How to install live chat on a React Native app

If you have a React Native app, you can add a VowChat live chat widget and talk to your app users in real time. This can be done in 2 simple steps using VowChat's React Native widget.

Step 1. Create a website channel in VowChat

Please refer to this guide for detailed instructions on setting up a website channel in VowChat.

Step 2. Add the React Native widget to your project

Add @vowchat/react-native-widget to your React Native project.

yarn add @vowchat/react-native-widget

Step 3. Implement the widget in your app

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, View, SafeAreaView, TouchableOpacity, Text } from 'react-native';
import ChatwootWidget from '@vowchat/react-native-widget';

const App = () => {
  const [showWidget, toggleWidget] = useState(false);
  const user = {
    identifier: 'john@gmail.com',
    name: 'John Samuel',
    avatar_url: '',
    email: 'john@gmail.com',
    identifier_hash: '',
  };
  const customAttributes = { accountId: 1, pricingPlan: 'paid', status: 'active' };
  const websiteToken = 'WEBSITE_TOKEN';
  const baseUrl = 'https://app.vowchat.ai';
  const locale = 'en';

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
      <View>
        <TouchableOpacity style={styles.button} onPress={() => toggleWidget(true)}>
          <Text style={styles.buttonText}>Open widget</Text>
        </TouchableOpacity>
      </View>
      {showWidget && (
        <ChatwootWidget
          websiteToken={websiteToken}
          locale={locale}
          baseUrl={baseUrl}
          closeModal={() => toggleWidget(false)}
          isModalVisible={showWidget}
          user={user}
          customAttributes={customAttributes}
        />
      )}
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
};

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
  button: {
    height: 48,
    marginTop: 32,
    paddingTop: 8,
    paddingBottom: 8,
    backgroundColor: '#1F93FF',
    borderRadius: 8,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#fff',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  buttonText: {
    color: '#fff',
    textAlign: 'center',
    paddingLeft: 10,
    fontWeight: '600',
    fontSize: 16,
    paddingRight: 10,
  },
});

export default App;

You can get your Website token and base URL from your Channel settings in your VowChat account.