GetStream/stream-chat-android v5.4.0

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Common changes for all artifacts

⬆️ Improved

• Now the SDK can be used if R8 full mode. New rules were added to the library to support the aggressive optimizations 3663.

⚠️ Changed

• Migrated to Coil version 2.1.0 #3538

stream-chat-android-client

⬆️ Improved

• Avoid multiple calls to /app endpoint. 3686

✅ Added

-. ChatClient::connectUser as a new optional argument to configure a timeout to be waiting until the connection is established, in another case an error will be returned #3605
-. ChatClient::connectAnonymousUser as a new optional argument to configure a timeout to be waiting until the connection is established, in another case an error will be returned #3605
-. ChatClient::connectGuestUser as a new optional argument to configure a timeout to be waiting until the connection is established, in another case an error will be returned #3605
-. ChatClient::connectUser doesn't return an error in the case there is a previous connection with the same user. #3653

• Added ChatClient::countUnreadMentions extension function which counts messages in which the user is mentioned.

⚠️ Changed

• 🚨 Changed ChatClient::connectUser - the method shouldn't be called when the user is already set and will automatically disconnect if this happens.

stream-chat-android-offline

🐞 Fixed

• Fix the stale Channel data being stored into database. 3650
• Fix race condition problem that allowed multiple threads to increment unread count, which could cause a mistake in the number of unread messages. 3656
• A new optional argument useSequentialEventHandler has been added to Config class of offline plugin to enable a sequential event handling mechanism. 3659
• Fix channel mutes being dropped on user updates 3728
• Bug fix when deleting reactions without internet connection. #3753

⬆️ Improved

• Added logs of all properties available in a class and which one was searched for then QuerySort fails to find a field. 3597

✅ Added

• Added EventHandlerSequential to support a sequential event processing. 3604
• Logging when unread count is updated. 3642

⚠️ Changed

• Added interface QuerySorter and new implementation of query sort QuerySortByField so users can choose between implementations that use reflection or not. 3624

stream-chat-android-ui-components

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed potential NPE when disconnecting the user. #3612
• The channel will now be marked as read once the latest message inside MessagesListView is reached. Previously scrolling down to it would not trigger this action. #3620
• Now the options button is not displayed on the gallery screen if there are no options available. #3696
• Fixed app:streamUiMessageInputHintText not getting applied properly in MessageInputView. #3749
• Fixed backwards compatibility of the ChannelListView attribute streamUiIndicatorPendingSyncIcon and the MessageListView attribute streamUiIconIndicatorPendingSync. These are now backwards compatible down to API 21 #3766

⬆️ Improved

• Improved displaying the upload progress of files being uploaded. Now the upload progress text is less likely to get ellipsized. #3618

✅ Added

• Added way to customize quoted attachments through QuotedAttachmentFactory and updated custom attachments guide for the new feature. #3592
• Added ChannelListViewModelFactory.Builder for Java users. #3617
• Added MessageListViewModelFactory.Builder for Java users. #3617
• Added PinnedMessageListViewModelFactory.Builder for Java users. #3617
• Added TypingIndicatorViewModelFactory.Builder for Java users. #3617
• Added new attributes to MessageListView that are designed to customize the scroll to bottom button. They are listed in the linked PR. 3634
• Added a way to change runtime filters for Channels in ChannelListViewModel, using setFilters(FilterObject). #3687
• Added support for bottom infinite scrolling when searching for messages or navigating to messages in a non-linear way inside MessageListView. 3654
• A new interface TypingUpdatesBuffer and its implementation DefaultTypingUpdatesBuffer used for buffering typing updates in order to save API calls. 3633
• A new method MessageInputView.setTypingUpdatesBuffer(TypingUpdatesBuffer) used for setting the typing updates buffer. 3633
• Added possibility to customize gallery options style via TransformStyle.attachmentGalleryOptionsStyleTransformer. 3696

⚠️ Changed

• Dimens stream_ui_spacing_small no longer has an effect on the internal margins of ScrollButtonView, instead use the MessageListView attribute streamUIScrollButtonInternalMargin to set internal margins. 3634
• The default elevation of the unread count badge inside ScrollButtonView was changed from 10dp to 3dp. 3634
• Deprecated MessageInputView.TypingListener in favor of TypingUpdatesBuffer and MessageInputView.setTypingListener(TypingListener) in favor of MessageInputView.setTypingUpdatesBuffer(TypingUpdatesBuffer). 3633
• Added WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission check on the default implementation of the download handler when using MessageListViewModel.bindView. #3719
• Removed the default filter from ChannelListFragment so that it can rely on the default filter from ChannelListViewModel. 3762

stream-chat-android-compose

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed the display of ChannelAvatar for a channel with two members and neither of them is the current user. 3598

⬆️ Improved

• Improved padding customization options of InputField. #3596

✅ Added

• Added Modifier as an argument to FileUploadItem and FileAttachmentItem. #3603
• Added option to customise InitialsAvatar offset passing it custom offset and through groupAvatarInitialsXOffset and groupAvatarInitialsYOffset dimens. #3609
• A new interface TypingUpdatesBuffer and its implementation DefaultTypingUpdatesBuffer used for buffering typing updates in order to save API calls. 3633
• A new method MessageComposerViewModel.setTypingUpdatesBuffer(TypingUpdatesBuffer) used for setting the typing updates buffer. 3633
• Added PermissionHandler and DownloadPermissionHandler to automatically request storage permission if needed and download the attachments. #3676

⚠️ Changed

• Since Coil 2.0, the LocalImageLoader has been deprecated. So now we support our own image loader, StreamImageLoader for providing composition local. #3538
• Changed how the emoji only message size and how they are laid out depending on emoji count. #3665

❌ Removed

• Removed the default gray background from LoadingIndicator. #3599

stream-chat-android-pushprovider-xiaomi

🐞 Fixed

• Fix crash when used on Android API 31+ #3678

✅ Added

• Upgrade MiPush SDK to version 5.0.6 #3678