Date

CometChatDate is a widget which is used to show the date and time. You can also customize the appearance of this widget by modifying its logic.

How to integrate CometChatDate ?

Since CometChatDate is a widget, it can be added directly in the build method. CometChatDate includes various parameters to customize its UI.

Usage

XML

<com.cometchat.chatuikit.shared.views.CometChatDate.CometChatDate
            android:id="@+id/txt_message_date"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           />

Methods

Methods	Type	Description
setDate	long,String	This method accept two parameters, time stamp in sec and date format in which you want to display time
setPattern	Pattern	Used to set pattern with different logics TIME,DAY_DATE,DAY_DATE_TIME
setCustomDateString	String	text to show instead of date from DateTime object
setStyle	DateStyle	used to customize the appearance of this widget

DateStyle

Methods	Type	Description
setTextAppearance	TextStyle	Used to set text style of date component
setBackground	Color	Used to set the background color
setBorderWidth	BoxBorder	used to set border
setCornerRadius	double	used to set the corner radius
setBackground	Drawable	used to set a Drawable background

Usage

Java

CometChatDate date=view.findViewById(R.id.date);
date.setStyle(new DateStyle().setTextAppearance(R.style.TextAppearance_AppCompat));

Kotlin

val date: CometChatDate = view.findViewById(R.id.date)
date.setStyle(DateStyle().setTextAppearance(R.style.TextAppearance_AppCompat))