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Overview
- Getting started
- Send first message
- Migration guide
- User
- Overview
- - Retrieving and updating user information
  - Retrieve the online status of a user
  - Update user profile
  - Retrieve the latest information on participants
- - Managing user metadata
  - Manage user metadata
- Channel
- Overview
- - Creating a channel
  - Create a channel
- - Managing operators
  - Register and remove operators
- - Joining and leaving a channel
  - Enter and exit an open channel
  - Join and leave a group channel
- - Retrieving channels
  - Retrieve a list of channels
  - Retrieve a channel by URL
- - Inviting users to a group channel
  - Invite users as members
  - Accept or decline an invitation
- - Categorizing channels
  - Categorize channels by custom type
- - Managing channels
  - Delete a channel
  - Hide or archive a group channel
  - Refresh all data related to a group channel
- - Moderating a channel
  - Freeze and unfreeze a channel
- - Managing channel metadata
  - Manage channel metadata
- - Managing channel metacounters
  - Manage channel metacounters
- Message
- Overview
- - Receiving messages through event handler
  - Receive messages in an open channel
  - Receive messages in a group channel
- - Using message threading
  - Create a message thread
  - List replies in a message thread
- - Retrieving a message
  - Retrieve a message
- - Searching messages in a group channel
  - Search messages by a keyword
- - Loading messages
  - Load previous messages
  - Load messages by timestamp or message ID
- - Listing changelogs
  - List changelogs of messages
- - Marking messages as read in a group channel
  - Mark messages as read
- - Marking messages as delivered in a group channel
  - Mark messages as delivered
- - Mentioning other users in a message
  - Mention other users in a message
- - Retrieving unread count in a group channel
  - Unread messages in a channel
  - Unread messages in all channels
  - Unread channels
  - Members who haven't received a message
  - Members who haven't read a message
  - Unread items
- - Categorizing messages
  - Categorize messages by custom type
- - Adding extra data to a message
  - Add extra data to a message
- - Translating messages
  - Auto-translate messages
  - Translate messages on-demand
  - Translation engine
- Application
- Overview
- - Authenticating a user
  - Authentication
- - Understanding rate limits
  - Rate limits
- Event handler
- Overview
- - Managing channel event handlers
  - Add or remove a channel event handler
- - Managing connection event handlers
  - Add or remove a connection event handler
- - Managing user event handlers
  - Add or remove a user event handler
- Notifications
- Overview
- - Multi-device support
  - Set up push notifications for FCM
  - Set up push notifications for HMS
- Report
- Overview
- - Creating a report
  - Report a message, user, or channel
- Local caching
- Overview
- - Using group channel collection
  - Group channel collection
- - Using message collection
  - Message collection
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Error codes
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This is the new Docs for Chat SDK v4 for Android. To see the previous Docs, click here.

Freeze and unfreeze a channel

Open channels and group channels can be freezed and unfreezed. When a channel is freezed, only the operators can send messages to the channel and users aren't allowed to chat.

An open channel can be freezed only by using Chat API or on Sendbird Dashboard. To freeze an open channel, go to Chat > Open channels on the dashboard, select an open channel you want to freeze, and click the Freeze icon at the upper right corner. To unfreeze, select the frozen channel and click the Freeze icon again.

Group channels can be freezed by operators using the Chat SDK as shown in the code below.

Kotlin

// Freezes a channel.
groupChannel.freeze { e ->
    if (e != null) {
        // Handle error.
    }

    // The channel is frozen.
    // You can send a message to announce that
    // chatting in the channel is unavailable,
    // or do something in response to a successful operation.
}

// Unfreezes a channel.
groupChannel.unfreeze { e ->
    if (e != null) {
        // Handle error.
    }

    // The channel is unfreezed.
    // You can send a message to announce that
    // chatting in the channel is available,
    // or do something in response to a successful operation. 
}

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