iOS Chat SDK
Open source iOS Chat and Messaging SDK that lets you add real time messaging in your mobile (android, iOS) applications and website.
Signup at https://www.applozic.com/signup.html to get the App ID.
Works for both Objective-C and Swift.
It is a light weight Objective-C Chat and Messenger SDK.
Applozic One to One and Group Chat SDK
Documentation: https://www.applozic.com/docs/ios-chat-sdk.html
Sample Projects: https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-iOS-Chat-Samples
One to one and Group Chat
Image capture
Photo sharing
Location sharing
Push notifications
In-App notifications
Online presence
Last seen at
Unread message count
Typing indicator
Message sent, delivery report
Offline messaging
Multi Device sync
Application to user messaging
Customized chat bubble
UI Customization Toolkit
Cross Platform Support (iOS, Android & Web)
Create your Application
a) Sign up with applozic to get your App ID.
b) Once you signed up create your Application with required details on admin dashboard. Upload your push-notification certificate to our portal to enable real time notification.
c) Once you create your application you can see your App ID listed on admin dashboard. Please use same App ID explained in further steps.
Installing the iOS SDK
ADD APPLOZIC FRAMEWORK Clone or download the SDK (https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-iOS-SDK) Get the latest framework "Applozic.framework" from Applozic github repo sample project
Add framework to your project:
i) Paste Applozic framework to root folder of your project. ii) Go to Build Phase. Expand Embedded frameworks and add applozic framework.
Quickly Launch your chat
You can test your chat quickly by adding below .h and .m file to your project.
Change applicationID in ALChatManager and you are ready to launch your chat from your controller :)
Launch your chat
//Replace with your App ID in ALChatManager.h
#define APPLICATION_ID @"applozic-sample-app"
//Launch your Chat from your controller.
ALChatManager * chatManager = [[ALChatManager alloc]init];
[chatManager launchChat:<yourcontrollerReference> ];
Detail about user creation and registraion:
PUSH NOTIFICATION REGISTRATION AND HANDLING
a) Send device token to applozic server:
In your AppDelegate’s **didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken **method send device registration to applozic server after you get deviceToken from APNS. Sample code is as below:
Swift
func application(application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: NSData) {
let characterSet: NSCharacterSet = NSCharacterSet(charactersInString: "<>")
let deviceTokenString: String = (deviceToken.description as NSString)
.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(characterSet )
.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString(" ", withString: "") as String
print(deviceTokenString)
if (ALUserDefaultsHandler.getApnDeviceToken() != deviceTokenString){
let alRegisterUserClientService: ALRegisterUserClientService = ALRegisterUserClientService()
alRegisterUserClientService.updateApnDeviceTokenWithCompletion(deviceTokenString, withCompletion: { (response, error) in
print (response)
})
}
}
Objective-C
- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)
deviceToken {
const unsigned *tokenBytes = [deviceToken bytes];
NSString *hexToken = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x",
ntohl(tokenBytes[0]), ntohl(tokenBytes[1]), ntohl(tokenBytes[2]),
ntohl(tokenBytes[3]), ntohl(tokenBytes[4]), ntohl(tokenBytes[5]),
ntohl(tokenBytes[6]), ntohl(tokenBytes[7])];
NSString *apnDeviceToken = hexToken;
NSLog(@"apnDeviceToken: %@", hexToken);
//TO AVOID Multiple call to server check if previous apns token is same as recent one,
if different call app lozic server.
if (![[ALUserDefaultsHandler getApnDeviceToken] isEqualToString:apnDeviceToken]) {
ALRegisterUserClientService *registerUserClientService = [[ALRegisterUserClientService alloc] init];
[registerUserClientService updateApnDeviceTokenWithCompletion
:apnDeviceToken withCompletion:^(ALRegistrationResponse
*rResponse, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"%@",error);
return;
}
NSLog(@"Registration response from server:%@", rResponse);
}]; } }
b) Receiving push notification:
Once your app receive notification, pass it to applozic handler for applozic notification processing.
Swift
func application(application: UIApplication, didReceiveRemoteNotification userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject], fetchCompletionHandler completionHandler: (UIBackgroundFetchResult) -> Void) {
let alPushNotificationService: ALPushNotificationService = ALPushNotificationService()
let applozicProcessed = alPushNotificationService.processPushNotification(userInfo, updateUI: application.applicationState == UIApplicationState.Active) as Bool
//IF not a appplozic notification, process it
if (applozicProcessed) {
//Note: notification for app
}
}
Objective-C
- (void)application:(UIApplication*)application didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary*)dictionary {
NSLog(@"Received notification: %@", dictionary);
ALPushNotificationService *pushNotificationService = [[ALPushNotificationService alloc] init];
BOOL applozicProcessed = [pushNotificationService processPushNotification:dictionary updateUI:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] applicationState] == UIApplicationStateActive];
//IF not a appplozic notification, process it
if (!applozicProcessed) {
//Note: notification for app
} }
c) Handling app launch on notification click :
Swift
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
let alApplocalNotificationHnadler : ALAppLocalNotifications = ALAppLocalNotifications.appLocalNotificationHandler();
alApplocalNotificationHnadler.dataConnectionNotificationHandler();
if (launchOptions != nil) {
let dictionary = launchOptions?[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey] as? NSDictionary
if (dictionary != nil) {
print("launched from push notification")
let alPushNotificationService: ALPushNotificationService = ALPushNotificationService()
let appState: NSNumber = NSNumber(int: 0)
let applozicProcessed = alPushNotificationService.processPushNotification(launchOptions,updateUI:appState)
if (applozicProcessed) {
return true;
}
}
}
return true
}
Objective-C
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Override point for customization after application launch.
NSLog(@"launchOptions: %@", launchOptions);
if (launchOptions != nil) {
NSDictionary *dictionary = [launchOptions objectForKey:UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey];
if (dictionary != nil) {
NSLog(@"Launched from push notification: %@", dictionary);
ALPushNotificationService *pushNotificationService = [[ALPushNotificationService alloc] init];
BOOL applozicProcessed = [pushNotificationService processPushNotification:dictionary updateUI:NO];
if (!applozicProcessed) {
//Note: notification for app
} } }
return YES;
}
For advanced options and customization, visit Applozic iOS Chat & Messaging SDK Documentation
https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-iOS-SDK/tree/master/sample-with-framework
https://www.applozic.com/blog/add-applozic-chat-framework-ios/
https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-iOS-SDK/tree/master/sampleapp-swift
We provide support over at [StackOverflow] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/applozic) when you tag using applozic, ask us anything.
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Android Chat SDK https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-Android-SDK
Web Chat Plugin https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-Web-Plugin
iOS Chat SDK https://github.com/AppLozic/Applozic-iOS-SDK