Instant Message Framework example

Question

Can someone show an example on how to log in to AIM, then send and receive messages using the IMframework?

Thanks!

What is the IMFramework? I can't find a link to it on Google — Alastair Pitts, Oct 15 '10 at 00:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '10 at 03:47

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I know Google is using OpenAIM in gTalk. You can find out more at: http://dev.aol.com/aim

GMail: http://www.google.com/support/chat/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=61024

answered Oct 17 '10 at 03:47

Emil Orol

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Cool! How would I incorporate this into an obj-c app? – objectiveccoder001 Oct 17 '10 at 04:26
this app looks like it can only send messages....is there one that can receive as well? – objectiveccoder001 Oct 17 '10 at 13:15
It should be both. I just noticed they move to git hub: http://github.com/grinich/WIMTouch . Check the resource section. – Emil Orol Oct 17 '10 at 17:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '11 at 01:13

I am the author of an Objective-C library for AOL instant messenger. It provides a simple Object Oriented approach to instant messaging. People have used it in the past to develop iOS IM applications, and even added on to it to support things like Off-The-Record. You can check it out on github, download the source, and add the source to your application by manually copying them. Once you have the code in your project, you can sign in like this:

AIMLogin * login = [[AIMLogin alloc] initWithUsername:username password:password];
[login setDelegate:self];
if (![login beginAuthorization]) {
    NSLog(@"Failed to start authenticating.");
    abort();
}

After you have logged in and gotten a session, you can do things like set your status message as follows:

AIMBuddyStatus * newStatus = [[AIMBuddyStatus alloc] initWithMessage:@"Using LibOrange on Mac!" type:AIMBuddyStatusAvailable timeIdle:0 caps:nil];
[session.statusHandler updateStatus:newStatus];
[newStatus release];

You can send messages to buddies like this:

AIMBlistBuddy * buddy = [[theSession.session buddyList] buddyWithUsername:buddyName];
[theSession.messageHandler sendMessage:[AIMMessage messageWithBuddy:buddy message:@"<BODY>Hello, world!</BODY>"]];

The library supports pretty much every standard feature that AIM users experience on a day to day basis. See my working example in MyTest.m. Note that it includes things other than the core functionality, such as thread blocking detection, etc.

Instant Message Framework example

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