4.18.0

July 05, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• Added missing ChannelListFilterScope and MemberListFilterScope filter keys #2119

🔄 Changed

• Improved performance when saving big payloads (by 50% in some edge cases)#2113
• Chat SDK now leverages chat.stream-io-api.com endpoint by default #2125
• JSON decoding performance is futher increased, parsing time reduced by another %50 #2128
• Better errors in case JSON decoding fails #2126
• File upload size limit is increased to 100MB #2136

🐞 Fixed

• Allow sending giphy messages programmatically #2124
• JSON decoding is now more robust, single incomplete/broken object won't disable whole channel list #2126

StreamChatUI

🐞 Fixed

• Allow scroll automatically to the bottom when sending a giphy from the middle of the message list #2130

4.17.0

June 22, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• parentMessageId parameter for typing events #2080
• Adds support for multi bundle push notifications #2101

🐞 Fixed

• Fix hidden channels not appearing on relaunch #2056
• Fix channel.hidden event failing to decode on launch/reconnection #2056
• Fix messages in hidden channels with clearHistory re-appearing #2056
• Fix last message of hidden channel with clearHistory visible in channel list #2056
• Message action title now supports displaying 2 lines of text instead of 1 #2082
• Fix Logger persisting config after usage, preventing changing parameters (such as LogLevel) #2081
• Fix crash in ChannelVC when it's initialized using a ChannelController created with createDirectMessageChannelWith factory #2097
• Fix ChannelListSortingKey.unreadCount causing database crash #2094

🔄 Changed

• JSON decoding performance is increased 3 times, parsing time reduced by %70 #2081
• EventPayload decoding errors are now more verbose #2099

StreamChatUI

✅ Added

• Show typing users within a thread #2080
• Add support for Markdown syntax #2067

🐞 Fixed

• Fix Logger persisting config after usage, preventing changing parameters (such as LogLevel) #2081

4.16.0

June 10, 2022

StreamChat

💥 Removed

• The tokenProvider property was removed from ChatClient #2031

✅ Added

• Make it possible to call ChatClient.connect with a tokenProvider #2031

🐞 Fixed

• Saving payloads to local database is now 50% faster. Initial launch and displaying channel list should be noticeably faster #1973
• Fix not waiting for last batch of events to be processed when connecting as another user #2016
• Fix Date._unconditionallyBridgeFromObjectiveC(NSDate?) crash #2027
• Fix NSHashTable count underflow crash #2032
• Fix crash when participant hard deletes a message 2075
• Fix possible deadlock in CurrentUserController functions being called from background threads #2074
• Fix using incorrect index path for updates #2044

🔄 Changed

• Changing the decoding of role to channel_role as role is now deprecated on the backend. This allows for custom roles defined within your V2 permissions #2028

StreamChatUI

✅ Added

• Add Support for Slow Mode #1953
• Present channel screen modally when channel list in not embedded by navigation controller #2011
• Show channel screen as right detail when channel list is embedded by split view controller #2011

🐞 Fixed

• Fix DM Channel with multiple members displaying only 1 user avatar #2019
• Improve stability of Message List with Diffing disabled #2006 #2076
• Fix quoted message extra spacing jump UI glitch #2050
• Fix edge case where cell would be hidden after reacting to it #2053

4.15.1

June 01, 2022

This release does not contain any code changes.

🔄 Changed

• Provides new SPI config.
• Adds swift docc plugin to package dependencies.

4.15.0

May 17, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• Expose readBy/readByCount on ChatMessage containing info about users who has seen this message. These fields are populated only for messages sent by the current user #1887
• Expose preview message on ChatChannel #1935

🐞 Fixed

• Fix unread messages count bumping logic #1978
  • respect muted channels
  • respect muted users
  • decrement when message is hard deleted
• Fix paginated channels in channel list were left without messages when sync is executed #1985
• Fix deletedMessagesVisibility == .alwaysVisible shows deleted ephemeral messages in message list #1991

🔄 Changed

• Rename mentionedMessages to mentions in ChannelUnreadCount #1978
• Changes .team filter FilterKey to accept nil as a parameter #1968

StreamChatUI

🔄 Changed

• Deprecate ChatMessage.isOnlyVisibleForCurrentUser as it does not account deleted messages visability setting #1948
• Rename components related to message footnote content in ChatMessageContentView #1948

✅ Added

• Show delivery status indicator for messages sent by the current user #1887
• Show delivery status indicator for messages sent by the current user in channel preview #1935
• Add support for custom reactions sorting #1944
• Add nonEmpty filter for channel list query #1960

