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MessageKit Vision

Goals

  • Provide a suitable replacement (but not absolute mirror image) of JSQMessagesViewController.
  • Provide “sensible defaults, but also customization hooks" - @jessesquires
  • Favor a Swift-first, idiomatic API.
  • Build a centralized MessageViewController project for iOS.
  • Cultivate an inclusive open source community through respectful discussion.

Scope

MessageKit will only concern itself with the MessagesViewController.

We will not support other views such as: Photo Pickers and Video/Music Players.

Instead, MessageKit will provide you with hooks to easily handle your different message types and present a view of your choice. We believe this is more flexible, maintainable, and reasonable.

Technical Considerations

  • iOS version: We will strive to support the 3 latest versions of iOS.

  • Objective-C Compatibility: We will not sacrifice functionality or an idiomatic Swift API to support Objective-C, but would love to improve Objective-C compatability where possible.

  • Layouts: We will favor programmatic layouts over .xibs where ever possible.