The changelog for Kommunicate-Android-Chat-SDK. Also see the releases on Github.
- Added support for EU Servers
- Added customization for image compression
- Fixed crash caused by empty form action message when submitting the form
- Added support for iframe in HTML type rich message
- Fixed location issues
- Image full screen view improvement
- Added back button in in-app browser
- Added support for updating agent status dynamically
- Conversation assignment message UI update
- Fixed anonymous icon not showing for anonymous android users in dashboard
- Added support for dialogflow fulfilment form
- group v5 API optimizations
- Fixed agent app notification issue
- Added support for chatwidget disabled flag
- Fixed autosuggestion
- Fixed channel messages showing in SDK
- Added customisation for multiple attachment selection
- Fixed documents showing incorrect filename for non-english names
- Fixed message status icon color customisation
- Fixed typing indicator for welcome message
- Fixed "no conversations" showing sometimes for the first time when conversation is created
- Fix the random order of item in dropdown list
- Provided customisation To change mainDivider line colour
- Fixed user messages coming on right side in agent app
- Fixed crash while deleting message on agent app
- Fixed unreadCount returning wrong value
- Added support of prefill checkboxes on Form Template.
- Default configuration added for disabling the form submit button using 'disableFormPostSubmit'.
- Fixed typing indicator appearing after welcome message was received
- Fixed hidePostCta
- Reduce time taken for conversation creation
- Team Concept phase 3
- Fixed crashes
- Added team concept
- Added customisation to change the option menu icon on Conversation Screen
- Fixed toolbar title not in center when menu option is disabled
- Fixed getting duplicate on conversation list when using latest SDK(Agent app)
- Bug fixes
- Fixed dropdown list of spinner in form type rich message clashing with the spinner layout
- Added customization to center toolbar title and left align message templates
- Bug fixes
- Added support to send message on language change
- Show/Hide Template message buttons when resolved conversation
- Fixed refresh icon squeeze and crashes
- Change default visibility of startNewConversation button
- Away message visibility effects
- Fixed crashes
- Fixed online/offline issue for taxbuddy
- Fixed issue in which gray status dot is showing when agent is online(hideAssigneeStatus)
- UI/UX changes to match iOS
- Expose a function to show/hide online, offline,away status of the agent on conversation screen
- Added support for Custom Input Field
- Added Restriction for Start Plan in Android SDK
- Added team concept in companySettings
- Fixed a bug in which user Unable to retrieve all conversation list in the agent app(While using latest SDK).
- Added support for group creation source in sdk
- Added support for Multilingual bot
- Added a new field addFormLabelInMessage to form Rich message, which controls whether or not to show the form label in the message when the form data is submitted
- Expose Method to populate text on chat bar - Kommunicate.setChatText(context, "Text to populate");
- Fix for rating asked everytime in a resolved conversation
- Fix formAction not getting called
- Changed Message View layout to Top to Bottom
- Support for custom toolbar subtitle - using KmConversationInfoSetting class
- Add support to add top static first message
- Added support for Multiple Select Button - using custom setting "checkboxAsMultipleButton"
- Added support to show conversation info view below topbar - using KmConversationInfoSetting class
- Added support to hide chat in helpcenter with "hideChatInHelpcenter" custom setting
- Fixed formData getting double stringified.
- Add support for correct attachment name and icon
- Added support to delete conversation for end-user
- Added customization for restart conversation button
- Removed SQL injection vulnerability from the Android SDK
- Added support to set multiple Speech To Text language
- Added option to enable/disable JavaScript in WebView
- Restricted Zoom In / out on web view of FaqActivity
- Added option to rate conversation anytime from the conversation menu
- Metadata from form submission action payload to message replyMetadata
- Read and Write settings to local app file
- Fixed agent app toolbar showing conversation assignee image instead of end user image
- Fixed notification for agents
- Added support to send platform flag for analytics
- Added logout option on conversation screen
- Stopped calling refresh token API when proper parameters are not passed.
- Send actual Notification from Notification test page
- Handle notification from FCM directly
- Add support to close Kommunicate Application through code
- Threads optimized for Hybrid platforms
- Multiple crash fixes
- Auto Suggestion Button color customization
- Added support for AES256 encryption and decryption
- Added events to KmPluginEventListener - if you use events in your app, implement the new methods.
- Added fix for API <= 19. Current min SDK version is still 16. All bugs have been fixed for lower SDK versions.
