@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io

Expo plugin for channel.io. Tested on Expo SDK 48.

This plugin help setup ChannelIOSDK podspecs, AppDelegate.{m,mm} and MainApplication.java.

Installation

This plugin has peer dependencies. So, you need to install react-native-channel-plugin and expo first.

npm install @peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io react-native-channel-plugin

Usage

// app.json
{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      "@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io"
    ]
  }
}

import { useEffect } from 'react'
import { View, Text } from 'react-native'
import { ChannelIO } from 'react-native-channel-plugin'

export function App() {
  useEffect(() => {
    ChannelIO
      .boot({ pluginKey: 'YOUR_PLUGIN_KEY' })
      .then(() => ChannelIO.showChannelButton())
  }, [])

  return (
    <View >
      <Text>Hello World</Text>
    </View>
  )
}

That's it! 😉

Options

This plugin has some options. You can set options in app.json like this:

podVersion (iOS only)

Default: latest

By default, this plugin sets the ChannelIOSDK podspec to:

pod 'ChannelIOSDK', podspec: 'https://mobile-static.channel.io/ios/latest/xcframework.podspec'

If you need to install a specific package version, you can set the version in podVersion option.

{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      ["@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io", {
        "podVersion": "10.3.0"
      }]
    ]
  }
}

It will set the ChannelIOSDK podspec to:

pod 'ChannelIOSDK', podspec: 'https://mobile-static.channel.io/ios/10.3.0/xcframework.podspec'

cameraPermission, photosPermission and microphonePermission (iOS only)

Channel plugin required some permissions. By default, this plugin sets these permissions with following values:

Key	Value
NSCameraUsageDescription	Accessing the camera in order to provide a better user experience
NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription	Accessing to photo library in order to provide a better user experience
NSMicrophoneUsageDescription	Accessing to microphone to record voice for video chat

If you already set these permissions via infoPlist or other plugins then, This plugin use your values.

{
  "expo": {
    "ios": {
      "infoPlist": {
        "NSCameraUsageDescription": "foo",
        "NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription": "bar",
        "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "baz"
      }
    },
    "plugins": [
      // Permission popup will show with `foo`, `bar`, `baz`
      "@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io"
    ]
  }
}

If you set cameraPermission, photosPermission and microphonePermission options, This plugin override these permissions with plugin values.

{
  "expo": {
    "ios": {
      "infoPlist": {
        "NSCameraUsageDescription": "foo",
        "NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription": "bar",
        "NSMicrophoneUsageDescription": "baz"
      }
    },
    "plugins": [
      ["@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io", {
        // Permission popup will show with `camera`, `photos`, `microphone`
        "cameraPermission": "camera",
        "photosPermission": "photos",
        "microphonePermission": "microphone"
      }]
    ]
  }
}

If you want disable those permissions, you can set value to false.

{
  "expo": {
    "plugins": [
      ["@peulda/expo-plugin-channel-io", {
        "cameraPermission": false,
        "photosPermission": false,
        "microphonePermission": false
      }]
    ]
  }
}

Notice

• Since expo SDK 48, default android minSdkVersion is 21. So MultiDex is enabled by default. For this reason, this plugin does not support android minSdkVersion 20 or lower.
• Since expo SDK 48, default SWIFT_VERSION is 5.0. So, this plugin does not set SWIFT_VERSION
• Since expo SDK 48, default iOS minTarget is 13. So, this plugin does not set Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description