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Overview

The Users is a Component, showcasing an accessible list of all available users. It provides an integral search functionality, allowing you to locate any specific user swiftly and easily. For each user listed, the widget displays the user’s name by default, in conjunction with their avatar when available. Furthermore, it includes a status indicator, visually informing you whether a user is currently online or offline.
The Users component is composed of the following BaseComponents:

Usage

Integration

The following code snippet illustrates how you can directly incorporate the Users component into your layout.xml file.

Actions

Actions dictate how a component functions. They are divided into two types: Predefined and User-defined. You can override either type, allowing you to tailor the behavior of the component to fit your specific needs.
1. OnSelection
The OnSelection event is activated when you select the done icon in the Menubar while in selection mode. This returns a list of all the users that you have selected. This action does not come with any predefined behavior. However, you have the flexibility to override this event and tailor it to suit your needs using the following code snippet.
2. ItemClickListener
The OnItemClickListener event is activated when you click on the UserList item. This action does not come with any predefined behavior. However, you have the flexibility to override this event and tailor it to suit your needs using the following code snippet.
3. BackPressListener
The OnBackPressListener function is built to respond when you tap the back button in the Toolbar of the activity. By default, this action has a predefined behavior: it simply closes the current activity. However, the flexibility of CometChat UI Kit allows you to override this standard behavior according to your application’s specific requirements. You can define a custom action that will be performed instead when the back button is pressed.
4. onError
This action doesn’t change the behavior of the component but rather listens for any errors that occur in the User component.

Filters

Filters allow you to customize the data displayed in a list within a Component. You can filter the list based on your specific criteria, allowing for a more customized. Filters can be applied using RequestBuilders of Chat SDK.
1. UserRequestBuilder
The UserRequestBuilder enables you to filter and customize the user list based on available parameters in UserRequestBuilder. This feature allows you to create more specific and targeted queries when fetching users. The following are the parameters available in UserRequestBuilder Example In the example below, we are applying a filter to the UserList based on Friends.
2. SearchRequestBuilder
The SearchRequestBuilder uses UserRequestBuilder enables you to filter and customize the search list based on available parameters in UserRequestBuilder. This feature allows you to keep uniformity between the displayed UserList and searched UserList. Example

Events

Events are emitted by a Component. By using event you can extend existing functionality. Being global events, they can be applied in Multiple Locations and are capable of being Added or Removed. To handle events supported by Users you have to add corresponding listeners by using CometChatUserEvents

Customization

To fit your app’s design requirements, you can customize the appearance of the conversation component. We provide exposed methods that allow you to modify the experience and behavior according to your specific needs.

Style

Using Style you can customize the look and feel of the component in your app, These parameters typically control elements such as the color, size, shape, and fonts used within the component.
1. Users Style
You can set the UsersStyle to the Users Component to customize the styling.
List of properties exposed by MessageListStyle
2. Avatar Style
To apply customized styles to the Avatar component in the Users Component, you can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Avatar Styles refer
3. StatusIndicator Style
To apply customized styles to the Status Indicator component in the Users Component, You can use the following code snippet. For further insights on Status Indicator Styles refer

Functionality

These are a set of small functional customizations that allow you to fine-tune the overall experience of the component. With these, you can change text, set custom icons, and toggle the visibility of UI elements.
Below is a list of customizations along with corresponding code snippets

Advanced

For advanced-level customization, you can set custom views to the component. This lets you tailor each aspect of the component to fit your exact needs and application aesthetics. You can create and define your views, layouts, and UI elements and then incorporate those into the component.

SetListItemView

With this function, you can assign a custom ListItem to the Conversations Component.
Example
You can indeed create a custom layout file named item_conversation_list.xml for more complex or unique list items. Once this layout file is made, you would inflate it inside the createView() method of the UsersViewHolderListener. The inflation process prepares the layout for use in your application: Following this, you would use the bindView() method to initialize and assign values to your individual views. This could include setting text on TextViews, images on ImageViews, and so on based on the properties of the User object:
YourActivity.java

SetSubTitleView

You can customize the subtitle view for each conversation item to meet your requirements
Example
You can indeed create a custom layout file named subtitle_layout.xml for more complex or unique list items. Once this layout file is made, you would inflate it inside the createView() method of the UsersViewHolderListener. The inflation process prepares the layout for use in your application: Following this, you would use the bindView() method to initialize and assign values to your individual views. This could include setting text on TextViews, images on ImageViews, and so on based on the properties of the User object:
subtitle_layout.xml

SetTailView

Used to generate a custom trailing view for the UserList item. You can add a Tail view using the following method.
Example
You can indeed create a custom layout file named tail_view_layout.xml for more complex or unique list items. Once this layout file is made, you would inflate it inside the createView() method of the UsersViewHolderListener. The inflation process prepares the layout for use in your application: Following this, you would use the bindView() method to initialize and assign values to your individual views. This could include setting text on TextViews, images on ImageViews, and so on based on the properties of the User object:
tail_view_layout.xml

SetMenu

You can set the Custom Menu view to add more options to the Users component.
Example
You need to create a view_menu.xml as a custom view file. Which we will inflate and pass to .setMenu().
view_menu.xml
You inflate the view and pass it to setMenu. You can get the child view reference and can handle click actions.

SetLoadingStateView

You can set a custom loader view using setLoadingStateView to match the loading view of your app.
Example
We have added a ContentLoadingProgressBar to loading_view_layout.xml. You can choose any view you prefer. This view should be inflated and passed to the setLoadingStateView() method.
loading_view_layout.xml
YourActivity.java

SetEmptyStateView

You can set a custom EmptyStateView using setEmptyStateView to match the empty view of your app.
Examples
We have added an error view to empty_view_layout.xml. You can choose any view you prefer. This view should be inflated and passed to the setEmptyStateView() method.
empty_view_layout.xml
YourActivity.java

SetErrorStateView

You can set a custom ErrorStateView using setErrorStateView to match the error view of your app.
Example
We have added an error view to error_state_view_layout.xml. You can choose any view you prefer. This view should be inflated and passed to the setErrorStateView() method.
error_state_view_layout.xml
YourActivity.java