NativeScript Template Similar to WhatsApp
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tns create your-project-name --template nativescript-whatsapp-template
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Introduction
This project is heavily based on this repo, created as part of the course:
- Aprenda Angular 2 + Nativescript e crie um WhatsApp
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Right after creating a project and then npm install, it should be ready to go. Just move into your project's folder and execute the normal command to run any app:
`sh
cd your-project-name
npm i
tns run
`
Alternatively you can target any specifc platform:
sh
tns run android
`
sh
tns run ios
`
That's pretty much what you should expect to see for the initial screen:
#### - Screenshot 1: Chats tab (iOS / Android)
And that's the chat screen upon clicking on any chat item in the previous screen:
#### - Screenshot 2: Chat screen (iOS / Android)
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You might want to remove all the dummy data as well as some boilerplate code. The content shown relies upon the service inside your app folder. Just replace the content returned there with what you need.
#### Emptying chats.services.ts
`javascript
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';import { Chat } from './models/chat.model';
import { Message } from './models/message.model';
@Injectable()
export class ChatsService {
get chats(): Chat[] {
return [];
}
getMessages(chat: Chat): Message[] {
return [];
}
}
`
Another advisable tweak is removing the line which slices the list of messages in the selected chat to get only a chunck of initial 50 ones. The reason for that is just to illustrate that not all messages should appear on landing on that screen, but we wouldn't like to sound too opinionated at this point telling you how to fetch and show your own data.
#### Replace the slice command on messages-area.component.ts
diff
export class MessagesAreaComponent implements OnInit {
// ...
ngOnInit() {
- this.messages = this.messages.slice(0, 50);
+ // your own code
}
// ...
}
``