Version: v4

Message List

Overview

MessageList is a Composite Component that displays a list of messages and effectively manages real-time operations. It includes various types of messages such as Text Messages, Media Messages, Stickers, and more.

MessageList is primarily a list of the base component MessageBubble. The MessageBubble Component is utilized to create different types of chat bubbles depending on the message type.

iOS
Android

Usage

Integration

The following code snippet illustrates how you can directly incorporate the MessageList component into your Application.

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from "@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native";
import { CometChatMessageList } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
  const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User | undefined>();

  React.useEffect(() => {
    CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
      setChatUser(user);
    });
  }, []);

  return <>{chatUser && <CometChatMessageList user={chatUser} />}</>;
}

Actions

Actions dictate how a component functions. They are divided into two types: Predefined and User-defined. You can override either type, allowing you to tailor the behavior of the component to fit your specific needs.

1. onThreadRepliesPress

onThreadRepliesPress is triggered when you click on the threaded message bubble. The onThreadRepliesPress action doesn't have a predefined behavior. You can override this action using the following code snippet.

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

   const onThreadRepliesPressHandler = (messageObject: CometChat.BaseMessage, messageBubbleView: () => JSX.Element) => {
     //code
   }

   return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              onThreadRepliesPress={onThreadRepliesPressHandler}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

2. onError

This action doesn't change the behavior of the component but rather listens for any errors that occur in the MessageList component.

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

   const onErrorHandler = (error: CometChat.CometChatException) => {
     //code
   }

   return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              onError={onErrorHandler}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

Filters

You can adjust the MessagesRequestBuilder in the MessageList Component to customize your message list. Numerous options are available to alter the builder to meet your specific needs. For additional details on MessagesRequestBuilder, please visit MessagesRequestBuilder.

In the example below, we are applying a filter to the messages based on a search substring and for a specific user. This means that only messages that contain the search term and are associated with the specified user will be displayed

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const messageRequestBuilder = new CometChat.MessagesRequestBuilder().setLimit(5);

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              messageRequestBuilder={messageRequestBuilder}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

info

The following parameters in messageRequestBuilder will always be altered inside the message list

UID
GUID

Events

Events are emitted by a Component. By using event you can extend existing functionality. Being global events, they can be applied in Multiple Locations and are capable of being Added or Removed.

The list of events emitted by the Message List component is as follows.

Event	Description
openChat	this event alerts the listeners if the logged-in user has opened a user or a group chat
ccMessageEdited	Triggers whenever a loggedIn user edits any message from the list of messages. It will have two states such as: inProgress & sent
ccMessageDeleted	Triggers whenever a loggedIn user deletes any message from the list of messages
ccActiveChatChanged	This event is triggered when the user navigates to a particular chat window.
ccMessageRead	Triggers whenever a loggedIn user reads any message.
ccMessageDelivered	Triggers whenever messages are marked as delivered for the loggedIn user

Adding CometChatMessageEvents Listener's

JavaScript

import { CometChatUIEventHandler } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

CometChatUIEventHandler.addUIListener("UI_LISTENER_ID", {
  openChat: ({ user, group }) => {
    //code
  },
});

CometChatUIEventHandler.addMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID", {
  ccMessageEdited: ({ message }) => {
    //code
  },
});

CometChatUIEventHandler.addMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID", {
  ccMessageDeleted: ({ message }) => {
    //code
  },
});

CometChatUIEventHandler.addMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID", {
  ccMessageDelivered: ({ message }) => {
    //code
  },
});

CometChatUIEventHandler.addMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID", {
  ccMessageRead: ({ message }) => {
    //code
  },
});

CometChatUIEventHandler.addMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID", {
  addMessageListener: ({ message, user, group, theme, parentMessageId }) => {
    //code
  },
});

Removing Listeners

JavaScript

import { CometChatUIEventHandler } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

CometChatUIEventHandler.removeUIListener("UI_LISTENER_ID");
CometChatUIEventHandler.removeMessageListener("MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID");

Customization

To fit your app's design requirements, you can customize the appearance of the conversation component. We provide exposed methods that allow you to modify the experience and behavior according to your specific needs.

Style

Using Style you can customize the look and feel of the component in your app, These parameters typically control elements such as the color, size, shape, and fonts used within the component.

1. MessageList Style

You can set the MessageListStyle to the MessageList Component Component to customize the styling.

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, MessageListStyleInterface, FontStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const fontStyle: FontStyleInterface = {
      fontFamily: 'Arial',
      fontWeight: 'bold',
      fontSize: 15,
    }

    const messageListStyle : MessageListStyleInterface = {
      backgroundColor: "#fff5fd",
      nameTextColor: "#0532e8",
      nameTextFont: fontStyle
    }


    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              messageListStyle={messageListStyle}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

List of properties exposed by MessageListStyle

Property	Type	Description
height	number \| string	Sets the height for message list
width	number \| string	Sets the width colour for message list
backgroundColor	string	Sets the background colour for message list
border	BorderStyleInterface	Sets the corner radius for message list
borderRadius	number	Sets the border radius for message list
nameTextColor	string	Sets sender/receiver name text color on a message bubble.
nameTextFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets sender/receiver name text font on a message bubble
emptyStateTextColor	string	Sets the empty text colour for message list
emptyStateTextFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets the empty text font for message list
errorStateTextColor	string	Sets the error text colour for message list
errorStateTextFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets the error text font for message list
timestampTextFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets the timestamp text font for message list
timestampTextColor	string	Sets the timestamp text colour for message list
threadReplyTextColor	string	Sets the thread reply text colour for message list
threadReplyTextFont	FontStyleInterface	Sets the thread reply text font for message list
threadReplySeparatorColor	string	Sets the thread reply saperator colour for message list
threadReplyIconTint	string	Sets thread reply icon tint
loadingIconTint	string	Sets the loading icon tint for message list

2. Avatar Style

To apply customized styles to the Avatar component in the Conversations Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Avatar Styles refer

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const borderStyle : BorderStyleInterface =  {
       borderWidth: 1,
       borderStyle: 'solid',
       borderColor: 'red',
    }

    const avatarStyle : AvatarStyleInterface = {
      border: borderStyle
    }


    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              avatarStyle={avatarStyle}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

Functionality

These are a set of small functional customizations that allow you to fine-tune the overall experience of the component. With these, you can change text, set custom icons, and toggle the visibility of UI elements.

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              disableReceipt={true}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

