Within the app, multiple users can chat at the same time, and chat with administrators and multiple users.
You can also set chat room permissions for each member group, and you can also set up a secret chat room where you can enter a password to enter.
Please check the manual on how to use the group chat room.
[Group chat room usage policy by swing2app]
* Free swing2app user: open a chat room, up to 5 users can chat
* Basic paid app voucher: 5 chat rooms, up to 20 users can chat
* Expandable paid app voucher: 10 chat rooms, up to 100 users can chat
* Premium paid app voucher: Unlimited chat room available, users unlimited chat available
STEP.1 Create a group chat room
Create a group chat room – Basic Settings
- Go to Manager, select Services and click on Bulletin Board from the drop-down list
- Select Create bulletin board button on the bulletin board management page to open the bulletin board and function setting window.
- Enter the board name and select Customize.
- Please select the Conversation.
- Press Save to finish.
*You do not need to enter the bulletin board and function settings. (Even if you write it, it won’t be seen in the app)
*The right to enter the chat room is set to ‘Guest’ by default.
If you want to edit the permissions, select ‘Custom’ for the service purpose and the fixed grey area will be solved and you can edit the permissions.
▶ Edit chat room access
- Go to Manager, select Services and click on Bulletin Board from the drop-down list
- Select Create bulletin board button on the bulletin board management page to open the bulletin board and function setting window.
- Enter the board name and select Customize, so that fixed grey area is released.
- Please select the Conversation from the UI & features.
- You can set the admission permission in the following chat permission settings.
- Press Save to finish.
If you only want to use the chat room among the app members, select ‘User’.
If you want to use all the members of the app, select ‘Guest’ if you want to use only administrators, select ‘Administrator’.
*Permissions can be set to your liking according to the groups of members granted to your app.
2. Create a group chat room – Chat detailed settings
When the basic setting is completed, go to the next page [Chat detail setting].
- Chat Notification Message: Enter a message to display in the chat room.
- User list view function: You can view the list of users entered in the chat room.
- Password setting: Set a password in the chat room, only the user who entered the password can enter.
- Nickname Setting Function: You can set a nickname in addition to the user name.
- After saving the details, click Save.
Chat details are ‘optional’ not required.
Therefore, you do not need to use detailed settings. If you use it, please set the option.
STEP.2 Apply a Group Chat Rooms to the Apps
If you created a group chat board, you should apply a chat room to the app. Let’s go to the app production page and apply a chat room to the app.
Move to the Maker(V2) → Page menu.
- Click on Add a category button to add the menu where you want.
- Please enter the menu name (Please note that group chat will be displayed under the main menu name “Group Chat” even if you edit the menu name)
- Select Bulletin Board in Menu type.
- Click ok the Link Wizard button.
- Select the Conversation board created in the board list window.
- Click the Reflect button.
- Select the Apply button at the bottom.
- Select the Save button.
You can see that the group chat room is applied to the app through the right virtual machine (preview) screen.
STEP.3 App Launch screen
Let’s run the app and see how the chat room looks like in the app.
1. Enter group chat rooms
If you select a user chat room, you can enter the created chat room.
In the chat room, you can see other people besides you, as well as the number of people and posts.
You can chat with multiple users in real-time.
★Chat room message push notification
If you enter a message in the group chat room, a push notification is sent to the other party.
However, it will only be sent to users who have used the chat room at least once.
★Chat room permissions
When a user tries to enter an administrator’s chat room, they are restricted from entering the chat room because they are not authorized.
2. Chat details
- If you’ve set up chat details, let’s see how it looks like in the app.
- Nickname Setting: When you enter the chat room, you will see a window to enter the nickname.
- Password setting: When entering a chat room, a chat room password input window appears.
(Password is assigned as the number entered in the chat room detailed settings, and can be shared with users through announcements or other routes.)
3) Chat Notification Message: You can check the notification message entered in the detail setting page in the chat room.
4) View user list: You can check the list of users who entered the chat room by pressing the upper right button of the chat room.
