It Works

The framework offers a ChatView component that manages message display, input handling, and user interactions. It supports various chat layouts (conversation, comments) and reply modes (quote, answer). Developers can extensively customize message cells, input views, and context menus using SwiftUI's declarative syntax and provided builders. It also integrates with Giphy for sticker support and includes a built-in media picker.

Quick Start & Requirements

• Install via Swift Package Manager: .package(url: "https://github.com/exyte/Chat.git")
• Requirements: iOS 17+, Xcode 15+
• Examples: ChatExample.xcodeproj, ChatFirestoreExample.xcodeproj

Highlighted Details

• Fully customizable message cells and input views via messageBuilder and inputViewBuilder.
• Built-in media picker with camera and photo/video library access.
• Supports Giphy integration for stickers and GIFs.
• Customizable message context menus and swipe actions.
• Pagination support for loading older messages.

Maintenance & Community

• Developed by exyte.
• Other SwiftUI libraries by the same author are listed in the README.

Licensing & Compatibility

• MIT License.
• Compatible with commercial and closed-source applications.

Limitations & Caveats

The "send" functionality is a closure, requiring developers to implement their own API calls. Features like "remove and edit" for messages are marked as "coming soon." New messages may not appear unless the chat is scrolled to the very top due to an optimization.