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Common changes for all artifacts

⬆️ Improved

Upgraded Kotlin version to 1.5.30
Make our SDK compile-friendly with TargetSDK 31
Upgraded Coil version to 1.4.0

⚠️ Changed

🚨 Breaking change: ProgressCallback is not invoked on main thread anymore. So make sure to handle it if you were previously using this callback to update the UI directly.
Attachment#uploadState is now updated in real-time during uploads.

❌ Removed

Removed ProgressTrackerFactory and ProgressTracker in favour of new progress tracking implementation.

stream-chat-android

✅ Added

Push Notification uses MessagingStyle on devices with API Version 23+
Push Notification configuration has been simplified, check our docs to see how it works
NotificationHandler interface allows you to implement your own Push Notification logic show/remove notifications. It is the new interface you need to use if you were using ChatNotificationHandler previously
NotificationHandlerFactory help you to use our default NotificationHandler implementations

⚠️ Changed

Some properties of NotificationConfig has been deprecated, check our DEPRECATIONS section
ChatNotificationhandler class has been deprecated, you need to use NotificationHandler now. Check our DEPRECATIONS section.

stream-chat-android-client

🐞 Fixed

Fixed issues with Proguard stripping response classes incorrectly

⬆️ Improved

Added KDocs for ChatClient.Builder methods.
ChatClient now defaults to using the https://chat.stream-io-api.com base URL, using Stream's Edge API Infrastructure instead of connecting to a region-specific API. If you're not on a dedicated chat infrastructure, remove any region-specific base URL settings from the ChatClient.Builder to use Edge instead.

✅ Added

🚨 Breaking change: A new Idle state is added to Attachment.UploadState.
Added a new callback function onProgress(bytesUploaded: Long, totalLength: Long) in ProgressCallback.
Added the possibility to add your own instance of OkHttpClient with ChatClient.okHttpClient.

⚠️ Changed

🚨 Breaking change: Attachment.UploadState.InProgress now is data class having two fields, bytesUploaded: Long and totalBytes: Long instead of object.
Deprecated the ChatClient.Builder#cdnUrl method. To customize file uploads, set a custom FileUploader implementation instead. More info in the documentation: Using Your Own CDN.

stream-chat-android-offline

🐞 Fixed

Fixed infinite loading of message if any of its attachments uploading was failed

✅ Added

ChannelEventsHandler is added to QueryChannelsController to handle updating channel list logic after receiving events. You can provide custom ChannelEventsHandler through ChannelListViewModel or using QueryChannelsController directly.

⚠️ Changed

QueryChannelsController::newChannelEventFilter and QueryChannelsController#checkFilterOnChannelUpdatedEvent are now deprecated. See the deprecation log for more details.

stream-chat-android-ui-common

🐞 Fixed

Fixed PDF attachments previews

stream-chat-android-ui-components

🐞 Fixed

Fixed bug related to scroll of messages.
Updating attachments view holder only when attachments have changed. This fixes a problem with reloading gifs when reactions are added or removed.
Fix bug using custom attributes into views inflated into our SDK Views

⬆️ Improved

Now it is possible to set a custom LinearLayoutManager to MessageListView, this can be used to change stack of messages or revert the layout.
Removed full screen loading view when loading more message items on the SearchResultListView.

✅ Added

Added MessageListView::getRecyclerView method which exposes the inner RecyclerView with message list items.
Added MessageListView::setUserReactionClickListener method to set a listener used when a reaction left by a user is clicked on the message options overlay.
Added attr streamUiScrollButtonElevation to set the elevation of scroll button ot MessageListView

⚠️ Changed

ChatUI.uiMode has been deprecated. If you want to force Dark/Light theme, you need to use AppCompatDelegate.setDefaultNightMode(AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_NO|AppCompatDelegate.MODE_NIGHT_YES)

❌ Removed

android.permission.CAMERA from our Manifest. This permission is not required anymore.

stream-chat-android-compose

🐞 Fixed

Fixed a bug where attachments weren't properly stored when editing a message

⬆️ Improved

Updated the Compose framework version (1.0.3)
Updated the Accompanist libraries version (0.19.0)
Improved overlays in all components, to match the same design and opacity
Added smaller animations to the AttachmentPicker in the MessagesScreen
General improvements in the Attachments API and the way we build different attachments
Allowed for better long clicks on attachments
Improved the experience of creating the MessagesViewModelFactory with default arguments
Updated and cleaned up Channel screen design
Improved logic for updating the lastSeenMessage for fewer calculations

✅ Added

Added DateSeparator items to Messages to group up messages by their creation date
Added an overlayDark color for date separators and similar UI components

⚠️ Changed

Removed AttachmentPicker option when editing messages
Removed Attachment previews when editing messages with attachments
Improved the ease of use of the AttachmentState API by keeping it state & actions only
Moved the modifier parameter outside of the AttachmentState to the AttachmentFactory
Updated Attachments to hold Message items instead of MessageItems
Changed the type of the onLastVisibleMessageChanged parameter to Message for ease of use
Changed the parameter type of itemContent in MessageList and Messages to MessageListItem
Renamed onScrollToBottom to onScrolledToBottom in MessageList and Messages
Made the ChannelListHeader Slot APIs non-nullable so they're always provided, also made them an extension of the RowScope for ease of use