[🐛] Client UIKit and SDK are incompatible for Threads

[oddanderson]

Issue

The UIKit for Threads requires a MessageType object for the following code snippet: <Channel channel={channel} thread={thread}>

However, the SDK to query both messages and threads returns objects that cannot be used as MessageType. e.g.

const threadMessage = await chatClient.getMessage(messageId); --> GetMessageAPIResponse<StreamChatGenerics>
const threads = await chatClient?.queryThreads({filter_logic}); --> Thread<StreamChatGenerics>[]

As a result, there is no way to query a thread object via the SDK and a messageId, and then render a thread on the screen. Currently. the only way to get a thread object is to do so from within MessageContext.

This means it's not possible in the React Native UIKit to receive a push notification about a comment on a message, and then take the user to a thread detail screen with the comments underneath.

I have verified that all other SDKs (React, Swift, Android) contain this functionality, allowing the UIKit to take a messageId: String parameter to render a thread list.

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Offline support

• [ ] I have enabled offline support.
• [ ] The feature I'm having does not occur when offline support is disabled. (stripe out if not applicable)

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• Platform that you're experiencing the issue on:
  • [ ] iOS
  • [ ] Android
  • [ ] iOS but have not tested behavior on Android
  • [ ] Android but have not tested behavior on iOS
  • [ ] Both
• stream-chat-react-native version you're using that has this issue:
  • e.g. 5.4.3
• Device/Emulator info:
  • [ ] I am using a physical device
  • OS version: e.g. Android 10
  • Device/Emulator: e.g. iPhone 11

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[khushal87]

Hey @oddanderson, we have recently introduced a thread list, and that might help you with this. https://getstream.io/chat/docs/sdk/reactnative/guides/custom-thread-list/