Capacitor Intercom

@joinflux/capacitor-intercom

Capacitor plugin for enabling Intercom capabilities

Installation

Capacitor 3 vs Capacitor 4

• Use version 1.0.3 or lower for Capacitor 3
• Version >2.0.0 will target Capacitor 4

Using npm:

npm install @joinflux/capacitor-intercom

Using yarn:

yarn add @joinflux/capacitor-intercom

Sync native files:

npx cap sync

API

• boot
• registerIdentifiedUser
• registerUnidentifiedUser
• updateUser
• logout
• logEvent
• displayMessenger
• displayMessageComposer
• displayHelpCenter
• hideMessenger
• displayLauncher
• hideLauncher
• displayInAppMessages
• hideInAppMessages
• displayCarousel
• setUserHash
• setBottomPadding
• unreadConversationCount

Usage

Web Only

For web, you must run boot({ appId: <app-id> }) to initialize.

import { Intercom } from '@joinflux/capacitor-intercom';

Intercom.boot({
  appId: '12345',
  email: '[email protected]', // you can set user details on boot:
  userId: '1234',            // see https://developers.intercom.com/installing-intercom/docs/capacitor-intercom-javascript#intercomboot-intercomsettings
});

Intercom.registerIdentifiedUser({
  email: '[email protected]', // you can also set user details like the mobile SDKs
  userId: '1234',
});

// show intercom
Intercom.displayMessenger();

Web, iOS, Android

import { Intercom } from '@joinflux/capacitor-intercom';
import { PushNotifications } from '@capacitor/push-notifications';

// Register for push notifications from Intercom
await PushNotifications.register();

// Register an indetified user
await Intercom.registerIdentifiedUser({ userId: 123456 }); // or email or both

// Register a log event
await Intercom.logEvent({ name: 'my-event', data: { pi: 3.14 } });

// Display the message composer
await Intercom.displayMessageComposer({ message: 'Hello there!' });

// Identity Verification
// https://developers.intercom.com/installing-intercom/docs/ios-identity-verification
await Intercom.setUserHash({ hmac: 'xyz' });

// Get Unread Conversation Count
await Intercom.unreadConversationCount();

// Listen for unread conversation count to change
Intercom.addListener('onUnreadCountChange', ({ value }) => {
  console.log('conversation count is: ', value);
});

iOS setup

• ionic start my-cap-app --capacitor
• cd my-cap-app
• npm install —-save @joinflux/capacitor-intercom
• mkdir www && touch www/index.html
• npx cap add ios
• add intercom keys to capacitor's configuration file

{
 …
  "plugins": {
   "Intercom": {
      "iosApiKey": "ios_sdk-xxx",
      "iosAppId": "yyy"
    }
  }
…
}

• npx cap open ios
• sign your app at xcode (general tab)

Tip: every time you change a native code you may need to clean up the cache (Product > Clean build folder) and then run the app again.

Android setup

• ionic start my-cap-app --capacitor
• cd my-cap-app
• npm install —-save @joinflux/capacitor-intercom
• mkdir www && touch www/index.html
• npx cap add android
• add intercom keys to capacitor's configuration file

{
 …
  "plugins": {
   "Intercom": {
      "androidApiKey": "android_sdk-xxx",
      "androidAppId": "yyy"
    }
  }
…
}

• npx cap open android

Now you should be set to go. Try to run your client using ionic cap run android --livereload.

Tip: every time you change a native code you may need to clean up the cache (Build > Clean Project | Build > Rebuild Project) and then run the app again.

License

MIT

Example

• https://github.com/joinflux/capacitor-intercom/blob/master/example