v2.0.0beta1

Features

• updated UI to match Web & iOS chatboxes,
• #100: added Take photo support,
• #136: added Customization plugin support,
• #149: added Helpdesk public APIs:
  • searchHelpdesk: opens helpdesk search, right away if the ChatActivity is running, on its next start otherwise,
  • openHelpdeskArticle: views helpdesk article, right away if the ChatActivity is running, on its next start otherwise.
• #167: added carousel message type support,
• added chatbox behaviors:
  • Operator privacy mode,
  • MagicType,
  • Helpdesk link & Helpdesk-only mode.
• added Request feedback,
• added action support for picker message type,
• added required support for field & picker message types,
• added De-branding plugin support,
• added hardware keyboard support (SHIFT+ENTER inserts a line break, ENTER only sends the message),
• updated localization.

Fixes

• #63: using flexbox now for picker message type, should fix choices list cutted,
• #128: using glide now for media loading, should fix NPE on GIF parsing,
• #166: synced user messages sent outside of the Android chatbox,
• fixed possibility to send empty messages/field value & trim sent ones,
• fixed read status message duplicates,
• fixed various not yet reported bugs & crashes.

Dependencies

• added:
  • com.google.android.flexbox:flexbox:3.0.0 for Smileys/GIFs lists & picker message type,
  • com.facebook.shimmer:shimmer:0.5.0 for skeleton loading,
  • com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.16.0 & com.github.bumptech.glide:okhttp3-integration:4.11.0 for image loading,
  • io.noties.markwon:core:4.6.2, io.noties.markwon:image:4.6.2, io.noties.markwon:linkify:4.6.2, io.noties.markwon:ext-tables:4.6.2 & pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable:1.2.28 for Markdown support,
• updated:
  • AGP from 7.4.2 to 8.2.2,
  • com.google.android.material:material from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0,
  • androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1.