🐞 Fixed

• Fix onlyVisibleForYouIndicator not being shown for ephemeral messages #1948
• Fix message popup UI glitch for bigger messages and iPad/Landscape #1975
• Fix footnote being hidden for the message followed by ephemeral message #1956
• Fix footnote being hidden for the message followed by system message #1956

4.14.0

April 26, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• quotesEnabled property is added to the ChannelConfig #1891

🔄 Changed

• Assertions are no longer thrown by default. Check StreamRuntimeCheck to enable them #1885
• Local Storage is enabled by default. You can read more here #1890
• Mark all read has been relocated to CurrentUserController to have parity with other platforms #1927
• New CurrentUserController.addDevice(_pushDevice:) replaces CurrentUserController.addDevice(token:pushProvider:) #1934
  • How to use the new addDevice API: currentUserController.addDevice(.apn(token: apnDeviceToken))

🐞 Fixed

• Fix support for multiple active channel lists at the same time #1879
• Fix channels linked to the channel list not being watched #1924
• Fix connection recovery flow being triggered after the first connection #1925
• Fix connection recovery flow not being cancelled on disconnect #1925
• Fix cooldown being applied to /sync endpoint in connection recovery flow #1925
• Fix active components not being reset when another user is connected #1925
• Fix unusable firebase push provider #1934
• Fix DB errors happening when logging in after a logout / user switch #1926

StreamChatUI

💥 Removed

• The toVCSnapshot, fromVCSnapshot and containerTransitionImageView properties were removed ZoomAnimator because they were the root cause of animation issues when presenting the popup actions #1899

🔄 Changed

• The time interval between 2 messages so they are grouped in the UI is changed from 30 sec to 60 sec #1893

✅ Added

• Quote message action visibility can be controlled from the dashboard #1891

🐞 Fixed

• Fix full screen live photos weird flicker when presented / dismissed to / from full screen #1899
• Timestamp not being shown for the message when the next message is error #1893
• Another user's avatar not being shown for deleted message last in a group #1893
• Fix audio files not rendering previews #1907
• Fix message sender name is not shown in channel with > 2 members if member identifiers were passed on channel creation #1931
• Fix incorrectly called viewWillAppear inside viewWillDissapear #1938

4.13.1

April 04, 2022

StreamChat

🚨 Fixed

• Fix deadlock when accessing some properties from Events Delegate #1898

4.13.0

March 29, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• Introduce message translations. See docs for more info #1867
• Add support for multiple push providers #1864

🐞 Fixed

• Fix payload for reaction when using enforce_unique #1861
• Use IndexPath's item instead of row for macOS compatibility #1859
• Fix mime-type for file attachments #1873
• Properly decode removed_from_channel event when channel is incomplete #1881

StreamChatUI

⚠️ Changed

• AttachmentsPreviewVC contains significant deprecations #1877

✅ Added

• Add Mixed Attachments UI Support #1877

🐞 Fixed

• Resolve attachment type when importing file from file picker #1873
• Fix long file names overlapped by the close button #1880
• Fix long file names being truncated at the end instead of the middle #1880
• Fix commands without arguments cannot be sent without text #1869
• Fix pasting long text into composer won't update input height #1875

4.12.0

March 16, 2022

StreamChat

✅ Added

• Add Offline Support (Connection & events recovery, and offline actions queuing) #1831
• Add MessageSearchSortingKey.createdAt and updatedAt for sorting options #1824

🐞 Fixed

• Fix ChatMessageSearchController not respecting sort param #1824
• Fix ChatMessageSearchController not removing old search results #1824
• Fix ChatMessageSearchController making empty searches #1824

StreamChatUI

🔄 Changed

• ⚠️ Change default message deleted visibility to .alwaysVisible #1851
  • Note: This change is required to be align with the other SDK Platforms. If you still want the older behaviour, you should set the ChatClientConfig.deletedMessagesVisibility to .visibleForCurrentUser.

✅ Added

• Make it possible to customize the message view only in the popup actions #1844

🐞 Fixed

• Fix blurred avatar views when using image merger #1841
• Fix "Only visible to you" shown when deleted messages visible for all users #1847
• Fix channels list cell staying as selected when in Airplane mode #1831

4.11.0

March 01, 2022

✅ Added

• Add Support for Message List Data Source Diffing (Experimental) #1770
• Show Camera option on the ComposerVC #1798
• ChannelController's truncateChannel function now allows you to specify systemMessage, hardDelete, skipPush properties #1799
• Added truncatedAt property to ChatChannel
• Added increased logging for CoreData crashes caused by lingering models from previous sessions #1814

🐞 Fixed

• Fix ChatMentionSuggestionView permanently hiding subviews #1800
• Fix showing channel watchers in mention suggestions list #1803
• System message is now properly shown when channel is truncated #1799
• Fix Memory Leaks when opening and closing channels #1812