msteams-react-base-component

Microsoft Teams UI Controls base component

This is a set of React hooks and providers based on the Microsoft Teams JavaScript SDK, the Fluent UI components and Microsoft Graph Toolkit, which is used when generating Microsoft Teams Apps using the Microsoft Teams Yeoman Generator.

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Usage

useTeams hook

To use this package in a Teams tab or extension import the useTeams Hook and then call it inside a functional component.

const [{inTeams}] = useTeams();

The useTeams hook will return a tuple of where an object of properties are in the first field and an object of methods in the second.

NOTE: using the hook will automatically initialize the Microsoft Teams JS SDK is available.

useTeams Hook arguments

The useTeams hook can take an optional object argument:

Argument	Description
initialTheme?: string	Manually set the initial theme (default, dark or contrast)
setThemeHandler?: (theme?: string) => void	Custom handler for themes

Available properties

Property name	Type	Description
inTeams	boolean?	true if hosted in Teams and false for outside of Microsoft Teams
fullScreen	boolean?	true if the Tab is in full-screen, otherwise false
themeString	string	The value of default, dark or contrast
theme	ThemePrepared	The Fluent UI Theme object for the current theme
context	Context?	undefined while the Tab is loading or if not hosted in Teams, set to a value once the Tab is initialized and context available

Available methods

Method name	Description
setTheme(theme?: string)	Method for manually setting the theme

Full example

Example of usage:

import * as React from "react";
import { Provider, Flex, Header } from "@fluentui/react-northstar";
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import { useTeams } from "msteams-react-base-component";

/**
 * Implementation of the hooks Tab content page
 */
export const HooksTab = () => {
    const [{ inTeams, theme }] = useTeams({});
    const [message, setMessage] = useState("Loading...");

    useEffect(() => {
        if (inTeams === true) {
            setMessage("In Microsoft Teams!");
        } else {
            if (inTeams !== undefined) {
                setMessage("Not in Microsoft Teams");
            }
        }
    }, [inTeams]);

    return (
        <Provider theme={theme}>
            <Flex fill={true}>
                <Flex.Item>
                    <Header content={message} />
                </Flex.Item>
            </Flex>
        </Provider>
    );
};

License

Copyright (c) Wictor Wilén. All rights reserved.

Licensed under the MIT license.