Below is a list of customizations along with corresponding code snippets

Property	Description	Code
user report	Used to pass user object of which header specific details will be shown	`user={chatUser}`
group report	Used to pass group object of which header specific details will be shown	`group={chatGroup}`
alignment	used to set the alignmet of messages in CometChatMessageList. It can be either leftAligned or standard. Type: MessageListAlignmentType	`alignment={"standard"}`
emptyStateText	used to set text which will be visible when no messages are available	`emptyStateText="Your Custom Empty State text"`
errorStateText	used to set text which will be visible when error in messages retrieval	`errorStateText="Your Custom Error State text"`
disableSoundForMessages report	used to enable/disable sound for incoming/outgoing messages , default false	`disableSoundForMessages={true}`
customSoundForMessages report	used to set custom sound for outgoing message	`customSoundForMessages="your custom sound for messages"`
readIcon	used to set custom read icon visible at read receipt. Type: ImageType	`readIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customReadIcon from "./customReadIcon.svg";` `readIcon={customReadIcon}`
deliveredIcon	used to set custom delivered icon visible at read receipt. Type: ImageType	`deliveredIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customDeliveredIcon from "./customDeliveredIcon.svg";` `deliveredIcon={customDeliveredIcon}`
sentIcon	used to set custom sent icon visible at read receipt. Type: ImageType	`sentIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customSentIcon from "./customSentIcon.svg";` `sentIcon={customSentIcon}`
waitIcon	used to set custom wait icon visible at read receipt. Type: ImageType	`waitIcon={{uri: <image url>}}` OR `import customWaitIcon from "./customWaitIcon.svg";` `waitIcon={customWaitIcon}`
showAvatar	used to toggle visibility for avatar	`showAvatar={true}`
hideActionSheetHeader	used to hides the header of the action sheet	`hideActionSheetHeader={true}`
timestampAlignment	used to set receipt's time stamp alignment. It can be either top or bottom. Type: MessageTimeAlignmentType	`timestampAlignment={"top"}`
newMessageIndicatorText report	used to set new message indicator text	`newMessageIndicatorText="Custom Indicator text"`
scrollToBottomOnNewMessage	should scroll to bottom on new message? , by default false	`scrollToBottomOnNewMessages={true}`
disableMentions	Sets whether mentions in text should be disabled. Processes the text formatters If there are text formatters available and the disableMentions flag is set to true, it removes any formatters that are instances of CometChatMentionsFormatter.	`disableMentions={true}`
disableReceipt	used to control visibility of read receipts	`disableReceipt={true}`

| disableReactions | Used to disable Reactions | disableReactions={true} |

Advanced

For advanced-level customization, you can set custom views to the component. This lets you tailor each aspect of the component to fit your exact needs and application aesthetics. You can create and define your views, layouts, and UI elements and then incorporate those into the component.

Templates

CometChatMessageTemplate is a pre-defined structure for creating message views that can be used as a starting point or blueprint for creating message views often known as message bubbles. For more information, you can refer to CometChatMessageTemplate.

You can set message Templates to MessageList by using the following code snippet

App.tsx

import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const getTemplates = () => {
      let templates : CometChatMessageTemplate[] = ChatConfigurator.getDataSource().getAllMessageTemplates(theme);
      templates.map((data) => {
        if(data.type == "text") {
          data.ContentView =  (messageObject: CometChat.BaseMessage, alignment: MessageBubbleAlignmentType) => {
            const textMessage : CometChat.TextMessage = (messageObject as CometChat.TextMessage);
            return <Text style={{backgroundColor: "#fff5fd", padding: 10}}>{textMessage.getText()}</Text>
          }
        }
      });
      return templates;
    };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              templates={getTemplates()}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

DateSeperatorPattern

You can customize the date pattern of the message list separator using the DateSeparatorPattern prop. Pass a custom function to use your own pattern.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const customDateSeparatorPattern = (date: number) => {
       const timeStampInSeconds = new Date(date * 1000);

       const day = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCDate()).padStart(2, '0');
       const month = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); // Months are 0-indexed
       const year = timeStampInSeconds.getUTCFullYear();

       const hours = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCHours()).padStart(2, '0');
       const minutes = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCMinutes()).padStart(2, '0');

       return `${day}/${month}/${year}, ${hours}:${minutes}`;
    }

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
              user={chatUser}
              dateSeperatorPattern = {customDateSeparatorPattern}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

Example

iOS
Android

DatePattern

You can modify the date pattern to your requirement using the datePattern prop. Pass a custom function to use your own pattern.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const generateDateString = (message: CometChat.BaseMessage) : any => {
       const days = [
         'Sunday',
         'Monday',
         'Tuesday',
         'Wednesday',
         'Thursday',
         'Friday',
         'Saturday',
       ];
      const timeStamp = message['sentAt'];
      if(timeStamp) {
         const timeStampInSeconds = new Date(timeStamp * 1000);
         const day = days[timeStampInSeconds.getUTCDay()].substring(0, 3);
         const hours = timeStampInSeconds.getUTCHours();
         const minutes = String(timeStampInSeconds.getUTCMinutes()).padStart(2, '0');

         return `${day}, ${hours}:${minutes}`;
      }

      return `---, --:--`;
    };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
          user={chatUser}
          datePattern={generateDateString}
           />
          }
     </>
   );
}

