chat_pickers

chat_pickers

A Flutter package that provides a Keyboard widget for using Emojis and gifs.

Heavily based on the awesome(!) packages:

giphy_picker
emoji_picker

Preview

General usage:

Searching for an emoji:

adding emojis as part of text messssage:

Getting Started

For using the GIFs page you have to use GIPHY API key You need to register an app at the Giphy Developers Portal in order to retrieve an API key.

To use the keyboard define the widget ChatPickers: The minimum required is:

var picker = ChatPickers(
  chatController: _chatController,
  emojiPickerConfig: EmojiPickerConfig(
    //optional configure  (as below)
  ),
  giphyPickerConfig: GiphyPickerConfig(
      apiKey: "some API Key",
      // other optional configure (as below)
      
);

Usage

If you want to have your own config, follow the below:

EmojiPickerConfig

configuration to customize the look& behaviour of the emoji page

EmojiPickerConfig(
    columns: <int>,     // default is 7
    bgBarColor: <Color>,    // top/bottom bar color
    bgColor:<Color>,
    indicatorColor: <Color>,
);

GiphyPickerConfig

configuration to customize the look & behaviour of the gif page

GiphyPickerConfig(
    apiKey: <Your Giphy API key>,
    lang : "EN",
    onError: (error) => print(error),
    onSelected: (gif) => sendGif(gif),
    showPreviewPage: true/false,
    searchText: "Search GIPHY"
   
);