Customize message click events

Sendbird UIKit provides a basic interface that can receive events for each area of the message UI.

Types of events

The following are types of message click events that UIKit for Android provides.

Message click events
Message click	Message mention click	Message profile click
Quote reply click	Thread info click	Emoji reaction click

Register events

There are two ways to receive events as shown below. Note that click events are only invoked in default Views provided by the UIKit. Consequently, events occurring within custom view are not received.

Note: If events are registered using the Builder and the app is forcibly terminated due to memory shortages, the registered custom events may be lost. To avoid such loss, inherit from the fragment when constructing a screen for multiple uses.

Receive events through Builder

The following code shows an example of how events can be received through the builder.

Kotlin

val fragment = ChannelFragment.Builder(channelUrl)
    .setOnMessageLongClickListener { view, _, _ ->
        Toast.makeText(view.context, "Message Long Click Sample", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }
    /*
    .setOnMessageClickListener { view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnMessageMentionClickListener { view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnMessageProfileClickListener{ view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnMessageProfileLongClickListener{ view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnQuoteReplyMessageClickListener{ view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnQuoteReplyMessageLongClickListener{ view, position, data ->  }
    .setOnThreadInfoClickListener{ view, position, data ->  }
    .setEmojiReactionClickListener { view, position, message, reactionKey ->  }
    .setEmojiReactionLongClickListener { view, position, message, reactionKey ->  }
      */
    .build()

Receive events using a custom fragment

In Fragments, you can override the predefined functions, and specify a custom behavior instead.

Note: For events related to reactions, you should register them within the message list component.

Kotlin

class MessageClickSampleFragment : ChannelFragment() {
    override fun onMessageClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        Toast.makeText(requireContext(), "Message Click Sample", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        super.onMessageClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    /*
    override fun onMessageLongClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onMessageLongClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    override fun onMessageProfileClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onMessageProfileClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    override fun onMessageProfileLongClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onMessageProfileLongClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    override fun onMessageMentionClicked(view: View, position: Int, user: User) {
        super.onMessageMentionClicked(view, position, user)
    }

    override fun onQuoteReplyMessageClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onQuoteReplyMessageClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    override fun onQuoteReplyMessageLongClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onQuoteReplyMessageLongClicked(view, position, message)
    }

    override fun onThreadInfoClicked(view: View, position: Int, message: BaseMessage) {
        super.onThreadInfoClicked(view, position, message)
    }
    */
}

For an in-depth practical demonstration, see our sample code.

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Types of events Register events

Receive events through Builder Receive events using a custom fragment

Sample app