PubNub Swift Chat API & SDK Docs 0.20.0

This SDK offers a set of handy methods to create your own feature-rich chat or add a chat to your existing application.

It exposes various PubNub APIs to Swift with twists:

• Tailored specifically to the chat use case by offering easy-to-use methods that let you do exactly what you want, like startTyping() (a message) or join() (a channel).
• Meant to be easy & intuitive to use as it focuses on features you would most likely build in your chat app, not PubNub APIs and all the technicalities behind them.
• Offers new chat options, like quotes, threads, or read receipts, that let you build a full-fledged app quickly.

Go to the Learn section to find out more about:

• Access control (authentication & authorization)
• Swift Chat SDK entities (building blocks of the Swift Chat SDK - find out what properties they have and which methods they expose)
• Glossary

Get started

Assuming you have read the Learn section and understand the idea behind the Swift Chat SDK's architecture, you can move to the Build section and start creating your own chat.

Get the SDK

Integrate the Swift Chat SDK into your project using Xcode:

1. Create or open your project inside Xcode.
2. Navigate to File -> Add Package Dependencies.
3. Search for https://github.com/pubnub/swift-chat-sdk.
4. From the Dependency Rule drop-down list, select the Up to Next Major Version rule, and click Add Package.

The Swift Chat SDK is also available on GitHub.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a PubNub account in Admin Portal and a sample app. You'll need the publish and subscribe keys from your app's keyset to start building a chat.

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2. Start building your own chat app:

   a. Initialize the Swift Chat SDK.

   b. Create channels, users, messages, and all other chat features.