Unread Message Count

When the customer service replies user's message, user can receive a notification of unread messages, even if the AIHelp page is not currently displayed.

You can implement this function either by every-5-minutes' polling or by third-party push.

TIP

This feature is disabled by default, please contact us before your integration.

By Polling

WARNING

By default, AIHelp uses a randomly generated deviceId as userId to poll for the count of unread messages.

So, until you sync the correct userId to AIHelp, the unread message count may be inaccurate.

API

startUnreadMessageCountPolling()

Call this method to start a polling job for the count of unread messages. Please ensure that you are calling this method after the initialization is finished.

bool AppDelegate::applicationDidFinishLaunching() {
    AIHelpSupport::setOnAIHelpInitializedCallback(AIHelp_onAIHelpInit);
}

void AIHelp_onAIHelpInit() {
    // Sync userId info to AIHelp via updateUserInfo API
    AIHelpSupport::updateUserInfo(new UserConfigBuilder().setUserId("uid").build());
    
    // Start polling
    AIHelpSupport::startUnreadMessageCountPolling(AIHelp_unreadMessageArrived);
}

static void AIHelp_unreadMessageArrived(const int unreadCount) {
    // write your code here
}

The count of unread messages is pulled every 5 minutes within the function, the result will be returned to the caller in the following conditions:

1. When user with ongoing tickets receives a new message, accumulated number of unread messages will be returned;
2. When users open AIHelp session, a returning with number 0 indicates they have read all messages.

Definition

onUnreadMessageCountCallback

• Type: void (*OnMessageCountArrivedCallback)(int unreadCount)
• Detail: Required. Callback for unread message count.