Kuika's Chat element allows you to add real-time messaging functionality to your application. It can be used in customer support systems, social platforms or any application where users need to interact with each other. The Chat element streamlines messaging processes and provides an interactive experience. In this course, you will learn how to integrate the Chat element, customize messages and manage user interactions.

The Chat element supports web and mobile applications.

This course content consists of the following topics:

Adding a Chat element,
Chat element properties,
Authorization,
Visibility,
Editability,
Customize the interface design with Style Panel,
Actions.

Add Chat Element

After logging in to the Kuika platform, open the project you will work on from the “Apps” screen.

In the “UI Design” (1) module, drag and drop the Chat element (4) under the “Special” (3) category from the “Elements” (2) panel on the left side.

You can add the Chat element to the screen by drag and drop from the Elements panel. If you drag it to an empty space on the screen, it will be added with the Row element. If you drag it into a Column, you will add only the Chat element.

Chat Element Properties

Located in the Properties panel:

Datasource: You can select the data source where the message history will be shown.
Current User Name: You can get the last user information on the screen where the chat element is used.
Dark Mode: You can make the element, which is predefined as Light Mode, to be displayed in dark mode by turning on the switch.
Show Profile Photo: You can activate the Switch to show profile photos.
Show User Name: You can activate the Switch to show user names.
Allow Edit Message: You can activate the Switch to allow the user to edit their last sent messages.
Allow Delete Message: You can activate the Switch to allow the user to delete the last sent message.

Authorization.

You can customize user access with “Anonymous Access” and “All Roles Access” authorization options on the screens and elements of your application. While “Anonymous Access” enables access without any account information query, “All Roles Access” provides access by verifying user account information.

For element level authorization, you can manage the security and user experience of your application by selecting the relevant element and editing the “Authorization” settings from the Properties panel.

Visibility.

It allows you to adjust the visibility of screens or elements. Visibility in Elements allows you to regulate visibility based on a specific state or condition. For each element, you can make it always visible, hidden, or visible and hidden depending on a condition.

Click on the element on the screen.
Open the “Properties” panel on the right side.
Click on the “Visibility” field and make one of the following selections according to the needs of your application. Kuika offers Always Visible, Hidden, Sometimes Visible options to control the visibility of the screens in your application.

Always Visible: Ensures that the screens in your app are always visible. ‍
Hidden: Allows hiding screens in your application. ‍
Sometimes Visible: Makes screens in your application conditionally visible.

Editability

Allows you to make elements editable.

Enabled: Selecting this option makes the element editable.
Disabled: In this case, the element cannot be edited.
Sometimes Enabled: This option means that the element is sometimes editable and sometimes not, depending on certain conditions.

Customize the İnterface Design with Style Panel

By customizing your elements with the Styling Panel, you can create unique and impressive user interfaces in your web and mobile applications.

The sections defined below vary depending on the element.

Layout‍: Here you can make visual adjustments such as sizing, alignment and padding of elements. These settings also affect the layout of other elements within the element. Properties include Size, Min Size and Align; however, some elements may not support the Display property.
Text: The element's text properties can be edited here through font family, style, color, size, spacing and other options. This section supports all Text related adjustments.
Fill: You can use the Fill setting to customize the element's background with color or images.
Border: You can give your elements a more aesthetic look by adding borders and adjusting the corner radii.
Shadow: You can add a shadow effect to elements used in web applications to give a sense of depth. However, the shadow feature may not be supported as some elements are not suitable for mobile applications.

Actions.

Kuika contains system actions such as Arithmetic, Authorization, Condition, Device, Export, Geolocation, Invers, Local Storage, Multi Language, Navigation, Notification, Payment, UI Control, Process Administration, Process Automation, Trigger, Process Automation, Process Administration and String Operations.

In addition to system actions, you can also use SQL actions that you create yourself.

To add actions to elements, you can use the “+ADD ACTION” button from the Properties panel on the right side.