iOS UIKitV4 with SwiftUI

iOS
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First, thanks in advance for any help.

Context:
0. I have an existing Swift/Swift UI app I want to have a community tab

  1. I added Amity to my Swift project via package manager, getting 4.0.0-beta29
  2. In App Delegate using AmityUIKit4/AmityUIKit4Manager to setup with my api key
  3. In my auth class using AmityUIKit4/AmityUIKit4Manager to use the register helpers
  4. Using a UIViewControllerRepresentable to add AmitySwiftUIHostingNavigationController/AmitySocialHomePage to my tab bar
  5. I can see the tab, navigate around, join communities, etc

Questions:
0. Is above the right approach for a Swift/SwiftUI based project?

  1. I see this “config.json” for theming referenced – using the SwiftPM method above, where do I put this file in my project/where or how do I reference it in the code (I introspected AmityUIKit4, don’t see anything related to theming/I did AmityUIKit had theme/typography but wasn’t sure it was was older framework than 4 or what)
  2. In the samples I’ve seen of that config, it’s mostly colors/images, where/how can I spec fonts?

Thank you – let me know if I missing something, the documentation is a little scattered.

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Hello @NLEDEV, after consulting with our engineer, we have provided the answers below:

The approach looks good. Please ensure that:

  • Setup method from UIKit Manager class is called with same APIKey throughout the app lifecycle (launched - terminated - killed). Ideally, we want that setup method to be called only once throughout app lifecycle.
  • config.json file is used to apply theme & texts & images for the uikit components. As you installed it using SPM, it’s actually bundled within the xcframeworks that gets installed through SPM. We do not support supplying config.json file from outside at the moment, unfortunately.
  • If you would like to change config, you will need to install the source code using submodule approach.
  • AmityUIKit4 is the framework that contains uikit v4 code. AmityUIKit is the old framework (version 3).
  • Unfortunately, Fonts needs to be specified from the source code itself.

Please let us know if anything remains unclear, unanswered, or if you have any questions.