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Add emoji support to a React chatroom
In this tutorial, we’ll add emoji support to a chatroom built using React and Chatkit. We’ll explore two common ways of using emojis: through an emoji picker, and using the : shortcut to quickly search for and select and emoji.
Here’s a live demo of what we’ll be building:
This article builds upon what was covered in the tutorial on sending direct messages with Chatkit, so you need to go over that one first before moving on to this one. You can clone this GitHub repository and follow the instructions in the README file to get set up.
Prerequisites
You need to have Node.js (version 8 or later) installed on your machine to be able to follow through with this tutorial. You can check out this page for instructions on how to upgrade your Node installation.
Install additional dependencies
We need a few additional dependencies to build this project. react-textarea-autocomplete provides the ability to autocomplete emojis in the text input, when emoji-mart provides a beautiful emoji picker that we can take advantage of. It looks and works almost exactly like the one in Slack in case you’re wondering. Finally, we’re adding the react-feather package for icons.
Install them all by navigating to the client directory, and running the command below:
npm install @webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete react-feather emoji-mart --save
Update the styles for the application
Go ahead and update the styles for the app in App.css as shown below. This is to account for the new features and components that have been added to the application.
// client/src/App.css
html {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
*, *::before, *::after {
box-sizing: inherit;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul {
list-style: none;
}
h4 {
padding-left: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.App {
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 4fr 1fr;
}
.right-sidebar {
border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.left-sidebar {
border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.user-profile {
height: 70px;
display: flex;
align-items: flex-start;
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 20px;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.user-profile span {
display: block;
}
.user-profile .username {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 700;
}
.chat-rooms li, .room-member {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
padding: 15px 20px;
font-size: 18px;
color: #181919;
cursor: pointer;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.room-member {
justify-content: space-between;
padding: 0 20px;
height: 60px;
}
.send-dm {
opacity: 0;
pointer-events: none;
font-size: 20px;
border: 1px solid #eee;
border-radius: 5px;
margin-bottom: 0;
padding: 0 10px;
line-height: 1.4;
height: auto;
}
.room-member:hover .send-dm {
opacity: 1;
pointer-events: all;
}
.presence {
display: inline-block;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
background-color: #ccc;
margin-right: 10px;
border-radius: 50%;
}
.presence.online {
background-color: green;
}
.chat-rooms .active {
background-color: #eee;
color: #181919;
}
.chat-rooms li:hover {
background-color: #D8D1D1;
}
.room-icon {
display: inline-block;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.chat-screen {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
height: 100vh;
}
.chat-header {
height: 70px;
flex-shrink: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-right: 20px;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
}
.chat-header h3 {
margin-bottom: 0;
text-align: center;
}
.chat-messages {
flex-grow: 1;
overflow-y: auto;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: flex-end;
margin-bottom: 0;
min-height: min-content;
position: relative;
}
.message {
padding-left: 20px;
padding-right: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: center;
}
.message span {
display: block;
text-align: left;
}
.message .user-id {
font-weight: bold;
}
.message-form {
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 100%;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
.message-form, .message-input {
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.rta {
flex-grow: 1;
}
.emoji-mart {
position: absolute;
bottom: 20px;
right: 10px;
}
input[type="text"].message-input, textarea.message-input {
height: 50px;
flex-grow: 1;
line-height: 35px;
padding-left: 20px;
border-radius: 0;
border-top-left-radius: 0;
border-top-right-radius: 0;
border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
border: none;
font-size: 16px;
color: #333;
min-height: auto;
overflow-y: hidden;
resize: none;
border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
}
.message-input:focus {
outline: none;
}
.toggle-emoji {
border: none;
width: 50px;
height: auto;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.toggle-emoji svg {
width: 28px;
height: 28px;
}
/* RTA
========================================================================== */
.rta {
position: relative;
border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.rta__autocomplete {
position: absolute;
width: 300px;
background-color: white;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.rta__autocomplete ul {
list-style: none;
text-align: left;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.rta__autocomplete li {
margin-bottom: 5px;
padding: 3px 20px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.rta__autocomplete li:hover {
background-color: skyblue;
}
/* Dialog
========================================================================== */
.dialog-container {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
display: flex;
justify-content:center;
align-items: center;
}
.dialog {
width: 500px;
background-color: white;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
.dialog-form {
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 0;
padding: 20px;
}
.dialog-form > * {
display: block;
}
.username-label {
text-align: left;
font-size: 16px;
}
.username-input {
width: 100%;
}
input[type="text"]:focus {
border-color: #5C8436;
}
.submit-btn {
color: #5C8436;
background-color: #181919;
width: 100%;
}
.submit-btn:hover {
color: #5C8436;
background-color: #222;
}
Add the emoji picker component
In any sort of non-trivial chat application, an emoji picker is an ubiquitous feature. So we’re going to start by adding the ability to input emojis into text using the emoji picker provided by emoji-mart.
