v4.0.13

New

• Added a new method setAttachmentTypes in MessagesRequestBuilder, enabling users to filter messages by attachment type (image, file, video, audio).
• Introduced an AttachmentType enum to support the new attachment filtering feature.

Enhancements

• None

Fixes

• Resolved a crash that occurred when null was passed as the last message parameter while creating a conversation object using new CometChat.Conversation().
• Fixed an issue where special characters such as # and @ in tags or search keywords were not being sent to the API.
• Addressed a problem where string values like "0", "null", "undefined", and "false" passed as search keywords were ignored by the SDK.
• Removed unnecessary references to sendFriendRequests, acceptFriendRequest, and rejectFriendRequest to streamline the SDK.

v4.0.12

New

• Introduced Conversations & Advanced Search to enhance message and conversation filtering capabilities.
• Added new filters to MessagesRequestBuilder:
  • hasAttachments() – Retrieve messages that contain file attachments.
  • hasReactions() – Retrieve messages that include user reactions.
  • hasMentions() – Retrieve messages where users are mentioned.
  • hasLinks() – Retrieve messages that contain hyperlinks.
  • setMentionedUIDs(string[]) – Retrieve messages mentioning specific user IDs.
• Added new filters to ConversationsRequestBuilder:
  • setSearchKeyword(string) – Search conversations (user or group) by name keyword.
  • setUnread(boolean) – Retrieve only unread conversations.

Enhancements

• None

Fixes

• None

v4.0.11

New

• Added a new constant named PresenceConstants to replace the deprecated PresenceConstatnts.

Enhancements

• None

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where setting roles in the subscribePresenceForRoles() method of AppSettingsBuilder caused presence functionality to stop working entirely. Now, presence updates are received only for the specified roles, as intended.
• Fixed an issue with MessageReceipt not being exposed in the CometChat class.

Deprecation

Deprecated PresenceConstatnts in favor of PresenceConstants.

v4.0.10

New

• None

Enhancements

• None

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the timer for marking a call as unanswered would continue running even after the call was accepted, causing problems when the initiator attempted to end the call.

v4.0.9

New

• Added "onMessagesDeliveredToAll" and "onMessagesReadByAll" listeners to notify message sender when group messages are delivered or read by everyone in the group.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with tags not being passed properly in media message.

v4.0.8

New

• The following new methods have been introduced in the CometChatNotifications class:
  • updateTimezone: This method updates the timezone for receiving Enhanced Email and Enhanced SMS notifications correctly.
  • getTimezone: This method fetches the timezone set for a user.
• Added new class NotificationPreferences in CometChatNotifications

Enhancements

• The following methods in the ConversationsRequestBuilder class have been deprecated:
  • setIncludeBlockedUsers is now deprecated. Please use includeBlockedUsers as an alternative.
  • setWithBlockedInfo is now deprecated. Please use withBlockedInfo as an alternative.
• The following methods in the CometChatNotifications class have been deprecated:
  • fetchPushPreferences is now deprecated. Please use fetchPreferences as an alternative.
  • updatePushPreferences is now deprecated. Please use updatePreferences as an alternative.
  • resetPushPreferences is now deprecated. Please use resetPreferences as an alternative.
• The following class in the CometChatNotifications has been deprecated:
  • PushPreferences is now deprecated. Please use NotificationPreferences as an alternative.

Fixes

• Added method clearActiveCall to clear the active call.

v4.0.7

New

• Add new methods in Conversations Request Builder “setIncludeBlockedUsers”, “setWithBlockedInfo”
• Added getter methods in all the Request classes
• Add setter & getter method for GUID in BannedMembersRequestBuilder & GroupMembersRequestBuilder

Fixes

• Resolved the issue with the markAsUnread method. The bug involved one-to-one conversations, where the incorrect receiverId was being sent while marking a message as unread in the SDK method.

v4.0.6

New:

• Added a method named getConversationUpdateSettings which returns the settings saved in Dashboard.

Fixes:

• Fixed error handling in getSender() and getReceiver() methods in Message Models

v4.0.5

Enhancement:

• Added a new method isBannedFromGroup to the Group model class to indicate whether the user is banned from the group or not.
• Introduced three new methods in CustomMessage class as follows:
  1. shouldSendNotification(val: boolean): It accepts boolean value, if you pass true it will trigger a notification for the custom message.
  2. setConversationText(text: string): It accepts a string which can be used to display the last message text in the conversation list.
  3. shouldUpdateConversation(val: boolean): It accepts boolean value, if you pass true the message will appear as the last message in the Conversation and will update and reorder the conversation list, placing the conversation at the top.

v4.0.4

New

• Introduced Reaction and ReactionEvent classes to enhance the functionality of message reactions introduced in v4.0.3.
• Added ReactionsRequest class as a replacement for ReactionRequest class introduced in v4.0.3.
• Added ReactionsRequestBuilder class as a replacement for ReactionRequestBuilder class introduced in v4.0.3.
• Introduced Enhanced Push Notification Feature.
  • Added PushPreferences, GroupPreferences, MutePreferences, MutedConversation, UnmutedConversation&DaySchedule` classes
  • Added method registerPushToken method to register push token.
  • Added method unregisterPushToken method to unregister push token.
  • Added method muteConversations method to mute push notifications of conversations.
  • Added method unmuteConversations method to unmute push notifications of conversations.
  • Added method fetchPushPreferences, updatePushPreferences & resetPushPreferences to fetch, update & reset push preferences.

Enhancements

• The real-time listeners onMessageReactionAdded and onMessageReactionRemoved have been improved to return an object of ReactionEvent class, providing a more robust event model.
• ReactionsRequestBuilder has been enhanced to return a list of Reaction objects, offering a more intuitive and consistent API.

Removals

• Removed the MessageReaction class introduced in v4.0.3, transitioning its responsibilities to the new Reaction and ReactionEvent classes.
• Removed myMentionsOnly method from MessagesRequestBuilder introduced in v4.0.2.

Fixes

• Addressed an issue that led to unnecessary warnings being emitted from the Chat SDK, ensuring a cleaner console output.
• Resolved a sorting problem that resulted in incorrect message order when the token based file access was enabled, improving message sequence integrity.