Hope support for sorting channel list by custom fields

[yswtrue]

I need to put system_message channel and customer_message channel on the top of channelsPage, but I can't sort by a custom field like priority. Hope support for sorting by custom fields.

gz#4687

[shodgetts]

Agent comment from Stephen Hodgetts in Zendesk ticket #4687:

You can sort by custom channel fields. Can you share how you're using channellistview and the sort parameter you're using, please?

[yswtrue]

Agent comment from Stephen Hodgetts in Zendesk ticket #4687:

You can sort by custom channel fields. Can you share how you're using channellistview and the sort parameter you're using, please?

class ChannelListPage extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        automaticallyImplyLeading: false,
        centerTitle: true,
        title: Text(
          'Messages',
          style: TextStyle(fontWeight: FontWeight.bold, fontSize: 15),
        ),
      ),
      body: ChannelsBloc(
        child: ChannelListView(
          filter: {
            'members': {
              '\$in': [StreamChat.of(context).user.id],
            }
          },
          sort: [
            SortOption('priority', direction: 1),
            SortOption('last_message_at')
          ],
          pagination: PaginationParams(
            limit: 20,
          ),
          channelWidget: ChannelPage(),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

this is my ChannelListView code.

[imtoori]

hey @yswtrue I did some research and found out that you should keep in mind that the sorting fields are first transformed to string before being compared, so you should pad your priority field

eg: not 1 but 01

check it here https://play.golang.org/p/GvJV0E5Sj2_4

however, this raises a bug related to channels being pushed to the top of the ChannelListView when they receive a new message. I'll make sure to fix this bug and find a solution as soon as possible

[imtoori]

@yswtrue did you solve your problem?

[yswtrue]

@yswtrue did you solve your problem?

I sort by message type now, so I haven't tried this solution.

[imtoori]

Closing this
Feel free to reopen it if this is still an issue