This is a full native iPhone app to create realtime, text based group or private chat with Parse and Firebase.
- Live chat between multiple devices
- Group chat functionality
- Private chat functionality
- Single or Multiple recipients
- Full realtime actions - latency less than 100 ms
- No backend programming needed
- Native and easy to customize user interface
- Push Notification support
- Deep linking for Push Notification (coming soon)
- Login with Email
- Login with Facebook
- Login with Twitter
- Sending text messages
- Sending pictures
- Sending videos
- Sending audio messages
- Sending location
- Sending stickers - Premium only
- Sending large emojis
- MD5 checksum for media messages
- Media message reload option if download is failed - Premium only
- Media files cached locally
- AES-256 encryption
- Dynamic password generation - Premium only
- Load earlier messages - Premium only
- Typing indicator - Premium only
- Message delivery receipt - Premium only
- Message read receipt - Premium only
- Save picture messages to device - Premium only
- Save video messages to device - Premium only
- Save audio messages to device - Premium only
- Delete read and unread messages - Premium only
- Block user functionality - Premium only
- Report user functionality - Premium only
- Address Book friend list
- Invite functionality - SMS, email
- Facebook friend list (list only registered users)
- Realtime recent view for ongoing chats
- Map view for shared locations
- Picture view for pictures
- Basic Settings view included
- Profile view for users
- Group settings view for groups
- Blocked view for blocked users
- Privacy Policy view
- Terms of Service view
- Facebook profile picture grabbed automatically
- Picture, video and audio upload progress indicator
- Video length limit possibility
- Copy and paste text messages
- Send button is enabled/disabled automatically
- Arbitrary message sizes
- Data detectors - phone numbers, links, dates
- Timestamps possibilities
- Hide keyboard with swipe down
- Smooth animations
- Send/Receive sound effects
- Deployment target: iOS 8+
- Supported devices: iPhone 4S/5/5C/5S/6/6 Plus/6S/6S Plus
- Xcode 7+
- iOS 8+
- ARC
1., All source files located in Classes directory. Vendor files located in Vendor directory and external Frameworks in Framework directory. Some resource files can be found in Resources directory. Simply add Classes, Resources, Vendor and Framework directories to your project.
2., You need the latest Parse SDK. (Already included, but you can download from here).
More info about how to install Parse SDK.
3., You also need the latest Firebase SDK. (Already included, but you can download from here).
More info about how to install Firebase SDK.
4., You also need the latest Facebook SDK. (Already included, but you can download from here).
More info about how to install Facebook SDK.
5., You also need several external libraries which are included. But if you need, you can download them from here:
https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking
https://github.com/fernandospr/CoreLocationUtils
https://github.com/ideaismobile/IDMPhotoBrowser
https://github.com/hackiftekhar/IQAudioRecorderController
https://github.com/jessesquires/JSQMessagesViewController
https://github.com/jessesquires/JSQSystemSoundPlayer
https://github.com/jdg/MBProgressHUD
https://github.com/relatedcode/ProgressHUD
https://github.com/RNCryptor/RNCryptor
https://github.com/rnystrom/RNGridMenu
https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage
To use these libraries, just add the downloaded directories to your project.
6., You need to use your own Parse account.
7., You need to use your own Firebase account.
8., You need to register your app at Facebook. More info about how to configure Facebook.
9., You need to configure Push Notification.
10., Please replace the existing Parse account details in AppDelegate.m.
11., Please replace the existing Firebase account details in AppConstant.h.
12., Please replace the existing Facebook account details in Info.plist.
13., Please replace the existing Twitter account details in AppDelegate.m.
Do you have any questions or idea? My email is: info@relatedcode.com or you can find some more info at relatedcode.com
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