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Android Multichannel-widget

This is unofficial sdk for implement Qiscus multichannel to your android apps. Your apps must using androidx and requires minimum Android API 16 (Jelly Bean).

Install

First, you need to add URL reference in your .gradle project.

allprojects {
   repositories {
       ...
       maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/qiscustech/maven" }
       maven {
           url "https://artifactory.qiscus.com/artifactory/qiscus-library-open-source"
       }
   }
}

Then in your app build.gradle you need add this.

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation ('com.qiscus.integrations:multichannel-widget:0.0.4')
}

Setup

First, initialize Multichannle in your application class. In this part you will need Qiscus Multichannel AppId. You can get the AppId here.

/**
* appId (required) : your qiscus multichannel appid 
*/

MultichannelWidget.init(this, appId)

If you need some custom configuration like logging, notification, you can using this method

/**
* appId (required) : your qiscus multichannel appid 
* config (optional) : custom config for multichannel widget
*/
val config = MultichannelWidgetConfig
                .setEnableLog(true)
                .setNotificationListener(null)

MultichannelWidget.init(this, appId, config)

Initiate chat

Start chatting can be done in single method, here is how you can do that

/**
* context (required) : context activity
* nama (required) : username
* userid (required) : userId from user
* avatar (optional) : user avatar
* extras (optional) : extra data (json)
* userProperties (optional) : user properties for multichannel (Map)
*/
MultichannelWidget.instance.initiateChat(context, name, userId, avatar, extras, userProperties)

Troubleshoot

If you facing error like this

More than one file was found with OS independent path 'META-INF/rxjava.properties'

Just add this code in your app build.gradle

android {
    .....
    .....
    
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/rxjava.properties'
    }
}