Ably Chat is a set of purpose-built APIs for a host of chat features enabling you to create 1:1, 1:Many, Many:1 and Many:Many chat rooms for any scale. It is designed to meet a wide range of chat use cases, such as livestreams, in-game communication, customer support, or social interactions in SaaS products. Built on Ably's core service, it abstracts complex details to enable efficient chat architectures.
Everything you need to get started with Ably Chat for Android:
- Getting started: Chat with Kotlin.
- SDK and usage docs in Kotlin.
- Play with the livestream chat demo.
Ably aims to support a wide range of platforms. If you experience any compatibility issues, open an issue in the repository or contact Ably support.
This SDK supports the following platforms:
| Platform | Support |
|---|---|
| Android | Android 7.0+ (API level 24+) |
| Java | Java 8+ |
Note
Key functionality such as sending and receiving messages is powered by the ably-android library.
The ably-android library is included as an api dependency within the Chat SDK, so there is no need to manually add it to your project.
The Ably Chat SDK is available on the Maven Central Repository. To include the dependency in your project, add the following to your build.gradle file:
For Groovy:
implementation 'com.ably.chat:chat-android:0.6.0'For Kotlin Script (build.gradle.kts):
implementation("com.ably.chat:chat-android:0.6.0")The CHANGELOG.md contains details of the latest releases for this SDK. You can also view all Ably releases on changelog.ably.com.
Read the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines to contribute to Ably or Share feedback or request a new feature.
For help or technical support, visit Ably's support page. You can also view the community reported Github issues or raise one yourself.