Customizing the Compose Chat SDK with ChatTheme
Blog post from Stream
The article provides a comprehensive guide on customizing chat features using Stream's Compose Chat SDK, emphasizing the use of the ChatTheme component to personalize colors, shapes, and typography in chat applications. It details the process of overriding default implementations with custom design elements, starting with defining custom colors using the StreamColors class, customizing shapes with the StreamShapes class, and adjusting typography through the StreamTypography class by incorporating fonts like Source Code Pro. The article also explains how these customizations can be applied by wrapping UI components with the ChatTheme and highlights the importance of applying these changes across all instances to avoid default theming. It concludes by encouraging developers to explore further customization possibilities using the Compose SDK, which is in beta, and to engage with the Stream team for feedback and sharing of customizations.