Swift

Sending a message

In the previous step you learned about conversations and events, sending a message creates a new event and sends it via the conversation.

To send a message, add the following function to ChatViewController.swift:

class ChatViewController: UIViewController {
    ...
    func send(message: String) {
        inputField.isEnabled = false
        conversation?.sendMessage(NXMMessage(text: message), completionHandler: { [weak self] (error) in
            DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
                self?.inputField.isEnabled = true
            }
        })
    }
}

To get the text from the inputField you need to add another function provided by the UITextFieldDelegate. Add the following function to the UITextFieldDelegate extension:

extension ChatViewController: UITextFieldDelegate {
    ...
    func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        if let text = textField.text {
            send(message: text)
        }
        textField.text = ""
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }
}

This delegate function is called when the return button on the keyboard is pressed.

Build and Run

Cmd + R to build and run again. You now have a functioning chat app! To chat simultaneously you can run the app on two different simulators/devices: