GetStream/stream-chat-android 4.19.0

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Common changes for all artifacts

✅ Added

• Create new artifact to integrate Huawei Push Kit with Stream. You will need to add stream-chat-android-pushprovider-huawei artifact to your App. Check our docs for further details.

stream-chat-android

✅ Added

• Added a method to dismiss all notifications from a channel. It is handled internally from the SDK but you are able to dismiss channel notification at whatever time calling ChatClient::dismissChannelNotifications
• Notifications are dismissed after the user logout the SDK

stream-chat-android-client

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed sending messages using ChatClient::sendMessage without explicitly specifying the sender user id.
• Fixed sending custom attachments without files to upload
• Fixed deserialization issues when parsing ChannelTruncatedEvent and MessageDeletedEvent events with an absent user.

⬆️ Improved

• Custom attachment types are now preserved after file uploads

✅ Added

• Added hardDelete field to MessageDeletedEvent.

⚠️ Changed

• Now it is possible to hard delete messages. Insert a flag hard = true in the ChatClient.deleteMessage and it will be deleted in the backend. This action can't be undone!

stream-chat-android-ui-common

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed bug with light mode.
• Removed streamUiValidTheme, as we don't support extending our base theme any longer. Please don't extend our base theme and set the streamUiTheme in your applcation theme instead.

stream-chat-android-ui-components

✅ Added

• Notifications are dismissed after the user go into the channel conversation when you are using MessageListView
• Added bubbleBorderColorMine, bubbleBorderColorTheirs, bubbleBorderWidthMine, bubbleBorderWidthTheirs to ViewReactionsViewStyle for customizing reactions` border

stream-chat-android-compose

⬆️ Improved

• Updated the Compose framework version (1.0.2)
• Updated the Accompanist library version (0.18.0)

✅ Added

• Added an uploading indicator to files and images
• Images being uploaded are now preloaded from the system
• Upload indicators show the upload progress and how much data is left to send
• Added more image options to the ImagePreviewActivity such as download, delete, reply to message...
• Added an Image Gallery feature to the ImagePreviewActivity where users can browse all the images
• Notifications are dismissed after the user go into the channel conversation when you are using MessageList

⚠️ Changed

• StreamAttachment.defaultFactories() is a function now, instead of a property.
• Updated all default value factories to functions (e.g. StreamTypography)
• Re-organized all attachment factories and split up code in multiple packages
• Changed the AttachmentState message property name to messageItem
• Added an isFocused property to MessageItem
• Added an onImagePreviewResult callback/parameter to various Messages screen components

stream-chat-android-pushprovider-firebase

✅ Added

• Added a FirebaseMessagingDelegate class to simplify custom implementations of FirebaseMessagingService that forward messages to the SDK. See Using a Custom Firebase Messaging Service for more details.

stream-chat-android-pushprovider-huawei

✅ Added

• Added a HuaweiMessagingDelegate class to simplify custom implementations of HmsMessageService that forward messages to the SDK. See Using a Custom Huawei Messaging Service for more details.