FirebaseChatCore class

Provides access to Firebase chat data. Singleton, use FirebaseChatCore.instance to aceess methods.

Properties

config ↔ FirebaseChatCoreConfig

Config to set custom names for rooms and users collections. Also see FirebaseChatCoreConfig.

getter/setter pair

firebaseUser ↔ User?

Current logged in user in Firebase. Does not update automatically. Use FirebaseAuth.authStateChanges to listen to the state changes.

getter/setter pair

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

Methods

createGroupRoom({Role creatorRole = types.Role.admin, String? imageUrl, Map<String, dynamic>? metadata, required String name, required List<User> users}) → Future<Room>

Creates a chat group room with users. Creator is automatically added to the group. name is required and will be used as a group name. Add an optional imageUrl that will be a group avatar and metadata for any additional custom data.

createRoom(User otherUser, {Map<String, dynamic>? metadata}) → Future<Room>

Creates a direct chat for 2 people. Add metadata for any additional custom data.

createUserInFirestore(User user) → Future<void>

Creates types.User in Firebase to store name and avatar used on rooms list.

deleteMessage(String roomId, String messageId) → Future<void>

Removes message document.

deleteRoom(String roomId) → Future<void>

Removes room document.

deleteUserFromFirestore(String userId) → Future<void>

Removes types.User from users collection in Firebase.

getFirebaseFirestore() → FirebaseFirestore

Gets proper FirebaseFirestore instance.

messages(Room room, {List<Object?>? endAt, List<Object?>? endBefore, int? limit, List<Object?>? startAfter, List<Object?>? startAt}) → Stream<List<Message>>

Returns a stream of messages from Firebase for a given room.

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

room(String roomId) → Stream<Room>

Returns a stream of changes in a room from Firebase.

rooms({bool orderByUpdatedAt = false}) → Stream<List<Room>>

Returns a stream of rooms from Firebase. Only rooms where current logged in user exist are returned. orderByUpdatedAt is used in case you want to have last modified rooms on top, there are a couple of things you will need to do though:

sendMessage(dynamic partialMessage, String roomId) → void

Sends a message to the Firestore. Accepts any partial message and a room ID. If arbitraty data is provided in the partialMessage does nothing.

setConfig(FirebaseChatCoreConfig firebaseChatCoreConfig) → void

Sets custom config to change default names for rooms and users collections. Also see FirebaseChatCoreConfig.

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

updateMessage(Message message, String roomId) → void

Updates a message in the Firestore. Accepts any message and a room ID. Message will probably be taken from the messages stream.

updateRoom(Room room) → void

Updates a room in the Firestore. Accepts any room. Room will probably be taken from the rooms stream.

users() → Stream<List<User>>

Returns a stream of all users from Firebase.

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited

Static Properties

instance → FirebaseChatCore

Singleton instance.

final