HeaderView

You can set custom headerView to the Message List component using the following method.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
import { StyleProp } from 'react-native';
import bot from './bot.png';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

  const headerViewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',  
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingVertical: 5,
    backgroundColor: 'white',
    height: 50,
    width: '120%',
    left:-25,
    borderBottomWidth:2,
    borderBottomColor:'#6851D6'
  };
  
  const getHeaderView = () => {
    return (
      <View style={headerViewStyle}>
        <Text style={{ color: "#6851D6", fontWeight: "bold", marginRight: 10 }}>
          Chat Bot
        </Text>
        <Image 
          style={{ tintColor: "#6851D6", height: 30, width: 30 }} 
          source={bot} 
        />
      </View>
    );
  };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
            user={chatUser}
            HeaderView={getHeaderView}
        />}
     </>
   );
  }

Example

iOS
Android

FooterView

You can set custom footerView to the Message List component using the following method.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';
import { StyleProp } from 'react-native';
import bot from './bot.png';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

  const footerViewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    alignItems: 'center',  
    justifyContent: 'center',
    paddingVertical: 5,
    backgroundColor: 'white',
    height: 50,
    width: '120%',
    left:-25,
    borderBottomWidth:2,
    borderBottomColor:'#6851D6'
  };
  
  const getFooterView = () => {
    return (
      <View style={footerViewStyle}>
        <Text style={{ color: "#6851D6", fontWeight: "bold", marginRight: 10 }}>
          Chat Bot
        </Text>
        <Image 
          style={{ tintColor: "#6851D6", height: 30, width: 30 }} 
          source={bot} 
        />
      </View>
    );
  };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
            user={chatUser}
            FooterView={getFooterView}
        />}
     </>
   );
  }

Example

iOS
Android

ErrorStateView

You can set a custom ErrorStateView to match the error view of your app.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const errorViewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
       flex: 1,
       alignItems: 'center',
       justifyContent: 'center',
       padding: 10,
       borderColor: 'black',
       borderWidth: 1,
       backgroundColor: '#E8EAE9',
    };

    const getErrorStateView = () => {
      return (
        <View style={errorViewStyle}>
        <Text style={{fontSize: 80, color: "black"}}>Error</Text>
      </View>
      );
    };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
            user={chatUser}
            messageRequestBuilder={new CometChat.MessagesRequestBuilder().setLimit(1000)}
            ErrorStateView={getErrorStateView}
        />}
     </>
   );
  }

Example

iOS
Android

EmptyStateView

The EmptyStateView method provides the ability to set a custom empty state view in your app. An empty state view is displayed when there are no messages for a particular user.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, BorderStyleInterface, AvatarStyleInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

    const emptyViewStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle> = {
       flex: 1,
       alignItems: 'center',
       justifyContent: 'center',
       padding: 10,
       borderColor: 'black',
       borderWidth: 1,
       backgroundColor: '#E8EAE9',
    };

    const getEmptyStateView = () => {
      return (
        <View style={emptyViewStyle}>
          <Text style={{fontSize: 80, color: "black"}}>Empty</Text>
        </View>
      );
    };

    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
            user={chatUser}
            messageRequestBuilder={new CometChat.MessagesRequestBuilder().setLimit(5)}
            EmptyStateView={getEmptyStateView}
        />}
     </>
   );
  }

Example

iOS
Android

TextFormatters

Assigns the list of text formatters. If the provided list is not null, it sets the list. Otherwise, it assigns the default text formatters retrieved from the data source. To configure the existing Mentions look and feel check out CometChatMentionsFormatter