- Added Edit Message Text box Customization - "messageEditTextBackgroundColor"
- Added support to set Custom bot name through Chat Context
- Added support for API 33
- Added background color customization for Start new Conversation Button
- Typing Indicator Design Changes
- SQL Injection vulnerability fix
- Threads optimized
- Invalid agent/bot name fix
- Added support for HTML Video Rich message
- Multiple crash fix and optimizations
- Multiple crash fix
- Fixed showing empty body for the rich message having no text
- Fix for attachment sending empty message
- Sync Deleted Messages from dashboard
- Optimized Group list API
- Fixed empty notification body
- Add color customization for notification icon
- Added support to set Notification tone
- Added icon to link Rich Messages
- Crash fix
- Add support for GIFs
- Add support for Pseudo Name for visitors
- Blank message during handoff - bug fix
- Added support for Default Conversation Settings for "Create New Conversation"
- KmSettings.setDefaultBotIds(List botIds) KmSettings.setDefaultAgentIds(List agentIds) KmSettings.setDefaultAssignee(String assigneeId) KmSettings.setDefaultTeamId(String teamId) KmSettings.setSkipRouting(boolean isSkipRouting) KmSettings.clearDefaultSettings()
- Changes related to Agent app - Notify Everybody feature
- Bug fixes and optimizations
- added fix for postBackToBotPlatform
- editTextHintText can be localized through string "enter_message_hint"
- Bug fixes and better analytics
- Added multiple events in Event Listeners
- Added oneTimeRating feature in custom settings
- Added Expired Layout for Agent app
- Bug fixes and optimizations
- Realtime message bug fix
- Away Status listener
- Bug fix and improvement
- Added support for Dropdown in Prechat lead collection
- Added Chat Widget floating button: KmChatWidget, which can be used to create an icon for opening conversation
- Added new chat design with backward compatibility. To use previous design, use "innerTimestampDesign": true in applozic-settings.json
- Auto-sync conversation for Agents in All Conversation screen
- Bug fix for Android 12
- Added support for Android 12
- Removed encryption logic. This branch should only be used if Play Store is giving security warning.
- Support for multi lines in RichMessage Action Button .
- Support for Custom Chat Background (either colour or local drawable) .
- Support for Post Submitted Form(Rich Message) Data as a Message .
- Support for Form Text area in Richmessage.
- Added feature for Pre Chat Collection & launch chat for anonymous users
- Added timestamp below Rich Messages.
- Optimised publishing Away/Online Status process.
- Collect email ID from user for Away Message for anonymous users.
- Fix for the Speech to Text issue in Android 11.
- Notification changes for Agent app
- Show feedback for Agent app
- Customization settings: Message Hint text can be changed using: EditTextHintText
- Some Crash fix
- Added Plugin Listeners
- Added support for adding FAQ name at runtime
- Fix for initial conversations showing up in Agent app
- API Endpoints and url change
- Double callback bug fix and minor fix
- Added support for submitting feedback multiple times.
- Added STT and TTS setting in json file for Hybrid platforms
- Moved Kommunicate dependency to JFrog. From this version onwards, add the below repository url to your project level build.grade file inside repositories:
maven { url 'https://kommunicate.jfrog.io/artifactory/kommunicate-android-sdk' } - Added away messages changes in real time
- Added support for autosuggestion type rich messages
- Added support to update conversationAssignee and conversationMetadata from KmConversationBuilder
- Added support to sync messages on conversation screen launch. Push notification is not a mandatory step now.
- Some crash fixes and optimisations
- Security improvement for secret keys in shared preferences. The secret keys are removed from the shared preferences and moved to secured storage.
- Security improvement for API calls using the user password. Removed user password and other secret keys and replaced them by a JWT token.
- Fixed issue where the conversation creation and load were taking a lot of time over some networks.
- Added date and time picker support in the form template
- Added support for text field validation in form template
- Added support for single conversation setting from the dashboard
- Fixed attachment download issue with AWS storage service setting
- Fixed issue where form data was being cleared on submit in Form type rich message
- Fixed record and send button visibility issue
- Fixed issue where send button was not visible after caption was removed from image attachment
- Added support for language chnage bot
- MQTT security enhancement: Added support for JWT based authentication in MQTT connection
- Added support for away status
- Added support for postBackToBotPlatform in form type rich message
- Added support for character limit check in message for dialog flow bot
- Added custom toasts in the SDK. You can use the KmToast.success and KmToast.error methods to display custom Toast in your app.
