File sharing

File sharing is a feature that allows users to send files during a chat, such as images, audio files, and videos. File sharing appears in the MessageListComponent of the ChannelModule or OpenChannelModule.

There are currently four types of file messages that users can send: image file, video file, audio file, and document file. These files can be shared with other members in the channel by either directly taking a photo with the camera on a mobile device or uploading an image, video, audio, or document file from the sender’s mobile device.

To view the image in full screen, click on the

Note : In order to use the file sharing feature, you must first create a channel and enable the chat service. To learn how to allow users to chat in a channel, refer to the Chat in a group channel page.

You can customize the UI for file sharing using style resource and icon resource.

To customize the style of channel items, you have to change the UIKit-defined style values in the res/values/styles.xml file as shown below. To learn how to customize the style, refer to Style resource.

<style name="Widget.Sendbird.Message.Me.File">
</style>
<style name="Widget.Sendbird.Message.Other.File">
</style>

The following table shows customizable file sharing icons.

UIKit for Android allows users to compress images when sending them to other users in the channel on a client app. By reducing the image size, they can send and receive image files faster and minimize the usage of data storage as well as the data usage. Image compression can be applied to the following image types: jpg, jpeg, and png.

The following table lists methods in the SendbirdUIKit instance that are related to image compression.

// To determine whether to compress an image
SendbirdUIKit.setUseImageCompression(true);
// The default value changed from false to true starting in v3.3.2.
boolean useImageCompression = SendbirdUIKit.shouldUseImageCompression();

// To set a compression rate value
SendbirdUIKit.setCompressQuality(50);
// The default value changed from 100 to 70 starting in v3.3.2.
int compressQuality = SendbirdUIKit.getCompressQuality();

// To resize an image
SendbirdUIKit.setResizingSize(new Pair<>(1080, 1920));
Pair<Integer, Integer> resizingSize = SendbirdUIKit.getResizingSize();

Note: To compress an image without changing the width and height, use the setCompressQuality() method. To resize the width and height of an image, use the setResizingSize() method.

There are currently four types of file messages that users can send: image file, video file, audio file, and document file. These files can be shared with other participants in the channel by either directly taking a photo with the camera on a mobile device or uploading an image, video, audio, or document file from the sender’s mobile device.

To view the image in full screen, click on the

Note : In order to use the file sharing feature, you must first create a channel and enable chat service. To learn how to allow users to chat in a channel, refer to Chat in open channel.

You can customize the UI for file sharing using Style resource and Icon resource.

To customize the style of channel items, you have to change the UIKit-defined style values in the res/values/styles.xml file as shown below. To learn how to customize the style, refer to Style resource.

<style name="Widget.Sendbird.OpenChannel.Message.File">
</style>

The following table shows customizable file sharing icons.

UIKit for Android allows users to compress images when sending them to other users in the channel on a client app. By reducing the image size, they can send and receive image files faster and minimize the usage of data storage as well as the data usage. Image compression can be applied to the following image types: jpg, jpeg, and png.

The following table lists methods in the SendbirdUIKit instance that are related to image compression.

// To determine whether to compress an image
SendbirdUIKit.setUseImageCompression(true);
// The default value changed from false to true starting in v3.3.2.
boolean useImageCompression = SendbirdUIKit.shouldUseImageCompression();

// To set a compression rate value
SendbirdUIKit.setCompressQuality(50);
// The default value changed from 100 to 70 starting in v3.3.2.
int compressQuality = SendbirdUIKit.getCompressQuality();

// To resize an image
SendbirdUIKit.setResizingSize(new Pair<>(1080, 1920));
Pair<Integer, Integer> resizingSize = SendbirdUIKit.getResizingSize();

Note: To compress an image without changing the width and height, use the setCompressQuality() method. To resize the width and height of an image, use the setResizingSize() method.