A smooth, responsive, and flexible messages UI library for iOS built on Texture for asynchronous rendering.
AsyncMessagesViewController is an open-source iOS library for creating chat and messaging interfaces. It solves the performance challenges of rendering complex message UIs by utilizing the Texture framework's asynchronous layout system, ensuring smooth scrolling and responsiveness.
iOS developers building chat applications, messaging features, or any app requiring a high-performance, customizable message thread interface.
Developers choose AsyncMessagesViewController for its seamless integration with Texture, which provides superior scrolling performance, and its modular design that allows deep customization of message bubbles, data sources, and UI logic without sacrificing simplicity.
A smooth, responsive and flexible messages UI library for iOS.
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Leverages Texture's asynchronous layout and rendering to ensure smooth scrolling, even with complex message content, as highlighted in the README's emphasis on a 'butter smooth' experience.
Uses DefaultAsyncMessagesCollectionViewDataSource to handle message updates efficiently, avoiding expensive reloadData calls on ASCollectionView, which improves performance for dynamic chat interfaces.
Provides extensible factories for bubble nodes and metadata computation, allowing developers to implement custom message types and UI logic, as detailed in the Customizations section.
Seamlessly integrates with SlackTextViewController for feature-rich message input, saving development time on building input UI components from scratch.
Requires Texture and SlackTextViewController, adding significant external dependencies that can complicate project setup, maintenance, and increase bundle size.
Customizations involve implementing multiple protocols and subclasses, such as MessageBubbleNodeFactory and MessageCellNodeMetadataFactory, which may be daunting for developers unfamiliar with Texture's asynchronous model.
The library provides basic bubble nodes but requires custom work for advanced styling, as admitted in the README where most customizations need manual implementation rather than simple configuration.