Building an Avengers Chat Application – Part 2

Part two of the tutorial on building an Avengers Chat application for Android using Stream Chat SDK focuses on customizing the chat app and adding complex functionality, such as building a live streaming screen with components like YoutubePlayerView, MessageListView, and MessageInputView. The tutorial guides users through setting up and initializing these components, customizing message styles, and theming UI components using XML attributes, style transformations, and Android themes. By extending the MessageListItemViewHolderFactory, developers can create custom ViewHolders for different message types, enhancing the application's visual presentation. The tutorial also emphasizes reusability and reduction of code repetition by integrating modern Android architectures, and encourages contributions to the open-source AvengersChat repository. The next part of the tutorial will cover further customization of UI components, including message reactions and user dialogs.