Sending Custom Chat Attachments With Jetpack Compose
Blog post from Stream
The tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on creating and customizing attachments using the Stream Chat SDK with Jetpack Compose UI components, focusing on developing custom AttachmentFactories for handling non-standard attachment types like passwords and audio files. It explains the process of constructing a custom AttachmentFactory, starting with understanding what an AttachmentFactory is, creating composable UI components for rendering custom attachments, and incorporating these components into a customized chat interface. The tutorial demonstrates how to build a PasswordAttachmentView for password attachments and an AudioAttachmentView for audio files, utilizing Android's MediaPlayer for playback functionality. It further illustrates the customization of message screens by integrating custom actions into the MessageComposer component, enabling users to send different types of custom attachments seamlessly. The tutorial also emphasizes the flexibility and extensibility of the Compose SDK, encouraging developers to enhance chat applications with a variety of custom features, and provides access to the complete sample project on GitHub for practical implementation.