Zowie iOS SDK

Installation

Cocoapods

Add pod ZowieSDK to your Podfile

pod ZowieSDK

To support dependencies that Zowie uses, add the following code at the end of your Podfile

post_install do |installer|
  installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
    if ["Apollo", "Apollo/WebSocket", "Kingfisher", "lottie-ios"].include? target.name
      target.build_configurations.each do |config|
        config.build_settings['BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION'] = 'YES'
      end
    end
  end
end

Usage

Initialization

To be able to use Zowie SDK first of all you have to provide the configuration:

let configuration = ZowieConfiguration(
    instanceId: "INSTANCE_ID",
    authType: .anonymous,
    chatHost: "CHAT_HOST"
)

Zowie.shared.set(configuration: configuration)

**Remember, you won't be able to use ANY of SDK functionalities without a proper configuration setup, so be sure you provide it.**

You can clear anonymous session with Zowie.shared.clearAnonymousSession(forInstanceId: "INSTANCEID). If your integration requires token authentication you can replace .anonymous with .token.

Chat UI

You can access Chat UI from ZowieChatViewController. Use it just like a regular view controller, so it's up to you how you want to put it in your stack. For example, you can show it from a different view controller:

let chatViewController = ZowieChatViewController()
navigationController?.pushViewController(chatViewController, animated: true)

Chat initialization error

If you want to handle the chat initialization error, use:

Zowie.shared.onChatInitializationError = { error in
    // Do someting
}

Setting user metadata

You can set needed user metadata. All those fields are optional.

let metadata = ZowieMetadata(
    firstName: "first",
    lastName: "last",
    name: "name",
    locale: "locale",
    timeZone: "timeZone",
    phoneNumber: "123456789",
    email: "email@email.com",
    extraParams: ["custom": "value"]
)
Zowie.shared.set(metadata: metadata)

FCM notifications

To receive FCM notifications you have to provide deviceToken

Zowie.shared.set(fcmToken: "token") { result in
    // Completion handler is optional
}

This will allow us to send push notifications to the user's device. Remember that you have set up all required notification-related permissions.

If you want to disable notifications, use:

Zowie.shared.disableNotifications() { result in
    // Completion handler is optional
}

Context

You can feed backend with the contextId

Zowie.shared.set(contextId: "contextId") { result in
    // Completion handler is optional
}

Customization

Layout

let config = ZowieLayoutConfiguration(showConsultantAvatar: false, consultantNameMode: .firstName)
Zowie.shared.set(layoutConfiguration: config)

Localization

The only supported language in this SDK is english. If you need more localization please provide it as below:

let strings = ZowieStrings(
    messagePlaceholder: "string",
    sendFailureErrorMessage: "string",
    tryAgain: "string",
    delivered: "string",
    read: "string",
    attachment: "string",
    disconnectMessage: "string",
    reconnectMessage: "string",
    historyErrorMessage: "string"
)

Zowie.shared.set(strings: strings)

Colors

Feel free to set up color branding however you like with help of Zowie.shared.set(colors: colors)

URL handling

By default, Zowie SDK opens URLs using an external web browser. You can provide custom handling

Zowie.shared.set(urlHandler: { url, source in
    // Return false if you want to handle URL by yourself
    return false
})