First, let’s add a button that can be used to toggle the emoji picker. Open up App.js and change it to look like this:
// client/src/App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Smile } from 'react-feather';
// [..]
class App extends Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
// [..]
showEmojiPicker: false,
};
// [..]
}
render() {
const {
// [..]
showEmojiPicker,
} = this.state;
return (
<div className="App">
// [..]
<section className="chat-screen">
// [..]
<footer className="chat-footer">
<form onSubmit={this.sendMessage} className="message-form">
<button
type="button"
className="toggle-emoji"
>
<Smile />
</button>
<input
type="text"
value={newMessage}
name="newMessage"
className="message-input"
placeholder="Type your message and hit ENTER to send"
onChange={this.handleInput}
/>
</form>
</footer>
</section>
// [..]
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
The app should look like this now:
Next, let’s make the button functional by toggling the emoji picker component from emoji-mart on click. Update the code in App.js to look like this:
// client/src/App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Smile } from 'react-feather';
import { Picker } from 'emoji-mart';
import {
// [..]
addEmoji,
toggleEmojiPicker,
} from './methods';
// [..]
import 'emoji-mart/css/emoji-mart.css';
// [..]
class App extends Component {
constructor() {
// [..]
this.addEmoji = addEmoji.bind(this);
this.toggleEmojiPicker = toggleEmojiPicker.bind(this);
}
render() {
const {
// [..]
} = this.state;
return (
<div className="App">
// [..]
<section className="chat-screen">
// [..]
<ul className="chat-messages">
<ChatSession messages={messages} />
{showEmojiPicker ? (
<Picker set="emojione" onSelect={this.addEmoji} />
) : null}
</ul>
<footer className="chat-footer">
<form onSubmit={this.sendMessage} className="message-form">
<button
type="button"
className="toggle-emoji"
onClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
>
<Smile />
</button>
<input
type="text"
value={newMessage}
name="newMessage"
className="message-input"
placeholder="Type your message and hit ENTER to send"
onChange={this.handleInput}
/>
</form>
</footer>
</section>
// [..]
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Then update the methods.js file with the following new functions:
// client/src/methods.js
import Chatkit from '@pusher/chatkit-client';
import axios from 'axios';
function toggleEmojiPicker() {
this.setState({
showEmojiPicker: !this.state.showEmojiPicker,
});
}
function addEmoji(emoji) {
const { newMessage } = this.state;
const text = `${newMessage}${emoji.native}`;
this.setState({
newMessage: text,
showEmojiPicker: false,
});
}
// [..]
export { sendMessage, handleInput, connectToRoom, connectToChatkit, sendDM, toggleEmojiPicker, addEmoji };
The toggleEmojiPicker() method shows and hides the emoji picker component, while addEmoji() updates the message input with the selected emoji. You can try it out by selecting an emoji from the emoji picker. It should work as shown below:
Autocomplete emoji in the text input
An added way to quickly input emoji in a message is by triggering autocomplete by typing :, followed by the first few letters and a menu will appear where you can select the emoji you want to use. We’ll implement this functionality in our application using react-textarea-autocomplete. Make the following changes in App.js:
// client/src/App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Picker, emojiIndex } from 'emoji-mart';
import { Smile } from 'react-feather';
import ReactTextareaAutocomplete from '@webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete';
import {
// [..]
handleKeyPress,
} from './methods';
// [..]
class App extends Component {
constructor() {
// [..]
this.handleKeyPress = handleKeyPress.bind(this);
}
render() {
// [..]
return (
<div className="App">
// [..]
<section className="chat-screen">
// [..]
<footer className="chat-footer">
<form onSubmit={this.sendMessage} className="message-form">
<button
type="button"
className="toggle-emoji"
onClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
>
<Smile />
</button>
<ReactTextareaAutocomplete
className="message-input my-textarea"
name="newMessage"
value={newMessage}
loadingComponent={() => <span>Loading</span>}
onKeyPress={this.handleKeyPress}
onChange={this.handleInput}
placeholder="Compose your message and hit ENTER to send"
trigger={{
':': {
dataProvider: token =>
emojiIndex.search(token).map(o => ({
colons: o.colons,
native: o.native,
})),
component: ({ entity: { native, colons } }) => (
<div>{`${colons} ${native}`}</div>
),
output: item => `${item.native}`,
},
}}
/>
</form>
</footer>
</section>
// [..]
