I want to create a chat screen for the Swift chat app!

What you need for the chat screen of the chat app

It's hard to find a job in the corona, so I'd like to write an article about how to make a chat screen for a chat app. What do you think is the minimum required for a chat screen? This time, I will implement it with the minimum necessary items for the chat screen that I think. The required components are as follows

tableView: Used to list messages. MessageCell: Collects profiles and messages. profileImageView: Shows the profile image. messageLabel: Display the message.

What else is the label for displaying the transmission time? You might think that, but this time I will only do this because I do not actually send and receive messages using a database or the like.

Implementation

First from the view controller

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    private let tableView = UITableView()
    
    //Array for storing messages
    private var messages = [String]()
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        initTableView()
        initMessages()
        view.addSubview(tableView)
    }

    //tableView settings
    private func initTableView() {
        tableView.tableFooterView = UIView()
        tableView.separatorStyle = .none
        tableView.register(MessageCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: MessageCell.id)
        tableView.delegate = self
        tableView.dataSource = self
        tableView.frame = view.bounds
    }
    
    //Add message to messages
    private func initMessages() {
        messages.append("Hello")
        messages.append("Do you have a schedule around 12 o'clock today?")
        messages.append("It's free")
        messages.append("Jugemu(Jugemu) Jugemu(Jugemu)Five Kalpa(Let's go)Cream Stew Sea gravel(Kaijari)Water fish(Suigyo)Water line end(Suigyoうまつ)The end of the cloud(Unramatsu)The end of the wind(Furamatsu)Food(Ku)Napping(Hey)Live in a place(Su)Mudokoro Yaburakoji's Burakoji Paipo Paipo Paipo's Shuringan Shulingan's Gourindai Gourindai's Pompo Copy Pompokona's longevity(Chokyumei)Chosuke(ちょうSuけ)")
    }

}

extension ViewController: UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource {
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return messages.count
    }
    
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: MessageCell.id, for: indexPath) as! MessageCell
        cell.message = messages[indexPath.row]
        return cell
    }
}

Let's take a look inside initTableView (). This is because tableFooterView = UIView () erases empty cells that are displayed when there are more than the number of elements. separatorStyle = .none removes the light gray border between cells. register is for displaying custom cells. See here. When I used a custom cell in my code, I missed the register (_: forCellReuseIdentifier :) function That's about all the explanation inside the view controller.

Next, we will create a custom cell.

Message.swift


class MessageCell: UITableViewCell {
    
    static let id = "MessageCell"
    
    public var message: String? {
        didSet {
            messageLabel.text = message
        }
    }
    
    private let profileImageView: UIImageView = {
        let imageView = UIImageView()
        imageView.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "image.jpeg ")
        imageView.layer.masksToBounds = true
        imageView.layer.cornerRadius = 25
        return imageView
    }()
    private let backView: UIView = {
        let view = UIView()
        view.backgroundColor = .opaqueSeparator
        view.layer.cornerRadius = 20
        view.layer.masksToBounds = true
        return view
    }()
    private let messageLabel: UILabel = {
        let label = UILabel()
        label.font = .systemFont(ofSize: 16)
        //Specify the number of label lines
        label.numberOfLines = 0
        return label
    }()

    override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
        
        addSubview(profileImageView)
        addSubview(backView)
        backView.addSubview(messageLabel)
        
        setupAutoLayout()
    }
    
    private func setupAutoLayout() {
        profileImageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        backView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        messageLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        
        let constraints = [
            profileImageView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 10),
            profileImageView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 10),
//            profileImageView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -10),
            profileImageView.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
            profileImageView.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
            
            backView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: profileImageView.topAnchor),
            backView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: profileImageView.trailingAnchor, constant: 5),
            backView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -10),
            backView.widthAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualToConstant: 250),
            
            messageLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backView.topAnchor, constant: 8),
            messageLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backView.leadingAnchor, constant: 8),
            messageLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backView.bottomAnchor, constant: -8),
            messageLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: backView.trailingAnchor, constant: -8),
        ]
        
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate(constraints)
    }
    
    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
    
}

It declares profileImageView, backView, and messageLabel. It would be nice to put it together in a closure. backView is used to create a nice margin because if you specify the background color directly in messageLabel, there will be no margin between the background and the characters and it will be difficult to see. Let's take a look inside setupAutoLayout. Each view has a description of translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false. If you don't do this, you may not be able to use autolayout. Use Auto Layout from code From constraints, the layout is set with autoLayout. Since it is organized as an array, it can be activated collectively with NSLayoutConstraint.activate (). If you want to change only a part

[variable name of view].topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor).isActive = true

You can do it with.

Let's build it. Simulator Screen Shot - iPhone 11 - 2021-01-17 at 22.33.44.png You can display it nicely.

Summary

This time it was only the other party, but if you change the restrictions, you can also make your own. Please let me know if there is an easier way. If you find it bothersome to implement it yourself, check out MessageKit.

As I said at the beginning, I am looking for a job. Ah, please give me a job for a kind company!

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