Chat SDK for React Native

Agora Chat is a highly reliable global communication platform where your users can chat one-to-one, in groups or in chat rooms. Users communicate with text messages, share images, audios, videos, files, emojis, and locations. Agora Chat supplies typing indicators out-of-the-box.

• The ChatClient class is the entry of the chat SDK. It provides methods to allow you to log in to and log out of the chat app and manage the connection between the SDK and the chat server.
• The ChatManager class provides methods to allow you to send and receive messages, manage conversations , and download attachments.
• The ChatMessage class defines message attributes .
• The ChatConversation class provides methods for conversation management.
• The ChatContactManager class provides methods for chat contact management such as adding, retrieving, modifying, and deleting contacts.
• The ChatGroupManager class provides methods for group management, like group creation and destruction and member management.
• The ChatRoomManager class provides methods for chat room management, like joining and leaving the chat room and retrieving the chat room list, and manages member privileges.
• The ChatPresenceManager class provides methods for you to set message push configuration options.
• The ChatPushManager class provides methods to allow you to manage offline push services.
• The ChatUserInfoManager class provides methods for user attribute management, including getting and updating user attributes.

ChatClient

Method	Description
getInstance	The chat client class, which is the entry of the chat SDK. It defines how to log in to and log out of the chat app and how to manage the connection between the SDK and the chat server.
getEventEmitter	The chat client class, which is the entry of the chat SDK. It defines how to log in to and log out of the chat app and how to manage the connection between the SDK and the chat server.
setNativeListener	The chat client class, which is the entry of the chat SDK. It defines how to log in to and log out of the chat app and how to manage the connection between the SDK and the chat server.
options	Gets the SDK configurations.
currentUserName	Gets the current logged-in user ID.
init	Initializes the SDK.
isConnected	Checks whether the SDK is connected to the chat server.
getCurrentUsername	Gets the current logged-in user ID from the server.
isLoginBefore	Checks whether the current user is logged in to the app.
getAccessToken	Gets the token for login.
createAccount	Creates a new user (open registration).
login	Logs in to the chat server with a password or an Easemob token.
loginWithAgoraToken	Logs in to the chat server with the user ID and an Agora token.
renewAgoraToken	Renews the Agora token.
logout	Logs out of the chat app.
changeAppKey	Updates the App Key, which is the unique identifier used to access the chat service.
compressLogs	Compresses the debug log file into a gzip archive.
getLoggedInDevicesFromServer	Gets the list of online devices to which you have logged in with a specified account.
kickDevice	Logs out from a specified account on a device.
kickAllDevices	Logs out from a specified account on all devices.
updatePushConfig	Update push configurations.
addConnectionListener	Adds the connection status listener.
removeConnectionListener	Removes the connection status listener.
removeAllConnectionListener	Removes all the connection status listeners for the chat server.
addMultiDeviceListener	Adds the multi-device listener.
removeMultiDeviceListener	Removes the specified multi-device listener.
removeAllMultiDeviceListener	Removes all the multi-device listeners.
addCustomListener	Adds a custom listener to receive data that the iOS or Android devices send to the React Native layer.
removeCustomListener	Removes a custom listener to stop receiving data that the iOS or Android devices send to the React Native layer.
removeAllCustomListener	Removes all the custom listeners.
chatManager	Gets the chat manager class.
groupManager	Gets the chat group manager class.
contactManager	Gets the contact manager class.
pushManager	Gets the push manager class.
userManager	Gets the user information manager class.
roomManager	Gets the chat room manager class.
presenceManager	Gets the presence manager class.

Event	Description
onConnected	Occurs when the SDK connects to the chat server successfully.
onDisconnected	Occurs when the SDK disconnects from the chat server.
onTokenWillExpire	Occurs when the Agora token is about to expire.
onTokenDidExpire	Occurs when the Agora token has expired.

Event	Description
onContactEvent	Occurs when a contact event occurs.
onGroupEvent	Occurs when a group event occurs.
onThreadEvent	Occurs when a thread event occurs.

Event	Description
onDataReceived	The custom event listener.

ChatManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener	The chat manager class, responsible for sending and receiving messages, managing conversations (including loading and deleting conversations), and downloading attachments.
addMessageListener	Adds a message listener.
removeMessageListener	Removes the message listener.
removeAllMessageListener	Removes all message listeners.
sendMessage	Sends a message.
resendMessage	Resends a message.
sendMessageReadAck	Sends the read receipt to the server.
sendGroupMessageReadAck	Sends the group message receipt to the server.
sendConversationReadAck	Sends the conversation read receipt to the server.
recallMessage	Recalls the sent message.
getMessage	Gets a message from the local database by message ID.
markAllConversationsAsRead	Marks all conversations as read.
getUnreadCount	Gets the count of the unread messages.
insertMessage	Inserts a message to the conversation in the local database.
updateMessage	Updates the local message.
importMessages	Imports messages to the local database.
downloadAttachment	Downloads the message attachment.
downloadThumbnail	Downloads the message thumbnail.
fetchHistoryMessages	Uses the pagination to get messages in the specified conversation from the server.
searchMsgFromDB	Retrieves messages with keywords in a conversation from the local database.
fetchGroupAcks	Uses the pagination to get read receipts for group messages from the server.
removeConversationFromServer	Deletes the specified conversation and its historical messages from the server.
getConversation	Gets the conversation by conversation ID and conversation type.
getAllConversations	Gets all conversations from the local database.
fetchAllConversations	Gets the conversation list from the server.
deleteConversation	Deletes a conversation and its local messages from the local database.
getLatestMessage	Gets the latest message from the conversation.
getLatestReceivedMessage	Gets the latest received message from the conversation.
getConversationUnreadCount	Gets the unread message count of the conversation.
markMessageAsRead	Marks a message as read.
markAllMessagesAsRead	Marks all messages as read.
updateConversationMessage	Updates a message in the local database.
deleteMessage	Deletes a message from the local database.
deleteAllMessages	Deletes all messages in the conversation from both the memory and local database.
deleteMessagesBeforeTimestamp	Deletes local messages with timestamp that is before the specified one.
getMessagesWithMsgType	Retrieves messages of a certain type in the conversation from the local database.
getMessages	Retrieves messages of a specified quantity in a conversation from the local database.
getMessagesWithKeyword	Gets messages that the specified user sends in a conversation in a certain period.
getMessageWithTimestamp	Retrieves messages that are sent and received in a certain period in a conversation in the local database.
translateMessage	Translates a text message.
fetchSupportedLanguages	Gets all languages supported by the translation service.
setConversationExtension	Sets the extension information of the conversation.
addReaction	Adds a Reaction.
removeReaction	Deletes a Reaction.
fetchReactionList	Gets the list of Reactions.
fetchReactionDetail	Gets the Reaction details.
reportMessage	Reports an inappropriate message.
getReactionList	Gets the list of Reactions from a message.
groupAckCount	Gets the number of members that have read the group message.
createChatThread	Creates a message thread.
joinChatThread	Joins a message thread.
leaveChatThread	Leaves a message thread.
destroyChatThread	Destroys the message thread.
updateChatThreadName	Changes the name of the message thread.
removeMemberWithChatThread	Removes a member from the message thread.
fetchMembersWithChatThreadFromServer	Uses the pagination to get a list of members in the message thread.
fetchJoinedChatThreadFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the list of message threads that the current user has joined.
fetchJoinedChatThreadWithParentFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the list of message threads that the current user has joined in the specified group.
fetchChatThreadWithParentFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the list of message threads in the specified group.
fetchLastMessageWithChatThread	Gets the last reply in the specified message threads from the server.
fetchChatThreadFromServer	Gets the details of the message thread from the server.
getMessageThread	Gets the details of the message thread from the memory.
getThreadConversation	Gets the thread conversation by conversation ID.

Event	Description
onMessagesReceived	Occurs when a message is received.
onCmdMessagesReceived	Occurs when a command message is received.
onMessagesRead	Occurs when a read receipt is received for a message.
onGroupMessageRead	Occurs when a read receipt is received for a group message.
onMessagesDelivered	Occurs when a delivery receipt is received.
onMessagesRecalled	Occurs when a received message is recalled.
onConversationsUpdate	Occurs when the conversation is updated.
onConversationRead	Occurs when a conversation read receipt is received.
onMessageReactionDidChange	Occurs when a message reaction changes.
onChatMessageThreadCreated	Occurs when a message thread is created.
onChatMessageThreadUpdated	Occurs when a message thread is updated.
onChatMessageThreadDestroyed	Occurs when a message thread is destroyed.
onChatMessageThreadUserRemoved	Occurs when the current user is removed from the message thread by the admin.

ChatContactManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener	The contact manager class, which manages chat contacts such as adding, retrieving, modifying, and deleting contacts.
addContactListener	Adds a contact listener.
removeContactListener	Removes the contact listener.
removeAllContactListener	Removes all contact listeners.
addContact	Adds a new contact.
deleteContact	Deletes a contact and all the related conversations.
getAllContactsFromServer	Gets the contact list from the server.
getAllContactsFromDB	Gets the contact list from the local database.
addUserToBlockList	Adds a contact to the block list.
removeUserFromBlockList	Removes the contact from the block list.
getBlockListFromServer	Gets the block list from the server.
getBlockListFromDB	Gets the block list from the local database.
acceptInvitation	Accepts a friend invitation。
declineInvitation	Declines a friend invitation.
getSelfIdsOnOtherPlatform	Gets the unique IDs of the current user on the other devices. The ID is in the format of {user_ID} + "/" + {resource_ID}.

Event	Description
onContactAdded	Occurs when a friend request from the current user is accepted by the peer user.
onContactDeleted	Occurs when a friend request from the current user is declined by the peer user.
onContactInvited	Occurs when a friend request is received by the current user.
onFriendRequestAccepted	Occurs when a friend request is accepted by the current user.
onFriendRequestDeclined	Occurs when a friend request is declined by the current user.

ChatGroupManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener	The group manager class, which defines how to manage groups, like group creation and destruction and member management.
getGroupWithId	Gets the group instance from the memory by group ID.
getJoinedGroups	Gets the list of groups that the current user has joined.
fetchJoinedGroupsFromServer	Gets the list of groups that the current user has joined.
fetchPublicGroupsFromServer	Gets public groups from the server with pagination.
createGroup	Creates a group instance.
fetchGroupInfoFromServer	Gets the group information from the server.
fetchMemberListFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the member list of the group from the server.
fetchBlockListFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the group block list from the server.
fetchMuteListFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the mute list of the group from the server.
fetchAllowListFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the allow list of the group from the server.
isMemberInAllowListFromServer	Gets whether the member is on the allow list of the group.
fetchGroupFileListFromServer	Uses the pagination to get the shared files of the group from the server.
fetchAnnouncementFromServer	Gets the group announcement from the server.
addMembers	Adds users to the group.
inviterUser	Invites users to join the group.
removeMembers	Removes a member from the group.
blockMembers	Adds the user to the block list of the group.
unblockMembers	Removes users from the group block list.
changeGroupName	Changes the group name.
changeGroupDescription	Modifies the group description.
leaveGroup	Leaves a group.
destroyGroup	Destroys the group instance.
blockGroup	Blocks group messages.
unblockGroup	Unblocks group messages.
changeOwner	Transfers the group ownership.
addAdmin	Adds a group admin.
removeAdmin	Removes a group admin.
muteMembers	Mutes group members.
unMuteMembers	Unmutes group members.
muteAllMembers	Mutes all members.
unMuteAllMembers	Unmutes all group members.
addAllowList	Adds members to the allow list of the group.
removeAllowList	Removes members from the allow list of the group.
uploadGroupSharedFile	Uploads the shared file to the group.
downloadGroupSharedFile	Downloads the shared file of the group.
removeGroupSharedFile	Removes a shared file of the group.
updateGroupAnnouncement	Updates the group announcement.
updateGroupExtension	Updates the group extension field.
joinPublicGroup	Joins a public group.
requestToJoinPublicGroup	Requests to join a group.
acceptJoinApplication	Accepts a join request.
declineJoinApplication	Declines a join request.
acceptInvitation	Accepts a group invitation.
declineInvitation	Declines a group invitation.
addGroupListener	Adds a group listener.
removeGroupListener	Removes the group listener.
removeAllGroupListener	Clears all group listeners.

