Getting Started

How to setup for using this library.

Installation

Add this to your app build.gradle

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.bassaer:chatmessageview:x.x.x'
}

Adding view to your layout file

There are 2 type of views.

View	Detail
MessageView	MessageView is a simple chat UI. There is no input functions.
ChatView	ChatView is a chat UI which contains edit text, send button, and option button.

Define it in your xml file.

• MessageView

<com.github.bassaer.chatmessageview.views.MessageView
        android:id="@+id/message_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

• ChatView

<com.github.bassaer.chatmessageview.views.ChatView
        android:id="@+id/chat_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

And then call from your Activity or Fragment.

• MessageView

MessageView messageView = (MessageView) findViewById(R.id.message_view);

• ChatView

ChatView chatView = (ChatView) findViewById(R.id.chat_view);