ShortCutFormatter.ts
App.tsx

import { CometChat } from "@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native";
import {
  CometChatTextFormatter,
  SuggestionItem,
} from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";

export class ShortCutFormatter extends CometChatTextFormatter {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.trackCharacter = "!";
  }

  search = (searchKey: string) => {
    let data: Array<SuggestionItem> = [];

    CometChat.callExtension("message-shortcuts", "GET", "v1/fetch", undefined)
      .then((data: any) => {
        if (data && data?.shortcuts) {
          let suggestionData = Object.keys(data.shortcuts).map((key) => {
            return new SuggestionItem({
              id: key,
              name: data.shortcuts[key],
              promptText: data.shortcuts[key],
              trackingCharacter: "!",
              underlyingText: data.shortcuts[key],
            });
          });
          this.setSearchData(suggestionData); // setting data in setSearchData();
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        // Some error occured
      });

    this.setSearchData(data);
  };

  // return null in fetchNext, if there's no pagination.
  fetchNext = () => {
    return null;
  };
}

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from "@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native";
import { CometChatMessageList } from "@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native";
import { ShortCutFormatter } from "./ShortcutsTextFormatter";

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
  const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User | undefined>();

  React.useEffect(() => {
    CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
      setChatUser(user);
    });
  }, []);

  const shortcutFormatter = new ShortCutFormatter();

  return <CometChatMessageList textFormatters={[new ShortcutFormatter()]} />;
}

Configuration

Configurations offer the ability to customize the properties of each component within a Composite Component.

MessageInformation

From the MessageList, you can navigate to the MesssageInformation component as shown in the image.

iOS
Android

If you wish to modify the properties of the MesssageInformation Component, you can use the MessageInformationConfiguration object.

App.tsx

import React from "react";
import { CometChat } from '@cometchat/chat-sdk-react-native';
import { CometChatMessageList, MessageInformationStyleInterface, MessageInformationConfigurationInterface } from '@cometchat/chat-uikit-react-native';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {
    const [chatUser, setChatUser] = React.useState<CometChat.User| undefined>();

    React.useEffect(() => {
        CometChat.getUser("uid").then((user) => {
            setChatUser(user);
        })
    }, []);

  const messageInformationStyle : MessageInformationStyleInterface = {
    titleTextColor: "#6851D6",
    subtitleTextColor: "red",
  }

  const messageInformationConfiguration : MessageInformationConfigurationInterface = {
    messageInformationStyle: messageInformationStyle
  }
    return (
     <>
         { chatUser && <CometChatMessageList
            user={chatUser}
            messageInformationConfiguration={messageInformationConfiguration}
        />}
     </>
   );
  }

The MessageInformationConfiguration indeed provides access to all the Action, Filters, Styles, Functionality, and Advanced properties of the MesssageInformation component.

Please note that the properties marked with the report symbol are not accessible within the Configuration Object.

Example

iOS
Android

In the above example, we are styling a few properties of the MesssageInformation component using MessageInformationConfiguration.

QuickReactions

From the MessageList, you can navigate to the QuickReactions component as shown in the image.

If you wish to modify the properties of the QuickReactions Component, you can use the QuickReactionConfiguration object.

UI Kits

SDKs

Widgets

APIs

Overview​

Usage​

Integration​

Actions​

1. onThreadRepliesPress​

2. onError​

Filters​

Events​

Customization​

Style​

1. MessageList Style​

2. Avatar Style​

Functionality​

Advanced​

Templates​

DateSeperatorPattern​

DatePattern​

HeaderView​

FooterView​

ErrorStateView​

EmptyStateView​

TextFormatters​

Configuration​

MessageInformation​

QuickReactions​

Overview

Usage

Integration

Actions

1. onThreadRepliesPress

2. onError

Filters

Events

Customization

Style

1. MessageList Style

2. Avatar Style

Functionality

Advanced

Templates

DateSeperatorPattern

DatePattern

HeaderView

FooterView

ErrorStateView

EmptyStateView

TextFormatters

Configuration

MessageInformation

QuickReactions