freechat

Free Chat is a cross-platform socket chat application, which uses ezyfox-server and it's client SDKs

Official site: [https://youngmonkeys.org/freechat/]

Supports

• ReactJS
• Android Java
• Android Kotlin (developing)
• iOS swift (developing)

Usage

ReactJS build

1. Clone source code
2. Move to reactjs folder
3. Run npm install
4. Run npm start

Android build

Required environment:

- Android studio : Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Patch 2 May 24, 2023 [download - `https://developer.android.com/studio/archive?hl=en`]
- Android gradle plugin : 7.2.0
- Gradle version : 7.3.3
- Android sdk : 28

1. Clone source code
2. Run git submodule update --init --recursive to clone submodules
3. Import project to Android studio
4. Build and done

Flutter build

Required environment:

- Visual Studio Code
- Flutter : 3.22.2
- Important : Flutter uses Android studios gradle to generate apk, so all the requirements from ```Android Build``` above, must be installed.
   		         Not tested with iOs build yet.

1. Follow instruction for EzyFox Flutter Client SDK - https://youngmonkeys.org/ezyfox-server/guides/ezyfox-flutter-client-sdk
2. Place 3 files (chat.dart, socket_proxy.dart, main.dart) from flutter_client directory to your project
3. File main.dart is register/login page you can ommit and navigate directly to chat.dart passing username and password from your auth screen.
4. Build and done

iOS build

1. Clone source code
2. Run git submodule update --init --recursive to clone submodules
3. Open project on XCode
4. Build and run

Server-side build and run

Required environment:

- Java JDK version : 11 [ ```OpenJDK11U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_11.0.23_9.msi```]

1. Install mongodb (Tutorial)
2. Create freechat db with collection freechat in mongodb (Tutorial)
3. Create root user using mongo shell:

	use freechat
	db.createUser(
	   {
	     user:"root",
	     pwd:"123456",
	     roles:[ { role: "readWrite", db: "freechat" }]
	   }
	)

Update server/freechat-plugin/config/config.properties file to use another password

4. Clone source code
5. Import server folder into an IDE (Eclipse, Intellij, Netbean, Visual Studio Code)
6. Server requires OpenJDK11U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_11.0.23_9.msi to run, otherwise it will refuse to work with database (it will discover db but won't read/write)
7. Run file FreechatStartup

The server opens a websocket at ws://localhost:2208/ws

References

1. Use embedded ezyfox-server
2. Use ES6 client sdk
3. User to ezydata-mongodb

License

Apache License, Version 2.0