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πŸ”— Issue Links

Resolves: IOS-2045
Depends on: GetStream/stream-chat-swift#4340

🎯 Goal

Close the channel view, and any thread view on top of it, when the current user is removed from the channel or otherwise loses access.

πŸ“ Summary

  • ChatChannelViewModel posts the existing channel dismiss notification when it receives a ChannelKickedEvent for its channel
  • The demo app's channel header gets a debug menu for adding and removing members, with the demo users as pickable options

πŸ›  Implementation

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kickedswiftui.mov

πŸ§ͺ Manual Testing Notes

  1. Run the SwiftUI demo app on two simulators, as user A and user B, with the same channel open.
  2. Open a thread on user A's side.
  3. As user B, tap the ladybug button in the channel header, then Members > Remove a member, and pick user A.
  4. User A's thread and channel views close without a crash, and the channel disappears from user A's list.

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  • Changelog is updated with client-facing changes
  • Changelog is updated with new localization keys
  • New code is covered by unit tests
  • Documentation has been updated in the docs-content repo

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • The channel view now closes when you’re removed from that channel, without closing for unrelated channels or message threads.
  • New Features

    • Added channel member management controls in the demo app, including options to add and remove members.

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πŸ“ Walkthrough

The demo app adds channel member-management actions. The channel view model now dismisses a matching non-thread channel when it receives a kicked event. Tests cover matching channels, other channels, and thread view models.

Changes: Debug channel member actions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Channel header entry point
DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugChannelHeaderModifier.swift, DemoAppSwiftUI/ViewFactoryExamples.swift
The factory provides a debug channel header modifier. The modifier opens channel actions and provides navigation to channel info.
Member action navigation
DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugChannelActionsView.swift, DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugMemberActionsView.swift
Channel actions link to member actions. The member-management screen provides add and remove navigation and disables the Manage section when the channel cannot update members.
Add and remove members
DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugAddMemberView.swift, DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugRemoveMemberView.swift
The add view accepts a member ID and optional history duration. The remove view lists member IDs and submits a selected removal. Both views dismiss on success and show errors on failure.

Kicked-channel handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Kicked event handling
Package.swift, StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, Sources/StreamChatSwiftUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel.swift, StreamChatSwiftUITests/Tests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel_Tests.swift, CHANGELOG.md
The package requirements track the fix/channel-kicked branch. A matching kicked event dismisses the channel view outside a message thread. Tests cover matching and non-matching channels and thread view models. The changelog records the channel-view closure fix.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix Β· Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: martinmitrevski

Merge Risk: 🟑 Moderate · up to d5ef8

The channel-closing fix depends on an unreleased branch of the core SDK, so builds can change without notice and the package cannot be released this way. Point the dependency at a released SDK version that includes the fix before merging.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

🧹 Nitpick comments: 2
CHANGELOG.md: 1

6-7: πŸ“ Maintainability & Code Quality | πŸ”΅ Trivial | πŸ’€ Low value

Use a heading level that matches the file structure.

markdownlint reports MD001 on Line 6. The ### heading follows the # heading # Upcoming with no ## in between. Check how earlier releases structure their sections. If they use ## for the version and ### for sections, add a ## heading, or follow the existing convention.

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Review comment at @CHANGELOG.md around lines 6 - 7:
Adjust the heading hierarchy under β€œ# Upcoming” in the changelog to match
earlier releases and satisfy MD001; use the established version heading
structure or change β€œ### 🐞 Fixed” to the appropriate level.

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StreamChatSwiftUITests/Tests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel_Tests.swift: 1

445-466: πŸ“ Maintainability & Code Quality | πŸ”΅ Trivial | πŸ’€ Low value

Fix the thread test. It contradicts the implementation and its own name.

The test is named ..._whenThread_doesNotNotifyChannelDismiss. The implementation does not post dismissChannel for a thread view model. The inverted expectation is therefore correct. However, the comment on Line 464 says the channel view model posts the notification. This describes the other view model, not this one. Reword the comment to say that the thread view model does not post. The parent channel view model posts the notification and dismisses the thread.

Also, the test does not create a parent channel view model. It cannot confirm that the thread closes.

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Review comment at
@StreamChatSwiftUITests/Tests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel_Tests.swift
around lines 445 - 466:
Update
`test_chatChannelVM_channelKickedEvent_whenThread_doesNotNotifyChannelDismiss`
to correct its comment and cover the parent behavior: keep the inverted
dismissal expectation for the thread view model, create a parent channel view
model, and verify that the parent posts `dismissChannel` when it receives the
kicked event.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugAddMemberView.swift:
- Line 76: Update the history cutoff validation in the flow containing
hideHistoryBefore: allow an empty Days of history field to represent full
history, but require every nonempty value to parse as a nonnegative day count
and reject invalid values before calling addMembers.

