Change Member Scope

Change Scope of a Group Member

In order to change the scope of a group member, you can use the changeGroupMemberScope().

Java

private String GUID = "GUID";
private String UID = "UID";
private String scope = CometChatConstants.SCOPE_ADMIN;

CometChat.updateGroupMemberScope(UID, GUID, scope, new CometChat.CallbackListener<String>() {
  @Override
  public void onSuccess(String successMessage) {
    Log.d(TAG, "User scope updated successfully");
  }

  @Override
  public void onError(CometChatException e) {
    Log.d(TAG, "User scope update failed with exception: " + e.getMessage());
  }
});

Kotlin

val GUID: String = "GUID"
val UID: String = "UID"
val scope: String = CometChatConstants.SCOPE_ADMIN

CometChat.updateGroupMemberScope(UID, GUID, scope, object:CometChat.CallbackListener<String>(){
  override fun onSuccess(p0: String?) {
    Log.d(TAG, "User scope updated successfully")
  }

  override fun onError(p0: CometChatException?) {
    Log.d(TAG, "User scope update failed with exception: " + p0?.message)
  }
})

This method takes the below parameters:

Parameter	Description
UID	The UID of the member whose scope you would like to change
GUID	The GUID of the group for which the member's scope needs to be changed
scope	the updated scope of the member. This can be either of the 3 values: 1.CometChatConstants.SCOPE_ADMIN (admin) 2.CometChatConstants.SCOPE_MODERATOR (moderator) 3.CometChatConstants.SCOPE_PARTICIPANT (participant)

The default scope of any member is participant. Only the Admin of the group can change the scope of any participant in the group.

Real-Time Group Member Scope Changed Events

In other words, as a member of a group, how do I know when someone's scope is changed when my app is running?

In order to receive real-time events whenever a group member's scope changes, you will need to override the onGroupMemberScopeChanged() method of the GroupListener class

Java

CometChat.addGroupListener(YourActivity.class.getSimpleName(), new CometChat.GroupListener() {
  @Override
  public void onGroupMemberScopeChanged(Action action, User updatedBy, User updatedUser, String scopeChangedTo, String scopeChangedFrom, Group group) {

  }
});

Kotlin

CometChat.addGroupListener("ListenerID", object : CometChat.GroupListener() {
  override fun onGroupMemberScopeChanged(action: Action, updatedBy: User, updatedUser: User, scopeChangedTo: String, scopeChangedFrom: String, group: Group) {

  }
})

Missed Group Member Scope Changed Events

In other words, as a member of a group, how do I know when someone's scope is changed when my app is not running?

When you retrieve the list of previous messages if a member's scope has been changed for any group that the logged-in user is a member of, the list of messages will contain an Action message. An Action message is a sub-class of BaseMessage class.

For the group member scope changed event, in the Action object received, the following fields can help you get the relevant information-

1. action - scopeChanged
2. actionOn - User object containing the details of the user whos scope has been changed
3. actionBy - User object containing the details of the user who changed the scope of the member
4. actionFor - Group object containing the details of the group in which the member scope was changed
5. oldScope - The original scope of the member
6. newScope - The updated scope of the member