- Added support for message blocking via custom regex
- Fixed issue with message status in MessageInfoFragment
- Fixed issue where form data was getting cleared after submit
- Setting to override message status icon color
- SDK optimisation: reduced size of SDK by ~1MB
- Fixed singe conversation opening issue when agentList or botList are passed
- Fixed message scrolling issue
- Option to set custom prechat fields and validations
- Form type rich messge support with new rich message models
- Option to set some themes/colors dynamically from the dashboard
- Speech to text and textToSpeech feature
- Removed Contact and Phone releated permissions/code
- Several bug fixes and optimisations
- Changed the CSAT rating scale to 1,5,10
- Show toast in case of APP_ID change
- Fixed MQTT not working for users registered in app version 112
- Fixed file access issue for apps targetting SDK version 29
- Fixed issue where file upload was not working after the first install
Removed all contact related permissions and code
Features:-
- Support for templateId 11 in Rich messages
- Settings to add conversation parent activity dynamically. Use the below code to set the parent activity dynamically:
ApplozicSetting.getInstance(getContext()).setParentActivity("<COMPLETE-RESOLVED-PATH-OF-THE-ACTIVITY>"); //resolved path e.g: kommunicate.io.sample.MainActivity
- Optimised login flow and push notification registration. The functions will internally check for already logged in user.
- Added method to update bot language
- Added deepLink support in web-links rich messages
- Added new file provider authority for Kommunicate SDK to avoid conflicts with other file providers.
Fixes:-
- Fixed FAQ button click on the toolbar
- Fixed rich message rendering on sender side
- Optimised rich messages
- Fixed the clicks for old rich message buttons
- Fixed document view click on the sender side
Features:-
-
Added launch and create method in conversation builder. It works as below: a) If there are no conversations, create a new conversation and open it. b) If there is only one conversation, open it. c) If there are multiple conversations, open the conversation list screen.
Below is the code to launch the conversation:
new KmConversationBuilder(context).setAppId("<Your-App-Id>") .launchAndCreateIfEmpty(new KmCallback() { @Override public void onSuccess(Object message) { } @Override public void onFailure(Object error) { } }); -
SDK is now present under kommunicate organization in bintray. The SDK needs to be imported using below path:
implementation 'io.kommunicate.sdk:kommunicateui:1.9.3'
Features
- Added feedback option in conversation once the conversation is closed.
- Migrated complete kommunicate SDK to AndroidX.
- Added chat context update method.
Fixes
- Fix channel name not updating in real time.
- Fix logout issue.
Breaking changes
We have reversed the gradle name to kommunicateui from kommunicate.
If your updaing the gradle version to new version i.e to 1.9.1 and above the please use the correct gradle plugin name
The gradle plugin you where using like implementation 'io.kommunicate:kommunicate:1.9.* the artifact name is changed from kommunicate to kommunicateui.
The gradle plugin now you need to use it as implementation 'io.kommunicate:kommunicateui:1.9.* the artifact name is changed from kommunicate to kommunicateui.
Features
- KMConversationBuilder to create conversation seamlessly. All the methods or classes with chat text have been deprecated along with KmChatBuilder.
- Option to set conversation metadata, conversation assignee and skip conversation routing rules when creating a new conversation.
- Complete RTL support.
- Created a new custom dialog builder for kommunicate.
- New method to get details of login users.
- Method to get conversation metadata by conversation id.
Fixes
- Typing indicator is not unsubscribing when switching the conversation from a notification.
- Conversation title is not changing when switching the conversation from a notification.
- Fixed minor UI issues with one-to-one chats and group chats.
- Fixed issue where prechat screen was dismissing for brief time before launching conversation
- Option to pass clientConversationId when creating/launching a conversation.
- Updated FCM and GMS libraries to latest versions:
api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:18.0.0' api 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:16.1.0' api 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:16.0.0'
- The minimum SDK version is increased to 16 due to the above google library updates
- Disabled away messages for normal groups
- Fixed quick reply issue in carousels
- Fixed logout issue for some cases
- Fixed attachment screen opening multiple times incase of multiple clicks
- Fixed Keyboard not dismissing in landscape mode on click of done button in message sender view.
