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  The article on how to build one-on-one Android chat app in Kotlin is now published. You can read it on this link here. →.

Chaty is an Android Demo app (using CometChat Pro) for a fully functional messaging app capable of one-on-one (private) messaging. The app enables users to send text messages to other users in realtime.

This example shows how to build an one-to-one chat with Android using Kotlin.

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Technology

This demo uses:

• CometChat Pro Android SDK (1.3.+) versions
• Android and Kotlin
• Material Components by Google
• Glide for Image Loading

Installation

Simply Clone the project from android-kotlin-chat-app repository and open in Android Studio. Build the Demo App and it will be ready to Run

Run the Sample App

To run the demo follow these steps:

1. Head to CometChat Pro and create an account
2. From the dashboard, create a new app called "One-To-One Android Chat"
3. Once created, click Explore
4. Go to the API Keys tab and click Create API Key
5. Create an API key called "Android One-To-One Chat Key" with Full Access
6. Download the repository here or by running git clone https://github.com/wajahatkarim3/Chaty.git and open it in Android Studio
7. Update strings.xml with your newly-created appID and apiKey
8. Run the app and login with one of the test users: superhero1, superhero2, superhero3, superhero4 or superhero5

Questions about running the demo? Open an issue. We're here to help ✌️

Useful links

• 🏠 CometChat Homepage
• 🚀 Create your free account
• 📚 Documentation
• 👾 GitHub