Review comments at @Package.swift:
- Line 19: Replace the moving branch dependency in Package.swift with a release
version requirement that includes ChannelKickedEvent handling. In
StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj at lines 1552–1553, restore
upToNextMajorVersion and set minimumVersion to the matching release.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @CHANGELOG.md:
- Around line 6-7: Adjust the heading hierarchy under β€œ# Upcoming” in the
changelog to match earlier releases and satisfy MD001; use the established
version heading structure or change β€œ### 🐞 Fixed” to the appropriate level.

Review comments at
@StreamChatSwiftUITests/Tests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel_Tests.swift:
- Around line 445-466: Update
`test_chatChannelVM_channelKickedEvent_whenThread_doesNotNotifyChannelDismiss`
to correct its comment and cover the parent behavior: keep the inverted
dismissal expectation for the thread view model, create a parent channel view
model, and verify that the parent posts `dismissChannel` when it receives the
kicked event.

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πŸ“’ Files selected for processing: 11
  • CHANGELOG.md
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugAddMemberView.swift
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugChannelActionsView.swift
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugChannelHeaderModifier.swift
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugMemberActionsView.swift
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugRemoveMemberView.swift
  • DemoAppSwiftUI/ViewFactoryExamples.swift
  • Package.swift
  • Sources/StreamChatSwiftUI/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel.swift
  • StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
  • StreamChatSwiftUITests/Tests/ChatChannel/ChatChannelViewModel_Tests.swift

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private func addMember() async {
isRunning = true
defer { isRunning = false }
let hideHistoryBefore = Int(days).flatMap { Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -$0, to: Date()) }

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πŸ”’ Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚑ Quick win

Reject invalid history cutoffs before adding a member.

If someone pastes nonnumeric text into β€œDays of history,” Int(days) returns nil. The request then uses the same nil cutoff as an intentionally empty field, so the new member can see the full history instead of the requested limited history. Accept an empty field for full history. Require a valid, nonnegative day count for every nonempty field before calling addMembers. (getstream.io)

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Review comment at @DemoAppSwiftUI/DebugView/DebugAddMemberView.swift at line 76:
Update the history cutoff validation in the flow containing hideHistoryBefore:
allow an empty Days of history field to represent full history, but require
every nonempty value to parse as a nonnegative day count and reject invalid
values before calling addMembers.

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Comment thread Package.swift
],
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift.git", from: "5.14.0")
.package(url: "https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-swift.git", branch: "fix/channel-kicked")

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚑ Quick win

Replace the branch dependency with a version requirement before merge.

Both manifests track the moving branch fix/channel-kicked of stream-chat-swift. Builds are not reproducible. SwiftPM also rejects branch dependencies in tagged package releases. Merge stream-chat-swift PR #4340 first, then restore a release version requirement in both files.

  • Package.swift#L19-L19: replace branch: "fix/channel-kicked" with a version requirement such as from: for the release that contains ChannelKickedEvent handling.
  • StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj#L1552-L1553: restore kind = upToNextMajorVersion with the matching minimumVersion.
πŸ“ Affects 2 files
  • Package.swift#L19-L19 (this comment)
  • StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj#L1552-L1553
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Review comment at @Package.swift at line 19:
Replace the moving branch dependency in Package.swift with a release version
requirement that includes ChannelKickedEvent handling. In
StreamChatSwiftUI.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj at lines 1552–1553, restore
upToNextMajorVersion and set minimumVersion to the matching release.

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SDK Size

title develop branch diff status
StreamChatSwiftUI 5.97 MB 5.97 MB 0 KB 🟒

Comment on lines +9 to +13
struct DebugAddMemberView: View {
let cid: ChannelId
let dismissActions: DismissAction

@Injected(\.chatClient) private var chatClient

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Out of scope of course, just an idea. But our UIKit Demo App, could share some debug UIs with SwiftUI if we expose a library of some sort πŸ€” Or we just wait for when UIKit and SwiftUI all live in the same repo

Comment on lines +613 to +618
if let kickedEvent = event as? ChannelKickedEvent {
if kickedEvent.cid == channelController.cid, !isMessageThread {
notifyChannelDismiss()
}
return
}

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Just like on UIKit, I don't think this should be handled by the SDK. It can even break some existing customers UX

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StreamChatSwiftUI XCSize

Object Diff (bytes)
ChatChannelViewModel.o +388

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Public Interface

πŸš€ No changes affecting the public interface.

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Discarding based on Slack discussion.

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