GetStream/stream-chat-android 4.9.0

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Common changes for all artifacts

✅ Added

Added icon to show when channel is muted in ChannelListView.
It is possible to customize the color and the drawable of the icon.

stream-chat-android

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed multiline messages which were displayed in a single line

❌ Removed

• Removed deprecated MessageListView::setViewHolderFactory method
• Removed deprecated Chat interface

stream-chat-android-client

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed: local cached hidden channels stay hidden even though new message is received.
• Make Flag::approvedAt nullable
• Fixed error event parsing with new serialization implementation

✅ Added

• Added ChatClient::updateChannelPartial and ChannelClient::updatePartial methods for partial updates of channel data.

⚠️ Changed

• Deprecated ChannelClient::unBanUser method
• Deprecated ChatClient::unBanUser method
• Deprecated ChatClient::unMuteChannel method

❌ Removed

• Removed deprecated ChatObservable class and all its uses
• Removed deprecated ChannelControler interface

stream-chat-android-offline

✅ Added

• Added the following use case functions to ChatDomain which are supposed to replace ChatDomain.useCases property:
  • ChatDomain::replayEventsForActiveChannels Adds the provided channel to the active channels and replays events for all active channels.
  • ChatDomain::getChannelController Returns a ChannelController for given cid.
  • ChatDomain::watchChannel Watches the given channel and returns a ChannelController.
  • ChatDomain::queryChannels Queries offline storage and the API for channels matching the filter. Returns a queryChannelsController.
  • ChatDomain::getThread Returns a thread controller for the given channel and message id.
  • ChatDomain::loadOlderMessages Loads older messages for the channel.
  • ChatDomain::loadNewerMessages Loads newer messages for the channel.
  • ChatDomain::loadMessageById Loads message for a given message id and channel id.
  • ChatDomain::queryChannelsLoadMore Load more channels for query.
  • ChatDomain::threadLoadMore Loads more messages for the specified thread.
  • ChatDomain::createChannel Creates a new channel.
  • ChatDomain::sendMessage Sends the message.
  • ChatDomain::cancelMessage Cancels the message of "ephemeral" type.
  • ChatDomain::shuffleGiphy Performs giphy shuffle operation.
  • ChatDomain::sendGiphy Sends selected giphy message to the channel.
  • ChatDomain::editMessage Edits the specified message.
  • ChatDomain::deleteMessage Deletes the specified message.
  • ChatDomain::sendReaction Sends the reaction.
  • ChatDomain::deleteReaction Deletes the specified reaction.
  • ChatDomain::keystroke It should be called whenever a user enters text into the message input.
  • ChatDomain::stopTyping It should be called when the user submits the text and finishes typing.
  • ChatDomain::markRead Marks all messages of the specified channel as read.
  • ChatDomain::markAllRead Marks all messages as read.
  • ChatDomain::hideChannel Hides the channel with the specified id.
  • ChatDomain::showChannel Shows a channel that was previously hidden.
  • ChatDomain::leaveChannel Leaves the channel with the specified id.
  • ChatDomain::deleteChannel Deletes the channel with the specified id.
  • ChatDomain::setMessageForReply Set the reply state for the channel.
  • ChatDomain::downloadAttachment Downloads the selected attachment to the "Download" folder in the public external storage directory.
  • ChatDomain::searchUsersByName Perform api request with a search string as autocomplete if in online state. Otherwise performs search by name in local database.
  • ChatDomain::queryMembers Query members of a channel.
• Added ChatDomain::removeMembers method
• Added ChatDomain::createDistinctChannel A use-case for creating a channel based on its members.
• Added ChatDomain::removeMembers method

⚠️ Changed

• Deprecated ChatDomain.useCases. It has DeprecationLevel.Warning and still can be used. However, it will be not available in the future, so please consider migrating to use ChatDomain use case functions instead.
• Deprecated GetUnreadChannelCount
• Deprecated GetTotalUnreadCount

stream-chat-android-ui-common

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed compatibility with latest Dagger Hilt versions

stream-chat-android-ui-components

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed not perfectly rounded avatars
• MessageInputView::UserLookupHandler is not overrided everytime that members livedata is updated
• Fixed doubled command prefix when the command contains user mention
• Fixed handling user mute state in default MessageListViewOptions dialog
• Fixed incorrect "last seen" text
• Fixed multiline messages which were displayed in a single line

⬆️ Improved

• Setting external SuggestionListView is no longer necessary to display suggestions popup

✅ Added

• Added ChatUI.supportedReactions: SupportedReactions property, also introduced SupportedReactions, and ReactionDrawable class.
  It allows defining a set of supported reactions by passing a Map<String, ReactionDrawable> in constructor. ReactionDrawable is a wrapping class holding two Drawable instances - for active and inactive reaction states.
• Added methods and attrs to MessageListView that allow to customize visibility of message options:
  • MessageListView::setDeleteMessageConfirmationEnabled
  • MessageListView::setCopyMessageEnabled
  • MessageListView::setBlockUserEnabled
  • MessageListView::setMuteUserEnabled
  • MessageListView::setMessageFlagEnabled
  • MessageListView::setReactionsEnabled
  • MessageListView::setRepliesEnabled
  • MessageListView::setThreadsEnabled
  • MessageListView.streamUiFlagMessageOptionEnabled
  • MessageListView.streamUiMuteUserOptionEnabled
  • MessageListView.streamUiBlockUserOptionEnabled
  • MessageListView.streamUiCopyMessageActionEnabled
• Added confirmation dialog for flagging message option:
  • Added MessageListView::flagMessageConfirmationEnabled attribute
• Added MessageListView::setFlagMessageResultHandler which allows to handle flag message result
• Added support for system messages
• Added attrs to MessageListView that allow to customize system message text style:
  • streamUiSystemMessageTextSize
  • streamUiSystemMessageTextColor
  • streamUiSystemMessageTextFont
  • streamUiSystemMessageTextFontAssets
  • streamUiSystemMessageTextStyle
• Added attrs to MessageListView that allow to customize message option text style:
  * streamUiMessageOptionsTextSize
  * streamUiMessageOptionsTextColor
  * streamUiMessageOptionsTextFont
  * streamUiMessageOptionsTextFontAssets
  * streamUiMessageOptionsTextStyle
• Added attrs to MessageListView that allow to customize user reactions title text style:
  * streamUiUserReactionsTitleTextSize
  * streamUiUserReactionsTitleTextColor
  * streamUiUserReactionsTitleTextFont
  * streamUiUserReactionsTitleTextFontAssets
  * streamUiUserReactionsTitleTextStyle
• Added attrs to MessageListView that allow to customize colors of message options background, user reactions card background, overlay dim color and warning actions color:
  * streamUiMessageOptionBackgroundColor
  * streamUiUserReactionsBackgroundColor
  * streamUiOptionsOverlayDimColor
  * streamUiWarningActionsTintColor
• Added ChatUI.mimeTypeIconProvider: MimeTypeIconProvider property which allows to customize file attachment icons.

⚠️ Changed

• Now the "block user" feature is disabled. We're planning to improve the feature later. Stay tuned!
• Changed gallery background to black in dark mode