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CometChat’s Calls feature offers advanced functionality for seamlessly integrating one-on-one and group audio/video calling into your application. This document provides a technical overview of how these features are implemented using the React Native UI Kit.

Integration

First, make sure that you’ve correctly integrated the UI Kit library into your project. If you haven’t done this yet or are facing difficulties, refer to our Getting Started guide. This guide will walk you through a step-by-step process of integrating our UI Kit into your React Native project. Once you’ve successfully integrated the UI Kit, the next step is to add the CometChat Calls SDK to your project. This is necessary to enable the calling features in the UI Kit. Here’s how you do it:
Once the dependency is added, the React Native UI Kit will automatically detect it and enable calling features. Your application will now support both audio and video calls and the CallButtons component will appear within the MessageHeader component.
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Add necessary permissions

Android:

Go to AndroidManifest.xml located in the react-native/app/src/main of your React Native project and add the following permissions:

iOS:

Open Info.plist located in the ios/{appname} of your React Native project and add the following entries:

Setup minimum Android and iOS versions

For Android go to app-level build.gradle and change minSdkVersion to 24 and the targetSdkVersion and compileSdkVersion to 33.
For iOS you can open xcworkspace in XCode modify the IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to 12.0 or you can specify it in the post_install hook of the Podfile

Add the Call Listeners

In addition to CallButtons, the Calls UI Kit offers fully functional UI components for handling Incoming, Outgoing, and Ongoing calls. To receive call events in your desired component or screen, you must register a call listener using the addCallListener() method. The onIncomingCallReceived() event is triggered whenever an incoming call is received.

Features

Incoming Call

The Incoming Call component of the CometChat UI Kit provides the functionality that lets users receive real-time audio and video calls in the app. When a call is made to a user, the Incoming Call component triggers and displays a call screen. This call screen typically displays the caller information and provides the user with options to either accept or reject the incoming call.

Outgoing Call

The Outgoing Call component of the CometChat UI Kit is designed to manage the outgoing call process within your application. When a user initiates an audio or video call to another user or group, this component displays an outgoing call screen, showcasing information about the recipient and the call status. Importantly, the Outgoing Call component is smartly designed to transition automatically into the ongoing call screen once the receiver accepts the call. This ensures a smooth flow from initiating the call to engaging in a conversation, without any additional steps required from the user.

Call Logs

Call Logs component provides you with the records call events such as who called who, the time of the call, and the duration of the call. This information can be fetched from the CometChat server and displayed in a structured format for users to view their past call activities.