react-native-livechat-custom

LiveChat for React Native

This is a React Native component to easily add LiveChat widget to your application.

It works for both iOS and Android.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

To use LiveChat in your React application, you will need LiveChat license ID.

If you already have a LiveChat account, get your license_id here.

If you don't have an account, you can create one here.

Installation

To import LiveChat for React Native, run the following command:

npm install react-native-livechat --save

User Guide

Start

Having imported LiveChat for React Native, put it in your render method:

import LiveChat from 'react-native-livechat'

...

<LiveChat license={your_license_id} />

Customization

Chat bubble

Chat bubble is the round icon (chat trigger) in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Position

You can control the position of the bubble with bubbleLeft and bubbleTop props:

<LiveChat bubbleLeft={0} bubbleTop={0} license={your_license_id} />

Draggability

By default, the bubble component is draggable and movable. You can disable this option by sending movable prop with false value:

Example:

<LiveChat movable={false} license={your_license_id} />

Color

You can change the color of the bubble by passing bubbleColor prop:

<LiveChat bubbleColor='red' license={your_license_id} />

Custom bubble

If you don't like the default bubble, you can send bubble prop with your own component:

<LiveChat license={your_license_id}
  bubble={
  <View style={{ width: 60, height: 60, backgroundColor: 'green' }} />
  }
/>

Chat window

This module uses react-native-gifted-chat for chat UI.

You can customise your chat widget by sending props to LiveChat component (like you would normally do with GiftedChat component).

For example, if you want onPressAvatar to show agent's details, you can do it like this:

<LiveChat license={your_license_id}
  onPressAvatar={ info => console.warn(info) } />

You can find all props in the official react-native-gifted-chat documentation.

Methods

This module uses LiveChat Customer SDK. All methods are described here.

To use LiveChat Visitor SDK method, you have to create LiveChat reference:

<LiveChat onLoaded={ ref => this.livechat = ref } 
	license={your_license_id}/>

Let's say you want to close the current chat. You can do it in two ways:

 this.livechat.closeChat();
 // is the same as:
 GLOBAL.visitorSDK.closeChat();

Available methods

Name	Note
closeChat	Closes the chat.
sendMessage	Sends a message. More information about message format you can find here.
rateChat	Enables chat ratings. More info here.
setSneakPeek	Enables sneak peeks to see what the visitor is typing in before they actually send the message. More info here.
getVisitorData	Collects the visitor information. More info here.
setVisitorData	Set the visitor information. More info here.
getTicketForm	Get ticket form fields configured in chat window settings section in agent app.
sendTicketForm	Send ticket form filled in by visitor. Ticket form should be rendered using fields fetched by getTicketForm method. More info here.
disconnect	Disconnect Visitor SDK. A visitor won't be tracked, and you won't be notified about agent's availability status. You will be automatically connected again after using sendMessage or setVisitorData methods.
destroy	Disconnect Visitor SDK and unsubscribe from all callbacks.

Support

If you need any help, you can chat with us here.

I hope you will find this module useful. Happy coding!