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I looked for some tool that could help me in the development of a message feed, but I didn't find anything that could guide me. See the example image: https://prnt.sc/ydeq1k
Basically the message is typed in a secondary location, and replicated on the Animate stage through ActionScript 3.
Could someone please give me a light? Thanks in advance.
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Hi.
Firebase or the LocalConnection class may be what you're looking for.
Firebase:
https://github.com/PhantomAppDevelopment/firebase-as3
LocalConnection:
https://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/LocalConnection.html
Regards,
JC
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Hello, João, how are you? That way, would I have to look for a dedicated server, or something? Because the initial intention would be to keep these messages visible to everyone who has the APK.
I saw that the structure was made through SWF, can you help me how it would work?
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I would go with Firebase. It's a service, so you won't need to setup any server. You'll need to only learn to access their REST API.
The user phantom, from the link I sent to you, has a sample of a chat functionality in this link:
https://github.com/PhantomAppDevelopment/pizza-app
These are two functions from the Pizza App he developed:
protected function loadMessages():void
{
var header:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("Accept", "text/event-stream");
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(Constants.FIREBASE_CHATROOM_BASE_URL + _data.selectedRoom.id + '.json?auth='
+ _data.FirebaseAuthToken + '&orderBy="timestamp"&limitToLast=100'); //We are always loading the last 100 messages
request.requestHeaders.push(header);
messagesStream = new URLStream();
messagesStream.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progress);
messagesStream.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
messagesStream.load(request);
}
private function sendMessage():void
{
if (messageInput.text != "") {
sendButton.isEnabled = false;
//We prepare the vars to be send to the database, including the logged-in user basic info
var myObject:Object = new Object();
myObject.message = messageInput.text;
myObject.timestamp = new Date().getTime();
myObject.senderId = Main.profile.localId;
myObject.senderName = Main.profile.displayName;
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(Constants.FIREBASE_CHATROOM_BASE_URL + _data.selectedRoom.id + ".json?auth=" + _data.FirebaseAuthToken);
request.data = JSON.stringify(myObject);
request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(flash.events.Event.COMPLETE, messageSent);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, errorHandler);
loader.load(request);
}
}
It uses Starling, but it should give you an idea of how to write to and read messages from Firebase.
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