- New message received callback from the SDK.
- Fixed conversation list layout issue for tablets
- Other bug fixes and optimizations
- FAQ option on both screens. Enable it using the below setting in
applozic-settings.jsonfile:
"enableFaqOption": [
false,
false
]
- The default message metadata will be set to the metadata of new conversation created
- Message metadata merge. The replyMetadata will have priority over default metadata
- Deleted groups won't display in the app
- Fixed issue where public group and broadcast group names were not displaying in conversation list
- Other bug fixes and optimisation
- Update glide to version 4.9.0.
- Fixed issue for group name was not showing in chat list for public,private and broadcast groups.
- FAQ option added in the toolbar. Enable it by setting the below property true in applozic-settings.json file: "isFaqOptionEnabled": true
- Login as visitor option in sample app
- Option to set APP_ID in build.gradle file for the sample app. In App level build.gradle file add the below property inside defaultConfig: buildConfigField "String", "APP_ID", '"<Your-APP_ID>"'
- Added APP_ID missing error dialog incase user forgets to set the APP_ID in build.gradle file in the sample app.
- Fixed UI issues for pre lollipop devices
- Fixed crash for rendering broadcast type groups(For agent app)
- Fixed duplicate message issue when creating a new conversation
- Fixed 'email/html type message not getting displayed to the sender'
- Fixed 'carousels displaying even incase of invalid JSON'
- Setting to change the corner radius of message bubbles. Add the below properties in applozic-settings.json file:
"sentMessageCornerRadii": [
10,
10,
10,
10
],
"receivedMessageCornerRadii": [
10,
10,
10,
10
]
The order is topLeft, topRight, bottomRight, bottomLeft
- Setting to change the fonts for some TextViews. You can set some external fonts using ttf files or select one from the default android fonts. Below are the TextViews which support changing the fonts. Add the below property in applozic-settings.json file:
"fontModel": {
"messageTextFont": "",
"messageDisplayNameFont": "",
"createdAtTimeFont": "",
"toolbarTitleFont": "",
"toolbarSubtitleFont": "",
"messageEditTextFont": ""
}
- Support for Rich message carousels has been added(Template ID - 10).
- Fixed crash when updating to version 1.8.1 and audio option is missing in applozic-settings.json file
- Fixed crash on pre lollipop devices
- Fixed the conversation name not being displayed if CONVERSATION_ASIGNEE is missing in the conversation(In case of older conversations)
- Fixed issue related to external audio is being stopped when user navigates back from the chat thread.
- Audio recording functionality added.
- Full HTML support for ContentType 3 messages.
- Image type rich messages added.
- Fixed issue related to unread count not resetting after opening the conversation.
- Fixed NPE in createSingleChat and ContactActivity for users that are not logged in
- Fixed few other crashes.
- In app web link support
- Custom click listener for rich message action clicks
- Conversation assignee name and image in conversation list
- Reply metadata feature in Rich messages
- Html formatting issue in rich messages
- Rich message Custom Click fixed
- Group title was being displayed for a brief time after opening a conversation - fixed
- Fixed issue related to creating new conversation
- Fixed issue related to online/offline status not visible to users in some cases
- Online/Offline status for agents
- Current conversation Assignee image will be displayed on toolbar
- Typing indicator for agents/bots
- Chat builder for building conversation
- Now you can set attachment type in the settings. Only those attachment types would be supported for the user.
- Full HTML/CSS email type support in the chat
- Now you can pass agentList as null/empty when starting a conversation - In this case the conversation would be created using the default agent
- New Staggered layout for quick replies/web links
- Html message not displaying in notification - Fixed
- Fixed crash related to invalid payload being sent for Rich Lists
- Fixed static map not loading issue
- The Web links/Quick replies click was not being received outside the SDK - Fixed
- Method to launch chat directly without calling login -> createChat -> launchChat
- Fixed image loading issues in conversation screen
- Fixed back button issue in Message info screen
- Fixed issue in which some attachments were not getting loaded from storage
- Templates for FAQ now available
- Improvements in list templates, addition of header and item images
- Push notification fix for Oreo devices
- Custom sound can be set for notifications
- Added setting to hide Attachment options
- Added setting to hide conversation subtitle
- Added visitor login option
- Added Message status icon and theme customisation capability
- Away message crash fixed
- Localisation issues fixed
- Sent messages not visible without adding settings file fixed