Today's Updates: Chat Improvements & Dependency Changes
What developments have taken place today?
A chat screen’s automatic scrolling functionality has been significantly improved to reliably reach the bottom of message lists upon initial loading. The updated logic incorporates checks for scrollability, proximity to the end of content, and channel message presence before attempting a jump to the bottom. Retries are implemented with delays, re-evaluating success criteria after exhausting attempts, and only updating the UI if a successful jump is confirmed.
A minor code adjustment involved inserting the numerical value 123 into the codebase – this change appears to be a simple constant addition without functional impact.
Another small adjustment added the numerical value 123 to the codebase; it’s a non-functional modification.
The ChatScreen widget has been updated to display sender names accurately by introducing a currentChannelData variable. This variable contains channel information, including user IDs and nicknames. The _buildMessageBubble function now utilizes this data to determine whether to use the current user’s nickname or retrieve the sender’s nickname from the channel data, falling back to displaying the user ID if no nickname is available.
Finally, project dependencies have been updated to include http_parser as a direct dependency and introduce the mime package. Development-related dependency lists have also been revised.
These changes collectively address usability issues by ensuring accurate sender name display in chat screens and enhance the reliability of automatic scrolling functionality, improving the overall user experience and stability of the application.
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