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Questions tagged [chat]

Generic term for "Instant Messaging System". It can also represent a discussion that occurs in an Instant Messaging System.

In terms of computing, chat refers to methodologies and applications to enable to transmission and receipt of messages between end users, whether text or media (e.g voice, video), as well as the content of any such communication.

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socket.io chat with private rooms

I started looking into node and socket.io. I already have created a simple chat application and I am amazed at how easy it was. Now, I would like to take a little bit further and provide a list of online users that have the ability to chat with each…
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What is the proper way to manage multiple chat rooms with socket.io?

What is the proper way to manage multiple chat rooms with socket.io? So on the server there would be something like: io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { socket.on('message', function (data) { socket.broadcast.emit('receive',…
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Chat application AJAX polling

In the project I am currently working on, we have the need to develop a web chat application, not a very complex chat, just a way to connect two people to talk about a very specific topic, we don't need any kind of authentication for one of the two…
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iOS - Chat application with push notification

My question is simple, is it a good idea to develop chat application using push notifications? Hence push notifications are not reliable and there is no guaranty either they would arrive or not. If it is not reliable, which technique should be used…
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How to determine the message status (read/unread) in chat?

How to determine the message status (read/unread). Chat is realized with the XMPP protocol.
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How to implement a React infinite scroll component for a chat app like Facebook Messenger?

I know there are many questions about this topic (React infinite scroll), my question aims to go more in-depth in order to identify the best currently available solution to implement such a component. I am working on a chat app and I have created a…
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How to get a message from Telegram groups by API?

I was looking for some way to listen and catch new messages provided by telegram groups. I have not found libraries or API in order to do this in Python. Someone having any suggestion?
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Public chatroom with radius using Firebase (Suggestions Requested)

I want to integrate a public chatroom within my app however I am clueless as how to create the backend. I use firebase for my app and the setup is simple between two users or a group of users. I create a private room based on a reference point in…
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ionic 2 + angular 2 : auto scroll to bottom of list / page / chat

I'm trying to code a page with two segments "chat" and "content". I want that one "chat" segment the page auto-scroll to the bottom with no effect. The chat is a with several . item 1 …
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Is there a way to embed an iframe in an email with text that updates?

I want to embed an iframe inside an email that contains the 10 most recent chat messages. Is there a way to make this iframe dynamic so that it always shows the latest 10 chats regardless of when the email is opened? If the iframe is not the correct…
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Add object to start of dictionary

I am making a group chatting app and I have images associated with the users, so whenever they say something, their image is displayed next to it. I wrote the server in python and the client will be an iOS app. I use a dictionary to store all of the…
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How to add a searchbar to JSQMessagesViewController

In my chat application I am using JSQMessagesViewController for rendering the conversation. The application also has public messages that I want to search in. I am now trying to display them using JSQMessagesViewController. For this I want to hide…
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Firebase Hosting on own server

I am looking for a solution for developing iOS and Android chat to replace our current (unreliable, maybe poorly written by previous devs) XMPP/OpenFire chat. I came across Firebase which looks good. However, I don't quite get the setup for it. Can…
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Implementing one to one and group chat in android

I am developing an Android app in which I have to implement chat messaging. I would like one to one chat or a group chat. But I have no idea how to start. Please help me with this stuff. Any help will be appreciated.
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How to implement XMPP protocol in objective-C?

How to implement XMPP protocol in objective-C? I want to send & receive messages from Jabber server through XMPP. Thanks in advance.
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