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Then, update methods.js with the new handleKeyPress() method and update the sendMessage() method:
// client/src/methods.js
import Chatkit from '@pusher/chatkit-client';
import axios from 'axios';
function handleKeyPress(event) {
if (event.key === 'Enter') {
event.preventDefault();
this.sendMessage();
}
}
// [..]
function sendMessage() {
const { newMessage, currentUser, currentRoom } = this.state;
if (newMessage.trim() === '') return;
currentUser.sendMessage({
text: newMessage,
roomId: `${currentRoom.id}`,
});
this.setState({
newMessage: '',
});
}
export { sendMessage, handleInput, connectToRoom, connectToChatkit, sendDM, toggleEmojiPicker, addEmoji, handleKeyPress };
In ReactTextareaAutocomplete, the dataProvider is called after each keystroke to get an array of what the suggestion list should display, and component is the component for rendering the item in suggestion list. Finally, the output defines text which will be placed into text area after the user makes a selection.
Try it out by typing :, followed by the first few letters of the emoji you want to input. It should display a few suggestions and you can click on anyone of them to make your selection.
Wrap up
In this tutorial, we learned how to jazz up your React-based chatroom with emoji support. We covered how to use add an emoji picker component, and also how to trigger emoji suggestions using the : shortcut.
You can checkout other things Chatkit can do by viewing its extensive documentation. Don’t forget to grab the full source code used in this tutorial in this GitHub repository.
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How native is React Native? | React Native vs Native App Development
If you are undertaking a mobile app development for your start-up or enterprise, you are likely wondering whether to use React Native. As a popular development framework, React Native helps you to develop near-native mobile apps. However, you are probably also wondering how close you can get to a native app by using React Native. How native is React Native?
In the article, we discuss the similarities between native mobile development and development using React Native. We also touch upon where they differ and how to bridge the gaps. Read on.
A brief introduction to React Native
Let’s briefly set the context first. We will briefly touch upon what React Native is and how it differs from earlier hybrid frameworks.
React Native is a popular JavaScript framework that Facebook has created. You can use this open-source framework to code natively rendering Android and iOS mobile apps. You can use it to develop web apps too.
Facebook has developed React Native based on React, its JavaScript library. The first release of React Native came in March 2015. At the time of writing this article, the latest stable release of React Native is 0.62.0, and it was released in March 2020.
Although relatively new, React Native has acquired a high degree of popularity. The “Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019” report identifies it as the 8th most loved framework. Facebook, Walmart, and Bloomberg are some of the top companies that use React Native.
The popularity of React Native comes from its advantages. Some of its advantages are as follows:
- Performance: It delivers optimal performance.
- Cross-platform development: You can develop both Android and iOS apps with it. The reuse of code expedites development and reduces costs.
- UI design: React Native enables you to design simple and responsive UI for your mobile app.
- 3rd party plugins: This framework supports 3rd party plugins.
- Developer community: A vibrant community of developers support React Native.
Why React Native is fundamentally different from earlier hybrid frameworks
Are you wondering whether React Native is just another of those hybrid frameworks like Ionic or Cordova? It’s not! React Native is fundamentally different from these earlier hybrid frameworks.
React Native is very close to native. Consider the following aspects as described on the React Native website:
- Access to many native platforms features: The primitives of React Native render to native platform UI. This means that your React Native app will use many native platform APIs as native apps would do.
- Near-native user experience: React Native provides several native components, and these are platform agnostic.
- The ease of accessing native APIs: React Native uses a declarative UI paradigm. This enables React Native to interact easily with native platform APIs since React Native wraps existing native code.
Due to these factors, React Native offers many more advantages compared to those earlier hybrid frameworks. We now review them.
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How to Select and Hire the Best React JS and React Native Developers?
Since March 2020 reached 556 million monthly downloads have increased, It shows that React JS has been steadily growing. React.js also provides a desirable amount of pliancy and efficiency for developing innovative solutions with interactive user interfaces. It’s no surprise that an increasing number of businesses are adopting this technology. How do you select and recruit React.js developers who will propel your project forward? How much does a React developer make? We’ll bring you here all the details you need.
What is React.js?
Facebook built and maintains React.js, an open-source JavaScript library for designing development tools. React.js is used to create single-page applications (SPAs) that can be used in conjunction with React Native to develop native cross-platform apps.
React vs React Native
- React Native is a platform that uses a collection of mobile-specific components provided by the React kit, while React.js is a JavaScript-based library.
- React.js and React Native have similar syntax and workflows, but their implementation is quite different.
