Messaging library for iOS 7.x by arturdev .
Click on screenshots to see video demo
This is a simple library to easily create a messaging app with smooth animations.
Things that can be customized:
• EVERYTHING!!!
###Requierments
Xcode 5
iOS 7.0 +
ARC
Copy SOMessaging folder to your project.
Link MediaPlayer.framework, QuartzCore.framework.
Make subclass of SOMessagingViewController
Override following required methods of SOMessagingDataSource protocol:
- (NSMutableArray *)messages
{
//return array of SOMessage objects
}
- (void)configureMessageCell:(SOMessageCell *)cell forMessageAtIndex:(NSInteger)index
{
SOMessage *message = self.dataSource[index];
// Customize balloon as you wish
if (message.fromMe) {
} else {
}
}Override following required methods of SOMessagingDelegate protocol:
- (void)didSelectMedia:(NSData *)media inMessageCell:(SOMessageCell *)cell
{
// Show selected media in fullscreen
[super didSelectMedia:media inMessageCell:cell];
}
- (void)messageInputView:(SOMessageInputView *)inputView didSendMessage:(NSString *)message
{
if (![[message stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]] length]) {
return;
}
SOMessage *msg = [[SOMessage alloc] init];
msg.text = message;
msg.fromMe = YES;
[self sendMessage:msg];
}
- (void)messageInputViewDidSelectMediaButton:(SOMessageInputView *)inputView
{
// Take a photo/video or choose from gallery
}You are done!
In Demo project you can find how to use this library and how to customize.
See SOMessagingDataSource protocol
/**
* Array of SOMessage objects.
*/
- (NSMutableArray *)messages;
/**
* Override this method if you want to customize cell that will be shown.
* This method calls after cell default adjustment on every reuse time
*/
- (void)configureMessageCell:(SOMessageCell *)cell forMessageAtIndex:(NSInteger)index;
@optional
/**
* Default implementation of this method is calculating height of the cell for message at given index.
*/
- (CGFloat)heightForMessageForIndex:(NSInteger)index;
/**
* Messages will be grouped by returned time interval (in seconds).
* return 0 if you don't want grouping.
*/
- (NSTimeInterval)intervalForMessagesGrouping;
/**
* Return resizable image for sending balloon background image
*/
- (UIImage *)balloonImageForSending;
/**
* Return resizable image for receiving balloon background image
*/
- (UIImage *)balloonImageForReceiving;
/**
* Maximum width of message
*/
- (CGFloat)messageMaxWidth;
/**
* Minimum height of balloon
*/
- (CGFloat)balloonMinHeight;
/**
* Minimum width of balloon
*/
- (CGFloat)balloonMinWidth;
/**
* Font of message
*/
- (UIFont *)messageFont;
/**
* Size of photo or video thumbnail imageView
*/
- (CGSize)mediaThumbnailSize;
/**
* Size user's imageview
*/
- (CGSize)userImageSize;