How to build/develop/create a chat app in Android?

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Sundarsun 2527
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Oct 31, 2016, 11:55:51 AM via Website

What are the technologies & features has to present when you are create chat app in Android?

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Peter Jackson

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Denial Carberry
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Nov 9, 2016, 4:03:39 PM via Website

If you are looking for an app for your Android try for ChatWing why would you go for other chat app? Even ChatWing have a great feature for iPhone & iOS too.

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James
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Nov 15, 2016, 7:28:16 AM via Website

If you want to develop an amazing app on Android, you need to have a strong base in Java, C, objective-C, HTML, CSS, and SQL for the backend. Based on my experience, I suggest that you use Marvel tool to design the app and UI elements. To develop App, you can use PhoneGap, Telerik tools.

eSparkBizSorinSundarsun 2527

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David Michael
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Nov 15, 2016, 11:43:57 AM via Website

Connect Ejabberd server and has customized it for achieving high degree of operational efficiency, then Customizing XMPP, the protocol for Ejabberd, Being encrypted with HMAC, chat app you build using this solution will be free from account spoofing and DDOS attacks.

Mnesia, the default DB of ERLANG that’s appropriate for multiple users for user login sessions connect MySQL to keeps the repository of user details like account credentials, personal info etc.

Cassandra does the job of storing and archiving the chat logs. For the heavy storage duty seeks the help of Amazon S3 bucket. Multimedia files like audio, video, images, emoticons and much more are stored in Amazon cloud which helps in quick rendering. You want to build chat app instantly, Just visit Contus Fly a readymade solution used to build a chat app with high performance

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EntonySorinPeter JacksonSundarsun 2527

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Christie Rodriguez
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Nov 15, 2016, 12:49:10 PM via Website

For Android Application Development you have to be specific for its features,Because it will decide your app Framework.

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Sundarsun 2527
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Nov 23, 2016, 10:23:22 AM via Website

Well a nice idea james, surely i will try it.

— modified on Nov 23, 2016, 3:49:36 PM

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Peter Jackson
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Dec 28, 2016, 9:17:17 AM via Website

Good info

Sundarsun 2527

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Ajay Singh
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Dec 28, 2016, 3:41:29 PM via Website

The following features need to be present while creating chat app in android: Image sending, attachment file sending, screen shot capture, video call, instant messaging, voice calls, sharing of contacts and messages of devices, and many more.
To develop chat application for android and other devices you need to hire professional programmer, for that I personally suggest you Chetu Inc. They already delivered more than 16000+ applications world wide.

Sundarsun 2527

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Alias Marne
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Jan 25, 2017, 4:39:19 PM via Website

Nice direction. I like it. I am going to try it.

Sundarsun 2527

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Jack Smith
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May 12, 2017, 9:40:08 AM via Website

Building a chat app in android/iOS, becomes easier and high level technology is near to you. I would suggest highly performing technologies like Ejabberd, XMPP, Amazon Web services, Mnesia & MySQL, Cassandra.

  1. The Ejabberd is an open source server provide customized the app to get better performance and XMPP protocol helps to speed up sign in and re-sign in the sessions.
  2. An Amazon web service, where we can store and manage the video/audio content securely.
  3. Mnesia & MySQL maintain the user login details, other personal data.
  4. Cassandra database saves chat history to retrieve the chat easily to re-communicate again.

Use these advanced technologies, a readymade chat app development solutions right ahead you Contus Fly.

SorinSundarsun 2527

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William Jones
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Nov 9, 2018, 2:43:44 PM via Website

You can avail the best technologies for building your chat app if you hire the right mobile app development company before kick starting your project. You can hire the right app developers over the net from top trusted sites like Clutch, Goodfirms, BusinessofApps etc.

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eSparkBiz
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Mar 4, 2019, 7:44:34 AM via Website

Useful Answer!

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CarlineBurch
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Apr 8, 2019, 1:19:31 PM via Website

Well a nice idea james

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Alex Sam
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Nov 22, 2019, 3:12:22 PM via Website

If you are searching for best chat app for the business, here the MirrorFly chat api for android. It is designed with the secured filed transmission and makes use guest account. Hope you can try and get new experience in making text messaging & videos call at any time.

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Jason Potterfield
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Dec 23, 2019, 8:18:21 AM via Website

Indeed it is an incredible idea to create a chat app:). However there are multiple different technologies & features to be included into to build such app. The programming language must be Erlang, this very technology is used to develop the highly-popular chat app Whatsapp as well. Also the Ejabberd server must be used to develop using certain pluggable modules. The features that must be a part of your chat app, are:

  1. One-on-one Chat
  2. Contact actual and presence listing
  3. Store and forward of offline messages
  4. Personal Event Protocol & Message typing specification
  5. Multi-User Chat for Group Chat
  6. Privacy Setting and Account Spoofing
  7. Message Archive Management

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Entony
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Aug 26, 2020, 7:25:11 AM via Website

Thanks for sharing this information.

Goldvin

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Richard
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Apr 15, 2021, 6:38:55 PM via Website

Building a chat application like whatsapp, fb messenger, hike, etc involves quite some setup. However, with modern SDKs building your own chat service has become a cake walk. It is about using the existing mechanism and plugging into your system

The whole setup is split into 3 blocks .

  • Client facing app
  • Messaging Channel
  • Server setup/infra to handle messaging transactions at scale

In summary the tech involved would be

Client facing app

  • App ( which involves all the UI and basic UX, Android/iOS/Windows) [You can use libraries here]

  • Database to save data in device/work offline [SQLite/Realm]

  • Manage states for the device (i.e network change, calls ,etc) and respond for messaging based events [API dependent and available in target OS]
  • Maintain a connection with the server ( via Sockets, XMPP, MQTT)

  • Push Notifications[Firebase Cloud Messaging, Urban Airship, One Signal]

  • [optional] Media ( video/picture) and location feature [Google Maps SDK, Android Media Framework API]

Channel

  1. Choose from Socket, XMPP or MQTT [Could be a mix of them too, depending on use case]
  2. xmpp can work in both depending on the scale (GCM uses this)

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Eliana Wilson
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Mar 10, 2022, 1:17:57 PM via Website

Steps to follow for a successful chat mobile application
Step 1: An effective mobile begins with an application thought
Step 2: Identify the Requirments
Step 3: Design your application
Step 4: Identify an approach to create the app – native, web, or hybrid
Step 5: Make an application model
Step 6: Integrate an appropriate analytics tool
Step 7: Identify your testers: Listen to them and incorporate relevant feedback
Step 8: Release/Deploy the app
Step 9: Capture the metrics
Step 10: Upgrade your app with improvements and new features

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Bradley Nielson
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Mar 22, 2022, 9:56:03 AM via Website

Connect Ejabberd server and has customized it for achieving high degree of operational efficiency, then Customizing XMPP, the protocol for Ejabberd, Being encrypted with HMAC, chat app you build using this solution will be free from account spoofing and DDOS attacks.

Mnesia, the default DB of ERLANG that’s appropriate for multiple users for user login sessions connect MySQL to keeps the repository of user details like account credentials, personal info etc.

Cassandra does the job of storing and archiving the chat logs. For the heavy storage duty seeks the help of Amazon S3 bucket. Multimedia files like audio, video, images, emoticons and much more are stored in Amazon cloud which helps in quick rendering. You want to build chat app instantly, Just visit Contus Fly a readymade solution used to build a chat app with high performance

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