Setup

Get your Application Keys

Signup for CometChat and then:

1. Create a new app
2. Head over to the API Keys section and note the Auth Key, App ID & Region

Minimum Requirement

1. Xcode 12 (or Higher)
2. iOS 11 or higher

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Add the CometChat Dependency

CocoaPods

We recommend using CocoaPods, as they are the most advanced way of managing iOS project dependencies. Open a terminal window, move to your project directory, and then create a Podfile by running the following command.

Note

1. CometChatPro SDK supports installation through Cocoapods only. Currently, we are supporting Xcode 11.4 and higher.
2. CometChatPro SDK includes video calling components. We suggest you run on physical devices to avoid errors.

Swift

$ pod init

Add the following lines to the Podfile.

Swift

platform :ios, '11.0'
use_frameworks!

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'CometChatPro', '2.4.2'
end

Important

2.4.1+ onwards, Voice & Video Calling functionality has been moved to a separate framework. In case you do not plan to use the calling feature, please add the Calling framework pod 'CometChatCalls', '2.1.1' in your app Podfile.

And then install the CometChatPro framework through CocoaPods.

Swift

$ pod install

Always get the latest version of CometChatPro by command

Swift

$ pod update CometChatPro

Request Authorization

Prepare your app for this requirement by providing justification strings. The justification string is a localizable message that you add to your app's Info.plist file to tell the user why your app needs access to the user's photo library, Camera, Microphone. Then, App prompts the user to grant permission for access, the alert displays the justification string you provided, in the language of the locale selected on the user's device. You can do this as follows:

Info.plist

<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
  <dict>
	  <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
	  <true />
  </dict>
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) need access to the camera in order to update your avatar</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) need access to the Photo Library in order to send Media Messages</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
	<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) need access to the Microphone in order to connect Audio/Video call </string>

Setup Bitcode

You can set the Enable Bitcode setting to YES present in build settings in your XCode project.

danger

If you are using CometChat Pro SDK having the version less than 2.0.8, then you need to set Enable Bitcode to NO

Swift Standard Libraries

CometChatProframework build on Swift, you have to ensure the required libraries are embedded. This can be done by setting the “Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries” checkbox in your target’s build settings to “Yes”:

Set Header Search Path

Set the Header Search Paths to $SDKROOT/usr/include/libxml2.

Excluded Architecture

Warning!

For Xcode 12 and above, we need to add arm64 in the excluded architecture of build settings as Apple supports only arm architecture for simulators and actual devices. No support provided for X86_64 and i386 architectures.

Setting for build for active architecture

Message

In Build Settings, enable active architecture to Yes

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Initialize CometChat

The init() method initializes the settings required for CometChat. We suggest you call the method on app startup preferably in the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method of the AppDelegate class.

Swift

import CometChatPro

class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate{
{
   var window: UIWindow?
   let appId: String = "ENTER APP ID"
   let region: String = "ENTER REGION CODE"
    
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {

let mySettings = AppSettings.AppSettingsBuilder().subscribePresenceForAllUsers().setRegion(region: region).build()
        
  CometChat.init(appId: appId ,appSettings: mySettings,onSuccess: { (isSuccess) in
            if (isSuccess) {
                print("CometChat Pro SDK intialise successfully.")
            }
        }) { (error) in
                print("CometChat Pro SDK failed intialise with error: \(error.errorDescription)")
        }
        return true
    }
}

Objective-C

#import <CometChatPro/CometChatPro-Swift.h>

@interface AppDelegate ()

@end

@implementation AppDelegate


- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
  
  NSString *region = @"REGION";
  NSString *appID = @"YOUR_APP_ID";
    
    AppSettingsBuilder *appSettingBuilder = [[AppSettingsBuilder alloc]init];
    AppSettings *appSettings = [[[appSettingBuilder subscribePresenceForAllUsers]setRegionWithRegion:region]build];
    
    [[CometChat alloc]initWithAppId: appID appSettings:appSettings onSuccess:^(BOOL isSuccess) {
        NSLog(isSuccess ? @"CometChat Initialize Success:-YES" : @"CometChat Initialize Success:-NO");
    } onError:^(CometChatException * error) {
        NSLog(@"Error %@",[error errorDescription]);
    }];
    return YES;
}

Make sure you replace the appId with your CometChat App ID in the above code.

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Publishing to App Store

To publish your App on App Store please follow this guide