Updating from v4 to v5

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We have made a lot of changes and improvements to the framework for v5. Some of these changes cause breaking changes. This document aims to summarize the changes and how to resolve them.
Replaced ChatActivity implementation with ChatKit
Removed social login module - you can use FirebaseUI if you need social login
Added multi-message select
Add message replies
Allow multiple images to be sent at once
Streamline image selection using Matisse
Make Firebase UI the default interface
Replace Fresco with Glide
Upgraded Audio message module to use ExoPlayer
Audio message module supports file compression
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ChatActivity
The ChatActivity is being deprecated in favour of a ChatKit implementation.
Hooks
Before:
ChatSDK.hook().addHook(new Hook(data -> Completable.create(emitter -> {
    // ...
    emitter.onComplete();
})), HookEvent.MessageReceived);
After:
If you are adding synchronous code:
ChatSDK.hook().addHook(Hook.sync(data -> {
    // ....
}), HookEvent.MessageReceived);
Or asynchronous code:
ChatSDK.hook().addHook(Hook.async(data -> Completable.create(emitter -> {
    // ... Async code here
    emitter.onComplete();
})), HookEvent.MessageReceived);
Thread Handler
Before:
Completable forwardMessage(Message message, Thread thread);
After:
Completable forwardMessage(Thread thread, Message message);
Why did you remove social login?
Social login is complicated and error prone. We have had a lot of issues with third party login SDKs that change their API every few months and generate build problems with CocoaPods (Facebook and Twitter I'm looking at both of you). It also requires a lot of instructions to setup properly and the steps are always changing. For this reason, supporting social login takes a lot of time for relatively little benefit. Especially since this functionality is provided by Firebase UI.
So the bottom line is that if you want Social Login, you can either use Firebase UI. If you need custom social login, I recomment that you look at version 4.x of the project and migrate it to version 5.
core co.chatsdk package changed to sdk.chat
Solution
Update all instancea of co.chatsdk in imports to sdk.chat. For example:
import co.chatsdk.core.dao.Thread;
Becomes:
import sdk.chat.core.dao.Thread;
Imports can't be found
Issue
In the imports section at the top of the class the imports are red meaning they can't be found
Cause
The packages have been modified
Solution
In Android Studio open:
Preferences / Settings -> Editor -> General -> Auto Import
Check:
"Add unambiguous imports on the fly" and "Optimize imports on the fly"
Delete the imports that can't be found and Android Studio will automatically reimport the classes
Can't find class DisposableList
Issue
DisposableList not found
Cause
DisposableList has been removed in v5
Solution
Replace DisposableList with DisposableMap
Thread class not recognized
Issue
Methods not recognized on Thread
Cause
Java thinks this is a Java thread not a chat thread
Solution
import sdk.chat.core.dao.Thread;
Can't find SimpleDraweeView
Issue
The app can't resolve the SimpleDraweeView class
Cause
We have replaced Fresco with Glide
Solution
Replace instances of SimpleDraweeView with CircleImageView. Use Glide to load the image from the URL
Can't find CrashReportingCompletableObserver;
Issue
import co.chatsdk.core.utils.CrashReportingCompletableObserver; not found
Cause
This class has been removed
Solution
This has been removed. Usually we use this in the situation like:
.subscribe(new CrashReportingCompletableObserver());
This can be replaced with:
.subscribe(this)
If it is an Activity or a Fragment. If we are calling subscribe on something other than completable, you will have to call:
.ignoreElements().subscribe(this)
If it’s not an Activity or a Fragment use:
.subscribe(ChatSDK.events())
Can't find TextInputView
Issue
`import co.chatsdk.ui.chat.TextInputView; not found
Cause
This class has been replaced with the MessageInput class
Solution
Delete the imports and use MessageInput instead
Can't find Timber
Issue
`import timber.log.Timber; not found
Cause
Timber has been replaced with Logger
Solution
Delete the import and replaces instances of Timber logging with Logger logging i.e. Logger.debug("...")
Can't find ThreadEditDetailsActivity
Issue
import co.chatsdk.ui.threads.ThreadEditDetailsActivity; not found
Cause
This class has been renamed to EditThreadActivity
Solution
Replace instances of ThreadEditDetailsActivity with EditThreadActivity
Can't find MessageListAdapter
The MessageListAdapter has been removed in v5. We have replaced the old chat and thread view implementation with Chat Kit. Now the ThreadsFragment uses a Chat Kit DialogsList and the ChatActivity uses a MessagesList and a MessageInput for text entry. If you follow the links above you will find information on how to customize these elements.
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Hooks

Thread Handler

core `co.chatsdk` package changed to `sdk.chat`

Imports can't be found

Can't find class `DisposableList`

`Thread` class not recognized

Can't find `SimpleDraweeView`

Can't find `CrashReportingCompletableObserver;`

Can't find `TextInputView`

Can't find `Timber`

Can't find `ThreadEditDetailsActivity`

Can't find MessageListAdapter
