Threading in Chat

Read: Threads in Chat

Sending a Reply

To send a reply pass the parent message’s id in the sendMessage API

var chatSesson: ChatSession

chatSession.sendMessage(
    NewChatMessage(
        text: "<text>",
        parentMessageID: "<parent-message-id>"
    )
) { result in
    ...
}

Get Replies to a Message

To get the replies to a message pass the parent message’s id in the getChatMessages API

var livelike: LiveLike

livelike.chat.getChatMessages(
    page: .first,
    options: GetChatMessageRequestOptions(
        chatRoomID: "<chat-room-id>",
        parentMessageID: "<parent-message-id>"
    )
) { result in
    ...
}

Listening for Replies to a Message

Listening to replies for a message is similar to listening to regular chat messages. To figure out if a new message is a reply, compare the new message’s "parent message id" with the root message’s id. [https://docs.livelike.com/docs/ios-chat-session#sending-and-receiving-messages](Read More)

If the parentMessageID is nil then the new message is not a reply.

class SomeClass: ChatSessionDelegate {
    let chatSession: ChatSession
    let chatMessageID: String // The id of the parent message of replies
  
    func chatSession(
        _ chatSession: ChatSession,
         didRecieveNewMessage message: ChatMessage
    ) {
        // compare new message's parent id to the chat message id of the message you're listening to replies for 
        if message.parentMessageID == chatMessageID {
            // this new message is a reply to message with id = chatMessageID
        }
    }
}

Reactions for Replies

To get reactions for replies we’ll use the Reactions Service

Use the service with:

1. reaction space id from this can be found in the Chat Room Info
2. target id set to the id of the reply message (ChatMessage.id.id)
3. reaction id set to id of the reaction found by getting the [Reaction Space and Reaction Pack Details](1. 1. https://docs.livelike.com/docs/reactions#get-reaction-space-details-by-reaction-space-id) for the reaction space in step 1.