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\n\n\n## The future of GiftedChat π \nPlease give us your advice: [Related PR](https://github.com/FaridSafi/react-native-gifted-chat/pull/1775)\n\n## Please vote\n\n**GiftedChat** depends on other packages and some needs a boost, please vote for PRs will improve it, thanks:\n- https://github.com/watadarkstar/react-native-typing-animation/issues/18\n\n## Features\n\n- π **_`react-native-web`able_ (since 0.10.0)** [web configuration](#react-native-web)\n- Write with **TypeScript** (since 0.8.0)\n- Fully customizable components\n- Composer actions (to attach photos, etc.)\n- Load earlier messages\n- Copy messages to clipboard\n- Touchable links using [react-native-parsed-text](https://github.com/taskrabbit/react-native-parsed-text)\n- Avatar as user's initials\n- Localized dates\n- Multi-line TextInput\n- InputToolbar avoiding keyboard\n- Redux support\n- System message\n- Quick Reply messages (bot)\n- Typing indicator [react-native-typing-animation](https://github.com/watadarkstar/react-native-typing-animation)\n\n## Dependency\n\n- Use version `0.2.x` for RN `>= 0.44.0`\n- Use version `0.1.x` for RN `>= 0.40.0`\n- Use version `0.0.10` for RN `< 0.40.0`\n\n## Testing\n`Test_ID` is exported as constants that can be used in your testing library of choice\n\nGifted Chat uses `onLayout` to determine the height of the chat container. To trigger `onLayout` during your tests, you can run the following bits of code.\n\n```typescript\nconst WIDTH = 200 // or any number\nconst HEIGHT = 2000 // or any number\n\nconst loadingWrapper = getByTestId(Test_ID.LOADING.WRAPPER)\nfireEvent(loadingWrapper, \"layout\", {\n nativeEvent: {\n layout: {\n width: WIDTH,\n height: HEIGHT,\n },\n },\n});\n```\n\n## Installation\n\n- Using [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/#getting-started): `npm install react-native-gifted-chat --save`\n- Using [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/): `yarn add react-native-gifted-chat`\n\n### react-native-video and expo-av\n\n- Both dependencies are removed since `0.11.0`.\n- You still be able to provide a `video` but you need to provide `renderMessageVideo` prop.\n\n## You have a question?\n\n1. Please check this readme and may find a response\n1. Please ask on StackOverflow first: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/react-native-gifted-chat\n1. Find response on existing issues\n1. Try to keep issues for issues\n\n## Example\n\n```jsx\nimport React, { useState, useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'\nimport { GiftedChat } from 'react-native-gifted-chat'\n\nexport function Example() {\n const [messages, setMessages] = useState([]);\n\n useEffect(() => {\n setMessages([\n {\n _id: 1,\n text: 'Hello developer',\n createdAt: new Date(),\n user: {\n _id: 2,\n name: 'React Native',\n avatar: 'https://placeimg.com/140/140/any',\n },\n },\n ])\n }, [])\n\n const onSend = useCallback((messages = []) => {\n setMessages(previousMessages => GiftedChat.append(previousMessages, messages))\n }, [])\n\n return (\n