Event	Description
onInvitationReceived	Occurs when the current user receives a group invitation.
onRequestToJoinReceived	Occurs when a join request from the current user is received by the peer user.
onRequestToJoinAccepted	Occurs when a join request from the current user is accepted by the peer user.
onRequestToJoinDeclined	Occurs when a join request from the current user is declined by the peer user.
onInvitationAccepted	Occurs when a group invitation from the current user is accepted by the peer user.
onInvitationDeclined	Occurs when a group invitation from the current user is declined by the peer user.
onUserRemoved	Occurs when the current user is removed from the group.
onGroupDestroyed	Occurs when a group is destroyed.
onAutoAcceptInvitation	Occurs when the group invitation is accepted automatically by the current user.
onMuteListAdded	Occurs when one or more members are added to the mute list of the group.
onMuteListRemoved	Occurs when one or more members are removed from the mute list of the group.
onAdminAdded	Occurs when a member is set as an admin.
onAdminRemoved	Occurs when the administrative privileges of an admin are removed.
onOwnerChanged	Occurs when the group ownership is transferred.
onMemberJoined	Occurs when a user joins a group.
onMemberExited	Occurs when a member voluntarily leaves the group.
onAnnouncementChanged	Occurs when the group announcement is updated.
onSharedFileAdded	Occurs when a shared file is added to the group.
onSharedFileDeleted	Occurs when a shared file is removed from a group.
onAllowListAdded	Occurs when one or more group members are added to the allow list.
onAllowListRemoved	Occurs when one or more group members are removed from the allow list.
onAllGroupMemberMuteStateChanged	Occurs when all group members are muted or unmuted.
onDetailChanged	Occurs when the chat group detail change. All chat group members receive this event.
onStateChanged	Occurs when the disabled state of group changes.

ChatRoomManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener	The chat room manager class, which manages user operations, like joining and leaving the chat room and retrieving the chat room list, and manages member privileges.
addRoomListener	Adds a chat room listener.
removeRoomListener	Removes the chat room listener.
removeAllRoomListener	Removes all the chat room listeners.
joinChatRoom	Joins the chat room.
leaveChatRoom	Leaves the chat room.
fetchPublicChatRoomsFromServer	Gets chat room data from the server with pagination.
fetchChatRoomInfoFromServer	Gets the details of the chat room from the server.
getChatRoomWithId	Gets the chat room by ID from the local database.
createChatRoom	Creates a chat room.
destroyChatRoom	Destroys a chat room.
changeChatRoomSubject	Changes the chat room name.
changeChatRoomDescription	Modifies the chat room description.
fetchChatRoomMembers	Gets the chat room member list.
muteChatRoomMembers	Mutes the specified members in a chat room.
unMuteChatRoomMembers	Unmutes the specified members in a chat room.
changeOwner	Transfers the chat room ownership.
addChatRoomAdmin	Adds a chat room admin.
removeChatRoomAdmin	Removes administrative privileges of a chat room admin.
fetchChatRoomMuteList	Uses the pagination to get the list of members who are muted in the chat room.
removeChatRoomMembers	Removes the specified members from a chat room.
blockChatRoomMembers	Adds the specified members to the block list of the chat room.
unBlockChatRoomMembers	Removes the specified members from the block list of the chat room.
fetchChatRoomBlockList	Gets the chat room block list with pagination.
updateChatRoomAnnouncement	Updates the chat room announcement.
fetchChatRoomAnnouncement	Gets the chat room announcement from the server.
fetchChatRoomAllowListFromServer	Gets the allow list from the server.
isMemberInChatRoomAllowList	Checks whether the member is on the allow list of the chat room.
addMembersToChatRoomAllowList	Adds members to the allow list of the chat room.
removeMembersFromChatRoomAllowList	Removes members from the allow list of the chat room.
muteAllChatRoomMembers	Mutes all members.
unMuteAllChatRoomMembers	Unmutes all members of the chat room.
fetchChatRoomAttributes	Gets custom chat room attributes from the server.
addAttributes	Sets custom chat room attributes.
removeAttributes	Removes custom chat room attributes.

