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SDK UIKit for iOS

With MirrorFly UIKit for iOS, you can easily build an in-app chat with all the essential messaging features.

The MirrorFly UIKit for iOS is now available for you to build and customize views at a component level through modularization.

UIKit allows you to execute key chat functions using a view controller, which is composed of a module and a view model. While the module creates and displays the UI, the view model processes and updates relevant data from Chat SDK in each view. The view controller acts as the fundamental starting point of UIKit by allowing you to create and manage your UI.

Requirements

The minimum requirements for Chat SDK for iOS

• iOS 12.1 or later

Things to be Noted Before Making a Start

SDK License Key

Note : Before proceeding with CONTUS MirrorFly Chat SDK integration, there must be an SDK license key that needs to be obtained for your MirrorFly application.

Your SDK must be authenticated by MirrorFly server using License Key.

Please follow below step to get your license key:

Step 1: Create an account here in MirrorFly console, if you already have an account please goto step 3.

Step 2: Validate your account by following the steps provided in console and login to your account.

Step 3: Please login to your account here

Step 4: Copy license key under "Application info" in "Overview" page

Get Started

You can start building a messaging experience in your app by installing MirrorFly UIKit.

Step 1: Create a Project

To get started, open Xcode, create a new Swift Project

Step 2: Install UIKit

You can import xcframework of UIKIT and all the other core SDKs of MirrorFly (downloadable in the top of this page) into your project.

Goto Project -> Target -> General -> Frameworks,libraries and Embedded Content -> Select Embed & Sign for all the Chat SDK's xcframeworks

Step 3: Now, disable the bitcodes for your project

Goto Project -> Build Settings -> Filter the term `Bitcode` -> and select No from the dropdown

Step 4: If you have not initiated any pods project before, then initiate the one. Now, add the required pods that are necessary for the SDK to execute the process perfectly.

pod 'Alamofire'

pod 'XMPPFramework/Swift'

pod 'Toaster'

pod 'Firebase/Auth'

pod 'Firebase/Crashlytics'

pod 'Firebase/Analytics'

pod 'Firebase/Messaging'

pod 'SDWebImage'

pod 'libPhoneNumber-iOS'

pod 'NicoProgress'

pod 'SocketRocket'

pod 'Socket.IO-Client-Swift', '~> 15.2.0'

pod 'GoogleWebRTC' # WebRTC for Calls

pod 'RealmSwift', '10.20.1'

pod 'IQKeyboardManagerSwift'

pod 'Floaty', '~> 4.2.0'

pod 'GoogleMaps'

Add the below given pod hook code block at the end of the pod file and thus, finally install the pods.

post_install do |installer|

installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|

target.build_configurations.each do |config|

config.build_settings['IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '12.1'

config.build_settings['ENABLE_BITCODE'] = 'NO'

config.build_settings['APPLICATION_EXTENSION_API_ONLY'] = 'No'

config.build_settings['BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION'] = 'YES'

end

end

end

Step 5: Now, enable all the below mentioned capabilities into your project.

Goto Project -> Target -> Signing & Capabilities -> Click + at the top left corner -> Search for the capabilities below

Capabilities
App Groups

Note : You should set your own container id through FlyUIKitConstants.CONTAINER_ID = "Your own App Group ID"

Step 6: Adding Photo library usage description to your info.plist

Step 7: Initialize with License Key

You can copy the license key from the 'Overview’ section in the Console dashboard.

let BASE_URL = "https://api-preprod-sandbox.mirrorfly.com/api/v1/"

let LICENSE_KEY = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" //"YOUR_LICENSE_KEY"

let USER_ID = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

To integrate and run Mirrorfly UIKit in your app, you need to initialize it first. Initialize the MirrorFlyUI instance through your view controller.

func initialize () {

FlyUIKitConstants.CONTAINER_ID = "group.contus.FlyUIKitIntegrationApp"

FlyUIKitSDK.shared.initialization(userID: userId, licenseKey: licenseKey, base_Url: BASE_URL, isTrialLicense: true) { isSuccess, error in

if isSuccess{

self.getRecentChat()

} else {

print(error)

}

}

}

Note : FlyUIKitConstants.IS_CALL_ENABLED should be set to true if the user wants to avail the call feature along with the chat feature, else FlyUIKitConstants.IS_CALL_ENABLED should be set to false to avail the chat feature alone.

The initialisation should be done with the parameters as below

Argument	Type	Description
userID	String	Unique UserID of the User
licenseKey	String	LicenseKey provided by MirrorFly
base_Url	String	BASE_URL provided by the MirrorFly or the User's own base url.
isTrialLicense	Boolean	true if you are using your own base url.
CALLBACK		Completion Handler used to observe the action status with arguments as result - String, error - String

Step 8: Displaying RecentChat List

MFUIRecentChatListViewController is the starting point for launching UIKit in your app. Using the below code, you can fetch the complete list of the Recent Chats.

func getRecentChat() {

let recentChatListViewController = MFUIRecentChatListViewController()

recentChatListViewController.isInitialLoading = true

self.navigationController?.pushViewController(recentChatListViewController, animated: true)

}

Note : UIViewcontroller must embedded with UINavigationController.

Step 9: Send Your First Message

You can now run the app on a simulator or a plugged-in device. To send a message, you must first create a chat either single or group chat by tapping the icon in the top-right corner.

After the slection of the chat type, the app lands into the Contacts page with the all the registered users using the same license key. Then, you can select users you wish to start your chat with. Once the chat room has been created, enter your first message and send.

You've successfully sent your first message with MirrorFly.