Introduction

Symphony Android Messaging Framework is an Android library module. Developer can use this library to build a version of the messaging app with some customized implementation.

Customizable Areas

You can customize the following areas by providing your customized implementation.
Storage

• Network Communication
• Text User Interface
• Attachment Handler
• SharedPreferences

Sample Application

You can check out the Symphony Messaging App for Good Technology app to see how we provided the customized implementation of the above areas. https://github.com/SymphonyOSF/SAndroid-Shared

Setup

You'll need to include the Symphony AAR file in your list of Gradle dependencies.

dependencies {
    implementation("com.symphony:android-messaging-lib:[email protected]") {
        transitive = true
    }
}

You'll then need to include the Symphony LoginActivity in your application's list of activities.

If you are not planning on customizing the framework, you can set the package to com.symphony.android.messaging and the application should run without modifications.
The @style/Theme.Symphony is also important to set to get the UI to display as intended.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.symphony.android.messaging"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
    <application
        android:name=".Application"
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:largeHeap="true"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.Symphony"
        tools:replace="name">
        <activity
            android:name="com.symphony.android.login.LoginActivity"
            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"
            android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
 
</manifest>

Customizing
Customizing the functionality of the Android app is done through the CoreComponentFactory.