Event	Description
onChatRoomDestroyed	Occurs when the chat room is destroyed.
onMemberJoined	Occurs when a user joins the chat room.
onMemberExited	Occurs when a member voluntarily leaves the chat room.
onRemoved	Occurs when a member is removed from a chat room.
onMuteListAdded	Occurs when a chat room member is added to the mute list.
onMuteListRemoved	Occurs when one or more chat room members are removed from the mute list.
onAdminAdded	Occurs when a chat room member is set as an admin.
onAdminRemoved	Occurs when the administrative privileges of a chat room admin are removed.
onOwnerChanged	Occurs when the chat room ownership is transferred.
onAnnouncementChanged	Occurs when the chat room announcement changes.
onAllowListAdded	Occurs when one or more chat room members are added to the allow list.
onAllowListRemoved	Occurs when one or more chat room members are removed from the allow list.
onAllChatRoomMemberMuteStateChanged	Occurs when all members in the chat room are muted or unmuted.
onSpecificationChanged	Occurs when the chat room specifications change. All chat room members receive this event.
onAttributesUpdated	Occurs when the custom chat room attributes (key-value) are updated.
onAttributesRemoved	Occurs when the custom chat room attributes (key-value) are removed.

ChatPresenceManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener
addPresenceListener	Adds a presence listener.
removePresenceListener	Removes a presence listener.
removeAllPresenceListener	Clears all presence listeners.
publishPresence	Publishes a custom presence state.
subscribe	Subscribes to the presence state of a user.
unsubscribe	Unsubscribes from the presence state of the unspecified users.
fetchSubscribedMembers	Uses the pagination to get a list of users whose presence states you have subscribed to.
fetchPresenceStatus	Gets the current presence state of specified users.

Event	Description
onPresenceStatusChanged	Occurs when the presence state of a subscribed user changes.

ChatPushManager

Method	Description
setNativeListener	The class for message push configuration options.
setSilentModeForConversation	Sets the offline push for the conversation.
removeSilentModeForConversation	Clears the offline push settings of the conversation.
fetchSilentModeForConversation	Gets the offline push settings of the conversation.
setSilentModeForAll	Sets the offline push of the app.
fetchSilentModeForAll	Gets the do-not-disturb settings of the app.
fetchSilentModeForConversations	Gets the do-not-disturb settings of the specified conversations.
setPreferredNotificationLanguage	Sets the target translation language of offline push notifications.
fetchPreferredNotificationLanguage	Gets the configured push translation language.
updatePushNickname	Updates nickname of the sender displayed in push notifications.
updatePushDisplayStyle	Updates the display style of push notifications.
fetchPushOptionFromServer	Gets the push configurations from the server.

ChatUserInfoManager

Method	Description
updateOwnUserInfo	Modifies the user attributes of the current user.
fetchUserInfoById	Gets the user attributes of the specified users.
fetchOwnInfo	Gets attributes of the current user from the server.

ChatMessage

Method	Description
constructor	Constructs a message.
createTextMessage	Creates a text message for sending.
createFileMessage	Creates a message with a file attachment for sending.
createImageMessage	Creates an image message for sending.
createVideoMessage	Creates a video message for sending.
createVoiceMessage	Creates a voice message for sending.
createLocationMessage	Creates a location message for sending.
createCmdMessage	Creates a command message for sending.
createCustomMessage	Creates a custom message for sending.
createReceiveMessage	Creates a received message instance.
reactionList	Gets the list of Reactions.
groupReadCount	Gets the count of read receipts of a group message.
threadInfo	Gets details of a message thread.

ChatConversation

Method	Description
name	Gets the conversation ID.
getUnreadCount	Gets the count of unread messages in the conversation.
getLatestMessage	Gets the latest message from the conversation.
getLatestReceivedMessage	Gets the latest message received in the conversation.
setConversationExtension	Sets the extension information of the conversation.
markMessageAsRead	Marks a message as read.
markAllMessagesAsRead	Marks all messages as read.
updateMessage	Updates a message in the local database.
deleteMessage	Deletes a message from the local database.
deleteAllMessages	Deletes all the messages of the conversation.
getMessagesWithMsgType	Retrieves messages of a certain type that a specified user sends in a conversation.
getMessages	Retrieves messages of a certain quantity in a conversation from the local database.
getMessagesWithKeyword	Retrieves messages with keywords in a conversation in the local database.
getMessageWithTimestamp	Gets messages that are sent and received in a certain period in a conversation in the local database.