ChannelAvatar

The ChannelAvatar allows you to display a channel avatar, that shows the channel image, or a grid of its active members.

Let’s see how to integrate the component into your code.

Usage

To use the component, simply pass the Channel object to the ChannelAvatar, like so:

ChannelAvatar(  channel = channel,  // The current logged in user  currentUser = currentUser,  // Reasonable avatar size  modifier = Modifier.size(36.dp) )

Based on the state of the Channel and the number of members, it shows different types of images:

Handling Actions

The ChannelAvatar component exposes a single action to handle click events:

@Composable fun ChannelAvatar(  ..., // State  onClick: (() -> Unit)? = null, )

If you want to handle clicks on ChannelAvatar, you can use the code below:

fun ChannelAvatar(  ..., // State ) {  // Handle avatar clicks here }

Customization

In terms of UI customization, the ChannelAvatar exposes the following properties:

@Composable fun ChannelAvatar(  channel: Channel,  currentUser: User?,  modifier: Modifier = Modifier,  shape: Shape = ChatTheme.shapes.avatar,  textStyle: TextStyle = ChatTheme.typography.title3Bold,  groupAvatarTextStyle: TextStyle = ChatTheme.typography.captionBold,  showOnlineIndicator: Boolean = true,  onlineIndicatorAlignment: OnlineIndicatorAlignment = OnlineIndicatorAlignment.TopEnd,  onlineIndicator: @Composable BoxScope.() -> Unit = {  OnlineIndicator(modifier = Modifier.align(onlineIndicatorAlignment.alignment))  },  contentDescription: String? = null,  ... // Action handlers )

• channel: The channel whose data we need to show.
• currentUser: The current user, used to determine avatar data.
• modifier: Modifier for the root component. Useful for things like the component size, padding, background and similar.
• shape: The shape of the avatar.
• textStyle: The text style of the initials text.
• groupAvatarTextStyle: The text style of the initials text in the group avatar.
• showOnlineIndicator: If we show online indicator or not.
• onlineIndicatorAlignment: The alignment of online indicator.
• onlineIndicator: Custom composable that allows replacing the default online indicator.
• contentDescription: The content description of the avatar.

Here’s an example of customizing the UI of the channel avatar:

ChannelAvatar(  channel = channel,  currentUser = currentUser,  modifier = Modifier.size(48.dp),  shape = RoundedCornerShape(8.dp) )

The sample above will produce a custom channel avatar with rounded corners: