Chatto alternatives and similar libraries
Based on the "Chat" category.
Alternatively, view Chatto alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.
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InputBarAccessoryView
A simple and easily customizable InputAccessoryView for making powerful input bars with autocomplete and attachments -
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README
Chatto
Chatto
is a Swift lightweight framework to build chat applications. It's been designed to be extensible and performant. Along with Chatto
there is ChattoAdditions
, a companion framework which includes cells for messages and an extensible input component. You can find more details about how it was implemented in our blog. See them in action!
Features
- Calculation of collection view changes and layout in background
- Supports pagination in both directions and autoloading
- Message count contention for fast pagination and rotation with thousands of messsages
- Accessory view revealing by swiping from right
- Interactive keyboard dismissal
- Text bubbles
- Photo bubbles
- Extensible input bar
How to use
Check the wiki!
How to contribute
If you just have a question, please reach us in our gitter room
If you'd like to file a bug report, suggest changes or submit a pull request, please [check our contribution guide](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
How to install
CocoaPods
Make sure
use_frameworks!
is added to yourPodfile
.Include the following in your
Podfile
:# Swift 5 pod 'Chatto', '= 4.1.0' pod 'ChattoAdditions', '= 4.1.0' # if you want to use the cells or the input component
# Swift 4.2 pod 'Chatto', '= 3.4.0' pod 'ChattoAdditions', '= 3.4.0' # if you want to use the cells or the input component
# Swift 4 pod 'Chatto', '= 3.3.1' pod 'ChattoAdditions', '= 3.3.1' # if you want to use the cells or the input component
# Swift 3 pod 'Chatto', '= 3.2.0' pod 'ChattoAdditions', '= 3.2.0' # if you want to use the cells or the input component
# Swift 2.x pod 'Chatto', '= 2.1.0' pod 'ChattoAdditions', '= 2.1.0' # if you want to use the cells or the input component
If you like living on the bleeding edge, you can use the
master
branch with:pod 'Chatto', :git => 'https://github.com/badoo/Chatto', :branch => 'master' pod 'ChattoAdditions', :git => 'https://github.com/badoo/Chatto', :branch => 'master'
Run
pod install
Carthage
If you’re using Carthage, simply add Chatto to your Cartfile:
# Swift 5
github "badoo/Chatto"
# Swift 2.x
github "badoo/Chatto" "swift-2"
Manually
- Clone, add as a submodule or download.
- Drag and drop
Chatto
and/orChattoAdditions
project to your workspace - Add
Chatto
and/orChattoAdditions
to Embedded binaries
License
Source code is distributed under MIT license.
Blog
Read more on our tech blog or explore our other open source projects
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the Chatto README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.