Chat data binding

[Walter Martin]

When you describe in your documentation the SfChat data binding you created a MessageModel like this

public class MessageModel
    {
        public MessageModel()
        {
        }

        public ChatSuggestions Suggestions { get; set; }
        public Author User { get; set; }
        public string Text { get; set; }

    }

and then in the ViewModel, you created some MessageModel in this way

messageCollection.Add(new MessageModel()
            {
                User = currentAuthor,
                Text = "Hi guys, good morning! I'm very delighted to share with you the news that our team is going to launch a new mobile application.",
            });

and they are then converted to a TextMessage inside the MessageConverter class

Supposing the MessageModel is a class where I load information from a database so I have not only text messages but also Images to add to the Sfchat

Ho can I add the images in the sfchat from the ViewModel ? 

In the database I have a field containing the path of the image but if I use this piece of code inside the Viewmodel

                        var byteArray = File.ReadAllBytes(chat.path);

                        ImageSource image = ImageSource.FromStream(() => new MemoryStream(byteArray));

                        ImageMessage r = new ImageMessage()

                        {

                            Author = CurrentUser,

                            Aspect = Aspect.AspectFit,

                            Source = image,

                            DateTime = chat.Data

                        };

how can I add it to the messageCollection ?

[Suthi Yuvaraj]

Hi Walter Martin,

We have checked your requirement , you can use the converter same as TextMessage , In model class , create a property for ImageMessage , which you can customize in converter, we have created a sample for your reference please have a look at the sample and let us know if you have any concern.

UG Link:https://help.syncfusion.com/maui/chat/data-binding

Regards,

Suthi Yuvaraj.

Attachment: MauiChat_931e139f.zip

[Walter Martin]

It works perfectly, thanks

[Suthi Yuvaraj]

Walter Martin,

We are glad that the provided response meets your requirements. Please let us know if you need further assistance. As always, we are happy to help you out.