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WhatisXMPP?

ExtensibleMessagingandPresenceProtocol(XMPP)isanopenXMLtechnologyforrealtime
communicationasexplainedintheofficialsiteinfosection.

MainBenefitsofusingitisitsfeaturesuchasPresencetonotifyuserstateaswellas
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solutionsdonotprovidesuchadvancefeaturesandtoadduserstatessuchastyping/awayisveryhard
[Link],XMPPisagoodchoiceforchatapps.

RoadmapofTutorial

Beforewemoveontoexplainingthingsandtocode,alittlereviewofwhatthistutorialwillcoverwillbe
good.

1)HowToRunAEjabberdServerOnYourMac/Localhost

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given.

2)RegisteringAUserThroughTerminal

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moreonejabberdsite.

3)Using/RegisteringAccountOnAdium(AJabberClient)

Tobeabletochatbetweentwouser,weneedtohaveourapp(firstclient)andanotherclientforuser2.
Adiumwillactastheseconduser

4)LogInTheUserOnTheServerWithTheAndroidApp

ConnectingandLoginwiththeserverplushandlingerrorswillbeexplained.

5)SendingTo/FroMessageToTheOtherUserThroughAndroidApp.

Thispartwillhaveuscodeformessagescomingfromotheruseraswellassendingmessagefromthe
app.

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Wewillbeusingejabberedserverforourapp.
Thereareseveralxmppserversavailableoutthere,Openfirebeingapopularalternative.

Goaheadanddownloadtheejabberedcommunityserverinstallerfromhere.

RuntheSetup

InstallittotheDefaultPathwhichwillbesomethinglike Applications/ejabbered/ ontheMacOS

Fortheservernameyoucanuselocalhost

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UseAdminastheadminnameand12345forthepasswordfornow

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Stepsarealsoexplainedhereforyourreference[Link]

OpenaTerminalfolderandcdintotheejabberdpath.

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Toruntheserverusethecommand. sbin/ejabberdctllive

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Toregistertheuser>usethesyntaxregisterusernameservernamepass.
Theoneihaveused bin/ejabberdctlregisteruser1localhostpass

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SinceourserverissetupusingaXMPPbasedprotocol,wewillbeusingajabberclienttoconnecttoour
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Installitandlaunchit,[Link]
likethis:

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NowopenAdiumpreferencesfromthetopmenu.

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InAccountclicktheaddbuttonatthebottomleftandselectxmppjabberaccount

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Entertheusername@hostandthenapassikept123

AalertwillcomewiththetextRequestedURLwasnotfoundonthisserver:[Link]
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Clickingrequestnewaccountwillnowregisterthisandyouwillhavetheadiumclientsetupforthis.

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Nowwithourserversetupandadiumrunningwiththeseconduser,timetomovetoAndroidStudioto
buildthechatapp.

OpenupStudioandcreateanewbasicactivitytemplateprojectnamedXMPP.

SetupGradleforSmack

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xmpp.
Belowisthegradledependecieswewillbeusing:

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dependencies{
compilefileTree(dir:'libs',include:['*.jar'])
testCompile'junit:junit:4.12'
compile'[Link]:appcompatv7:23.3.0'
compile"[Link]:smacktcp:4.1.0"

//OptionalforXMPPTCPConnection
compile"[Link]:smackandroidextensions:4.1.0"

Syncyourproject.

MainActivityCode

publicclassMainActivityextendsAppCompatActivity{

@Override
protectedvoidonCreate(BundlesavedInstanceState){
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setContentView([Link].activity_main);
MyLoginTasktask=newMyLoginTask();
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}

privateclassMyLoginTaskextendsAsyncTask<String,String,String>{
@Override
protectedStringdoInBackground(String...params){
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XMPPTCPConnectionConfigurationconfig=[Link]
.setUsernameAndPassword("user1","123")
.setHost("[Link]")
.setSecurityMode([Link])
.setServiceName("localhost")
.setPort(5222)
.setDebuggerEnabled(true)//toviewwhat'shappeningindetail
.build();

AbstractXMPPConnectionconn1=newXMPPTCPConnection(config);
try{
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if([Link]()){
Log.w("app","conndone");
}

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[Link]();

if([Link]()){
Log.w("app","Authdone");
}
}
catch(Exceptione){
Log.w("app",[Link]());
}

return"";
}

@Override
protectedvoidonPostExecute(Stringresult){
}

}
}

WecreateaAsyncTaskclass MyLoginTask todothenetworkrequestandauthenticationinbackground

Inthe doInBackground wecreateourconfigobject,fieldswesetareusernameAndPasswordof

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setthedefaultxmppportof5222and setDebuggerEnabled(true) sothatwereceiveproperlogsof
anyconnectionfailure/success.

Withthisconfigwecreateourconnectionobjectandtrytoconnecttoourserverandsubsequentlylogin.
Calling [Link]() willreturnuswhethertheuserhasbeenauthenticatedwiththe
server.
Alloftheconnectionandauthcallarewrappedinatrycatchsothatwecancatchanyfailureandtake
properaction.

Runtheappandifeverythinghasbeenfollowedcorrectly,youwillseetheauthDonelogintheconsole.

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Addthefollowingcodeinthe isAuthenticated conditionoftheasynctask.

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if([Link]())
{
Log.w("app","Authdone");
ChatManagerchatManager=[Link](conn1);
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newChatManagerListener(){
@Override
publicvoidchatCreated(Chatchat,booleancreatedLocally)
{
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{
@Override
publicvoidprocessMessage(Chatchat,Messagemessage){
[Link]("Receivedmessage:"
+(message!=null?[Link]():"NULL"));
}
});

Log.w("app",[Link]());
}
});
}

Hereweadda chatListener toourChatManagerclassprovidedbySmackforthecurrentxmpp

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messagebeingreceived.

Conclusion

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