- React Native is designed to create native mobile apps that are distinct from those created in Objective-C or Java. React, on the other hand, can be used to develop web apps, hybrid and mobile & desktop applications.
- React Native, in essence, takes the same conceptual UI cornerstones as standard iOS and Android apps and assembles them using React.js syntax to create a rich mobile experience.
What is the Average React Developer Salary?
In the United States, the average React developer salary is $94,205 a year, or $30-$48 per hour, This is one of the highest among JavaScript developers. The starting salary for junior React.js developers is $60,510 per year, rising to $112,480 for senior roles.
* React.js Developer Salary by Country
- United States- $120,000
- Canada - $110,000
- United Kingdom - $71,820
- The Netherlands $49,095
- Spain - $35,423.00
- France - $44,284
- Ukraine - $28,990
- India - $9,843
- Sweden - $55,173
- Singapore - $43,801
In context of software developer wage rates, the United States continues to lead. In high-tech cities like San Francisco and New York, average React developer salaries will hit $98K and $114per year, overall.
However, the need for React.js and React Native developer is outpacing local labour markets. As a result, many businesses have difficulty locating and recruiting them locally.
It’s no surprise that for US and European companies looking for professional and budget engineers, offshore regions like India are becoming especially interesting. This area has a large number of app development companies, a good rate with quality, and a good pool of React.js front-end developers.
As per Linkedin, the country’s IT industry employs over a million React specialists. Furthermore, for the same or less money than hiring a React.js programmer locally, you may recruit someone with much expertise and a broader technical stack.
How to Hire React.js Developers?
- Conduct thorough candidate research, including portfolios and areas of expertise.
- Before you sit down with your interviewing panel, do some homework.
- Examine the final outcome and hire the ideal candidate.
Why is React.js Popular?
React is a very strong framework. React.js makes use of a powerful synchronization method known as Virtual DOM, which compares the current page architecture to the expected page architecture and updates the appropriate components as long as the user input.
React is scalable. it utilises a single language, For server-client side, and mobile platform.
React is steady.React.js is completely adaptable, which means it seldom, if ever, updates the user interface. This enables legacy projects to be updated to the most new edition of React.js without having to change the codebase or make a few small changes.
React is adaptable. It can be conveniently paired with various state administrators (e.g., Redux, Flux, Alt or Reflux) and can be used to implement a number of architectural patterns.
Is there a market for React.js programmers?
The need for React.js developers is rising at an unparalleled rate. React.js is currently used by over one million websites around the world. React is used by Fortune 400+ businesses and popular companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Glassdoor and Cloudflare.
Final thoughts:
As you’ve seen, locating and Hire React js Developer and Hire React Native developer is a difficult challenge. You will have less challenges selecting the correct fit for your projects if you identify growing offshore locations (e.g. India) and take into consideration the details above.
If you want to make this process easier, You can visit our website for more, or else to write a email, we’ll help you to finding top rated React.js and React Native developers easier and with strives to create this operation
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What are hooks in React JS? - INFO AT ONE
In this article, you will learn what are hooks in React JS? and when to use react hooks? React JS is developed by Facebook in the year 2013. There are many students and the new developers who have confusion between react and hooks in react. Well, it is not different, react is a programming language and hooks is a function which is used in react programming language.
Read More:- https://infoatone.com/what-are-hooks-in-react-js/
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React 18: Things You Need To Know About React JS Latest Version
The most awaited version of React 18 is finally out now. Its team has finally revealed the alpha version of React 18 and its plan, though the official launch is still pending. This time the team has tried something and released the plan first to know their user feedback because the last version of React 17 was not that much appreciated among developers.
According to Front-end Frameworks Survey, React JS has ranked top in the list of most loved frameworks. Thus, the developer communities expect a bit higher from the framework, so they are less appreciative of the previous launch.
So, this time React 18 will be a blast. For beginners, the team is working on a new approach. They have called a panel of experts, library authors, educators, and developers to take part in a working group. Initially, it will be a small group.
I am not a part of this release but following the team on their GitHub discussion group. After gathering the information from there, I can say that they have planned much better this time.
React 17 was not able to meet the developer's community. The focus was all primarily centered on making it easier to upgrade React itself. React 18 release will be the opposite. It has a lot of features for react developers.
Read more here: React 18: Things You Need To Know About React JS Latest Version
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Build a simple React Native Pokemon app with React-Navigation
As we start learning new technologies we want to start building something or work on a simple project to get a better understanding of the technology. So, let’s build this simple app.
For this app, we will be using PokeApi to get our pokemon data, and also we will be using Hooks. I am using pokemondb for pokemon sprites. It’s just a personal preference you can use whatever you want.
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