GetStream/stream-chat-android v5.9.0

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stream-chat-android-client

⬆️ Improved

• Show rounded avatars on Push Notification when MessagingStyleNotificationHandler is used. #4059
• Add an option to use a custom implementation when showing avatars on Push Notifications when MessagingStyleNotificationHandler is used. #4069

✅ Added

• Method to switch between users ChatClient.switchUser. Can be used for switching between users to simplify code for disconnecting and connecting to the SDK. #4018
• Added UploadedFile which represents an uploaded file. It contains the url to the file under the property file, and a thumbnail of the file under the property thumbUrl. Thumbnails are usually returned when uploading a video file. #4058

⚠️ Changed

• 🚨 Breaking change: ChatClient.sendFile now returns UploadedFile instead of String. UploadedFile.file is the equivalent of the previous return value. If you do not need the other parts of UploadedFile, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: ChannelClient.sendFile now returns UploadedFile instead of String. UploadedFile.file is the equivalent of the previous return value. If you do not need the other parts of UploadedFile, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: Overloaded functions FileUploader.sendFile() have had their signatures changed. Instead of returning String, they are now supposed to return UploadedFile. If you have extended this interface and only need the previous return functionality, you can assign a value to UploadedFile.file while keeping UploadedFile.thumbUrl null. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: Overloaded functions StreamFileUploader.sendFile() have had their signatures changed. Instead of returning String, they now return UploadedFile. If you do not need the other parts of UploadedFile, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: ChatClient.sendImage now returns UploadedImage instead of String. UploadedImage.file is the equivalent of the previous return value, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: ChannelClient.sendImage now returns UploadedImage instead of String. UploadedImage.file is the equivalent of the previous return value, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: Overloaded functions FileUploader.sendImage() have had their signatures changed. Instead of returning String, they are now supposed to return UploadedImage. To mitigate these changes, you can wrap your previously returned file URL inside UploadedImage. #4058
• 🚨 Breaking change: Overloaded functions StreamFileUploader.sendImage() have had their signatures changed. Instead of returning String, they now return UploadedImage, you can use .map { it.file } to mitigate the breaking change. #4058

stream-chat-android-state

⚠️ Changed

• EventHandlerSequential is now in use by default.

stream-chat-android-offline

🐞 Fixed

• Removed calls to Kotlin Collection's getOrDefault() inside TypingEventPruner. The function is not available below Android API 24 and was causing exceptions. #4100

stream-chat-android-ui-common

✅ Added

• Added hasCommands field to MessageComposerState to set commands button visibility. #4057
• Add an implementation of UserIconBuilder which uses Coil to load the avatar picture. #4069

stream-chat-android-ui-components

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed user avatar in navigation drawer of the sample app. #4050
• The commands button in MessageComposerView can now be used to hide the command suggestion popup. #4041
• Now "Quotes" toggle in the dashboard controls the "Reply" option in the message list. #4074
• Now "Threads & Replies" toggle in the dashboard controls the "Thread Reply" option in the message list. #4074
• Fixed a bug that made MessageInputView not adhere to integration visibility attributes (streamUiAttachButtonEnabled and streamUiLightningButtonEnabled). #4107
• Fixed scroll state on filter change. #4105

⬆️ Improved

• Added check to hide command button if no commands are available in MessageInputView and MessageComposerView. #4057
• Revert workaround for setting ChatUI::imageHeadersProvider introduced in #3237. #4065
• Integration button visibility inside MessageComposerView dictated by attributes streamUiMessageComposerCommandsButtonVisible and streamUiMessageComposerAttachmentsButtonVisible is now set prior to binding the ViewModel, improving compliance and possible flickering issues. #4107

✅ Added

• Added the stream-chat-android-ui-guides application that showcases different customizations of the SDK. #4024

⚠️ Changed

• 🚨 Breaking change: ChannelListUpdateListener is now tasked with scrolling the list to the bottom once the ChannelListItem.LoadingMoreItem is inserted after requesting a new page of Channels. If ChannelListUpdateListener inside ChannelListView is overridden in order to keep the scroll to bottom when loading a new page please copy the default implementation to the custom implementation of the listener. #4105

stream-chat-android-compose

🐞 Fixed

• Fixed the online member count indicator in the message list header. Previously it did not properly track members going offline. #4043
• Now "Quotes" toggle in the dashboard controls the "Reply" option in the message list. #4074
• Now "Threads & Replies" toggle in the dashboard controls the "Thread Reply" option in the message list. #4074

⬆️ Improved

• Added check to hide command button if no commands are available in MessageComposer. #4057

✅ Added

• Added the stream-chat-android-ui-guides application that showcases different customizations of the SDK. #4024