v0.2.3

Added

• Added a showUserAvatar prop (#511)
• Added missing props to the GiftedChat root component (so IDEs can suggest them automatically)

Fixed

• Don't render avatars if they're explicitly set to null in the message data (#511)

Changed

• Removed dead code introduced by #467 (#509)

v0.2.2

Added

• Added some badges to the README (minor)

v0.2.1

Added

• Added timeFormat and dateFormat props (#273)
• Added .watchmanconfig and README notes for local development

Changed

• Replaced deprecated onChange with onContentSizeChange (#500)
• Migrated from deprecated React.PropTypes to prop-types (#508)
• Clarified Android installation steps for CRNA/Expo (#482)

Fixed

• Fixed janky fullscreen Lightbox images by using flex: 1 (#467)
• Fixed URLs that get linkified but are missing a scheme (#506)

v0.2.0

Changed

• [Breaking] Changed deprecated View.propTypes to ViewPropTypes (#478)
• Upgraded several dependencies
• Updated the example app to work with React Native v0.45
• Cleaned up the README, mainly to clarify some of the props

v0.1.5

Added

• Added an onPressAvatar prop (#427)
• Added a maxInputLength prop for Composer input (#433)

Changed

• Accept null avatars (in order to not render anything) (#447)
• Accept number types for user avatar images (#412)
• Updated some dependencies:
  • @expo/react-native-action-sheet (#454)
  • react-native-communications (#418)

Fixed

• Removed runAfterInteractions during init (#380)
• Fixed orientation change bugs (#425)
• Fixed isSameDay returning true if currentMessage is today with an empty diffMessage (#453)

v0.1.3

• Added custom id generator
• Fixed wrong uuid version

RN 0.40.0 Compatibility and lots of PRs merged

Hey all,
After a fairly long slumber, a new version of GiftedChat is released.

NOTE: This version will NOT work with RN < 0.40.0!

If you're using an older version of RN, please stay with 0.0.10.

This version introduces a lot of new features, bug fixes and improvements.

v0.0.7

New prop isLoadingEarlier
title prop of Send component has been renamed to label
PropTypes checking

Various improvements

New prop: dateLocale - @gnl
New prop: renderCustomDate - @pcxiong
center position for messages (eg. for server messages) - @gnl
Method setTextInputValue - @wenkesj
Replace lodash with deep-equal - @austinkelleher

Breaking changes for a better Gifted Messenger

Breaking: appendMessage, prependMessage are now deprecated, messages list are now managed only using states - See example
Breaking: All messages should now contain a uniqueId property
Breaking: setMessageStatus is now deprecated, use the message attribute status instead
Breaking: New prop isLoadingEarlierMessages to display a loader when loading earlier messages
New prop typingMessage for displaying 'User is typing a message...'
New prop leftControlBar - PR @gnl
Android improvements
react-native-parsed-text has been re-implemented
ESLint implementation - PR @SEthX
ES6 & Example refactoring
Fixing scroll when loading earlier messages
Various fixes and improvements by @swapkats, @ianlin, @zxcpoiu, @cnjon
Special thanks to @yogiben, @koppelaar & @SEthX for their contributions