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Version: v4

Create a Group

Create a Group

In other words, as a logged-in user, how do I create a public, private or password-protected group?

You can create a group using createGroup() method. This method takes a Group object as input.

To create an object of Group class, you can use either of the below two constructors:

  1. new Group(String GUID, String name, String groupType, String password)
  2. new Group(String GUID, String name, String groupType, String password, String icon, String description)

The groupType needs to be either of the below 3 values:

1.CometChatConstants.GROUP_TYPE_PUBLIC (public)

2.CometChatConstants.GROUP_TYPE_PASSWORD (password)

3.CometChatConstants.GROUP_TYPE_PRIVATE (private)

private String GUID = "GUID";
private String groupName = "Hello Group!";
private String groupType = CometChatConstants.GROUP_TYPE_PUBLIC;
private String password = "";

Group group = new Group(GUID, groupName, groupType, password);

CometChat.createGroup(group, new CometChat.CallbackListener<Group>(){
@Override
public void onSuccess(Group group) {
Log.d(TAG, "Group created successfully: " + group.toString());
}
@Override
public void onError(CometChatException e) {
Log.d(TAG, "Group creation failed with exception: " + e.getMessage());
}
});

The createGroup() method takes the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
groupAn instance of Group class

After the successful creation of the group, you will receive an instance of Group class which contains all the information about the particular group.

Warning

GUID can be alphanumeric with underscore and hyphen. Spaces, punctuation and other special characters are not allowed.

Add members while creating a group

You can create a group and add members at the same time using the createGroupWithMembers() method. This method takes the Group Object, Array of Group Member Object to be added & Array of UIDs to be banned.

To create an object of Group class, you can use either of the below two constructors:

  1. new Group(String GUID, String name, String groupType, String password)
  2. new Group(String GUID, String name, String groupType, String password, String icon, String description)

The groupType needs to be either of the below 3 values:

  1. CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PUBLIC
  2. CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PASSWORD
  3. CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PRIVATE

To create an object of Group Member class, you can use the below constructor:

  • new GroupMember(String UID, String scope)
Group group = new Group("test_1", "Test 1", CometChatConstants.GROUP_TYPE_PUBLIC,null);

List<GroupMember> groupMembers = new ArrayList<>();
groupMembers.add(new GroupMember("cometchat-uid-1",CometChatConstants.SCOPE_ADMIN));
groupMembers.add(new GroupMember("cometchat-uid-2",CometChatConstants.SCOPE_MODERATOR));
groupMembers.add(new GroupMember("cometchat-uid-3",CometChatConstants.SCOPE_PARTICIPANT));

List<String> bannedUIDs = new ArrayList<>();
bannedUIDs.add("cometchat-uid-4");

CometChat.createGroupWithMembers(group, groupMembers, bannedUIDs, new CometChat.CreateGroupWithMembersListener() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(Group group, HashMap<String, String> hashMap) {
Logger.error(TAG, group.toString());
Logger.error(TAG, hashMap.toString());
}

@Override
public void onError(CometChatException e) {
Logger.error(TAG, e.getMessage());
}
});

The onSuccess() block of this method will provide you with 2 set of info:

  1. Group : The group object containing the information about the group that is created.
  2. HashMap<String, String> : A Hashmap that contains the key as the uid of the user that was supposed to be added and the value as success or error message.

Group Class

FieldEditableInformation
guidNeeds to be specified at group creation. Cannot be edited laterA unique identifier for a group
nameYesName of the group
typeNoType of the group: Can be
1. Public
2. Password
3. Private
passwordNoPassword for the group in case the group is of type password.
iconYesAn URL to group icon
descriptionYesDescription about the group
ownerYesUID of the owner of the group.
metadataYesAdditional data for the group as JSON
createdAtNoThe unix timestamp of the time the group was created
updatedAtNoThe unix timestamp of the time the group was last updated
hasJoinedNoA boolean to determine if the logged in user is a member of the group.
joinedAtNoThe unix timestamp of the time the logged in user joined the group.
scopeYesScope of the logged in user. Can be:
1. Admin
2. Moderator
3. Participant
membersCountNoThe number of members in the groups
tagsYesA list of tags to identify specific groups.