Chat Flow Design, ideas.

Hello Appwriters,

I want to implement a chat feature in my app. I will describe the scenario down below.

1. Chat can only be started from a post. Example - you are scrolling a facebook post and you can starting chatting with the post publisher only. So, bacially in the post there is a button that lets you chat with the postOwner.
2. After you start the chat, you can access that chat from a ChatList screen.
3. The chat should have a message seen or unseen feature.

Please help me designing this system, I have been unable to achieve it own my own.

Thankyou and best regards.

Hi

1. User Registration and Authentication:

• Use Appwrite's authentication services to handle user registration and login.
• Once a user is logged in, you can associate their account with the chat functionality.

2. Storing Chat Data:

• Utilize Appwrite's Database service to store chat-related data, such as messages, chat participants, and message status (seen/unseen).
• Create a collection to store chat messages and related information.

3. Initiating a Chat from a Post:

• When a user clicks the chat button on a post, trigger a function in your app that creates a new chat room or retrieves an existing one based on the post owner's ID.
• Store the necessary information, such as the chat room ID, in your database.

4. Displaying ChatList:

• Develop a ChatList screen in your app to display all ongoing chats.
• Fetch the chat data from Appwrite's Database using appropriate queries or functions.
• Display the chat rooms and relevant details in the ChatList screen.

5. Implementing Message Seen/Unseen Feature:

• When a user sends a message, store it in the chat room's collection with the initial status as "unseen".
• When the recipient views the message, update its status to "seen" in the database.
• To keep track of the seen/unseen status, you can utilize a field or attribute in the message document.