Live chat improvements

Author: winrid

app/src/main/java/com/fastcomments/ExampleLiveChatActivity.kt

@@ -30,31 +30,35 @@ class ExampleLiveChatActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             urlId = "https://example.com/chat-room" // Use your URL ID or chat room identifier
             // Optional: Set additional configuration options
             pageTitle = "Example Chat Room"
-            showLiveRightAway = true // Show new messages immediately
         }
-        
+        LiveChatView.setupLiveChatConfig(config)
+
         // Initialize the SDK. The below uses SimpleSSO for the demo. You probably want to use SecureSSO with a backend service.
-        val userData = SimpleSSOUserData("Example User", "[email protected]", "https://staticm.fastcomments.com/1639362726066-DSC_0841.JPG");
+        val userData = SimpleSSOUserData(
+            "Example User",
+            "[email protected]",
+            "https://staticm.fastcomments.com/1639362726066-DSC_0841.JPG"
+        );
         val sso = FastCommentsSSO(userData)
         config.sso = sso.prepareToSend()
         sdk = FastCommentsSDK().configure(config)
 
         // Find the live chat view in the layout
         liveChatView = findViewById(R.id.liveChatView)
-        
+
         // Set the SDK instance for the view
         liveChatView.setSDK(sdk)
-        
+
         // Load the chat
         liveChatView.load()
     }
-    
+
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
         // Refresh live events connection when returning to the app
         sdk.refreshLiveEvents()
     }
-    
+
     override fun onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy()
         // Clean up resources

libraries/sdk/src/main/java/com/fastcomments/sdk/CommentsTree.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.fastcomments.model.PublicComment;
+import com.fastcomments.model.SortDirections;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -400,12 +401,28 @@ private void addForUser(String userId, RenderableComment renderableComment) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a new comment to the tree (from live events)
-     *
-     * @param comment           The comment to add
+     * Backward-compatible method that defaults to NEWEST_FIRST sort direction
+     * 
+     * @param comment    The comment to add
      * @param displayNow Whether to show the comment immediately
      */
     public void addComment(PublicComment comment, boolean displayNow) {
+        // Default to NEWEST_FIRST for backward compatibility
+        addComment(comment, displayNow, SortDirections.NF);
+    }
+
+    private boolean isNewestFirst(SortDirections sortDirections) {
+        return sortDirections == SortDirections.NF || sortDirections == SortDirections.MR;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add a new comment to the tree (from live events) with the specified sort direction
+     *
+     * @param comment    The comment to add
+     * @param displayNow Whether to show the comment immediately
+     * @param sortDirection The direction to sort comments (newest first or oldest first)
+     */
+    public void addComment(PublicComment comment, boolean displayNow, SortDirections sortDirection) {
         if (comment == null || commentsById.containsKey(comment.getId())) {
             return;
         }
@@ -416,12 +433,28 @@ public void addComment(PublicComment comment, boolean displayNow) {
 
         if (comment.getParentId() == null) {
             // This is a root comment
-            allComments.add(0, renderableComment);
+            // For NEWEST_FIRST, add at index 0 (top)
+            // For OLDEST_FIRST, add at the end (bottom)
+            boolean isNewestFirst = isNewestFirst(sortDirection);
+            
+            if (isNewestFirst) {
+                allComments.add(0, renderableComment);
+            } else {
+                allComments.add(renderableComment);
+            }
 
             if (displayNow) {
-                // Show the comment right away at the top of the list
-                visibleNodes.add(0, renderableComment);
-                adapter.notifyItemInserted(0);
+                int position;
+                if (isNewestFirst) {
+                    // For newest first, add at the top
+                    position = 0;
+                    visibleNodes.add(0, renderableComment);
+                } else {
+                    // For oldest first (like chat), add at the bottom
+                    position = visibleNodes.size();
+                    visibleNodes.add(renderableComment);
+                }
+                adapter.notifyItemInserted(position);
 
                 // Check for new user presence (optimized for single comment)
                 checkAndRequestUserPresenceStatus(renderableComment);

libraries/sdk/src/main/java/com/fastcomments/sdk/FastCommentsSDK.java

@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ private void handleNewComment(LiveEvent eventData) {
     }
 
     public void addComment(PublicComment publicComment, boolean displayNow) {
-        // Add to comments tree
-        commentsTree.addComment(publicComment, displayNow);
+        // Add to comments tree using configured sort direction
+        commentsTree.addComment(publicComment, displayNow, config.defaultSortDirection);
 
         // Increment the server comment count
         commentCountOnServer++;

libraries/sdk/src/main/java/com/fastcomments/sdk/LiveChatView.java

@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@
 import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
 import android.widget.Button;
 
+import com.fastcomments.core.CommentWidgetConfig;
 import com.fastcomments.core.VoteStyle;
 import com.fastcomments.model.APIEmptyResponse;
 import com.fastcomments.model.BlockSuccess;
 import com.fastcomments.model.PickFCommentApprovedOrCommentHTML;
 import com.fastcomments.model.PublicComment;
+import com.fastcomments.model.SortDirections;
 import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton;
 
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
@@ -178,6 +180,12 @@ public void onScrollStateChanged(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, int newStat
             initializeWithSDK();
         }
     }
+
+    public static void setupLiveChatConfig(CommentWidgetConfig config) {
+        config.showLiveRightAway = true;
+        config.defaultSortDirection = SortDirections.OF;
+        config.maxReplyDepth = 0;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Set the SDK instance to use with this view (for use when inflating from XML)
@@ -825,6 +833,8 @@ public boolean onSuccess(PublicComment comment) {
                     ).show();
 
                     // Add the comment to the tree, display immediately
+                    // Note: For LiveChatView, comments will be added at the bottom because
+                    // we've set the sort direction to OLDEST_FIRST in setSDK()
                     sdk.addComment(comment, true);
 
                     // Re-enable auto-scroll and scroll to the bottom to show the new comment