A messages UI for iPhone and iPad.
This messages tableview controller is very similar to the one in the iOS Messages app. Note, this is only a messaging UI, not a messaging app. This is intended to be used in an existing app where you have (or are developing) a messaging system and need a user interface for it.
See more screenshots in the Screenshots/ directory. (Surprise!)
####Version 3.0.0 just released with a brand new API! iOS 7 support + documentation coming soon!
- Highly customizable
- Arbitrary message sizes
- Copy & paste messages
- Support for group messages
- Data detectors (recognizes phone numbers, links, dates, etc)
- Timestamps
- Avatars
- Subtitles
- Lots of bubble styles, or use your own!
- Swipe down to hide keyboard
- Dynamically resizes input text view as you type
- Smooth animations
- Automatically enables/disables send button (if text view is empty or not)
- Send/Receive sound effects
- Storyboards support (if that's how you roll)
- Universal
- iOS 6.0+
- ARC
From CocoaPods
pod 'JSMessagesViewController'
- Drag the
JSMessagesViewController/folder to your project. - Add the
AudioToolbox.frameworkto your project, if you want to use the sound effects
###Subclass JSMessagesViewController
- In
- (void)viewDidLoad- Set your view controller as the
delegateanddatasource - Set your view controller
title
- Set your view controller as the
###Implement the JSMessagesViewDelegate protocol
- (void)didSendText:(NSString *)text;- Hook into your own backend here
- Call
finishSendat the end of this method to animate and reset the text input view - Call
scrollToBottomAnimated:to scroll to newly sent message - Optionally play sound effects
- For outgoing messages
[JSMessageSoundEffect playMessageSentSound] - For incoming messages
[JSMessageSoundEffect playMessageReceivedSound]
- For outgoing messages
- (JSBubbleMessageType)messageTypeForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;- The type of bubble for this row, options are:
JSBubbleMessageTypeIncomingJSBubbleMessageTypeOutgoing
- (UIImageView *)bubbleImageViewWithType:(JSBubbleMessageType)type
forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath;- The bubble image view for this row, see
JSBubbleImageViewFactory
- (JSMessagesViewTimestampPolicy)timestampPolicy- How/when to display timestamps for messages:
JSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyAllJSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyAlternatingJSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyEveryThreeJSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyEveryFiveJSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyCustom
- (JSMessagesViewAvatarPolicy)avatarPolicy- How/when to display avatars:
JSMessagesViewAvatarPolicyAllJSMessagesViewAvatarPolicyIncomingOnlyJSMessagesViewAvatarPolicyOutgoingOnlyJSMessagesViewAvatarPolicyNone
- (JSMessagesViewSubtitlePolicy)subtitlePolicy;- How/when to display subtitles:
JSMessagesViewSubtitlePolicyAllJSMessagesViewSubtitlePolicyIncomingOnlyJSMessagesViewSubtitlePolicyOutgoingOnlyJSMessagesViewSubtitlePolicyNone
- (BOOL)hasTimestampForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath- Optional Returns if this row should display a timestamp or not
- Required if using
JSMessagesViewTimestampPolicyCustom
- (BOOL)shouldPreventScrollToBottomWhileUserScrolling;- Optional Return
YESif you would like to prevent the tableview from being scrolled to the bottom while the user is scrolling the tableview manually. The methodscrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath:atScrollPosition:animated:can also be used to implement scrolling functionality that respects this setting.
- (UIButton *)sendButtonForInputView;- Optional Return a custom send button, the frame is set for you.
###Implement the JSMessagesViewDataSource protocol
- (NSString *)textForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath- The text to be displayed for this row
- (NSDate *)timestampForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath- The timestamp to be displayed above this row
- (UIImageView *)avatarImageViewForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath- The avatar image view to be displayed this row
- (NSString *)subtitleForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath- The subtitle text to be displayed below this row
###Implement the table view data source method
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section###Customize
- For custom background color, use
- (void)setBackgroundColor:(UIColor *)color
- You may present view programmatically, or use Storyboards
- Your
JSMessagesViewControllersubclass must be presented in aUINavigationController - Demo project included:
MessagesDemo.xcodeproj
This project was originally based on work by @soffes SSMessagingViewController.
I developed this to use in Hemoglobe for private messages between users.
Square message bubbles designed by @michaelschultz.
Contact me to have your app listed here.
You are free to use this as you please. No attribution necessary. However, a link back to Hexed Bits or here would be appreciated. If you use this, please tell me about it!
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