Enhanced ConversationsPage

lib/components/user_tile.dart

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
+import '../models/message.dart';
+import '../services/chat/chat_service.dart';
+import '../utils/helper.dart';
+
 class UserTile extends StatelessWidget {
-  final String text;
+  final String headerText;
+  final String? currentUserId;
+  final String? otherUserId;
   final String? profileImageUrl;
   final void Function()? onTap;
 
   const UserTile({
     super.key,
-    required this.text,
+    required this.headerText,
+    this.currentUserId,
+    this.otherUserId,
     this.profileImageUrl,
     required this.onTap,
   });
@@ -22,26 +30,110 @@ class UserTile extends StatelessWidget {
           borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(12),
         ),
         margin: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 5, horizontal: 25),
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(20),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(10),
         child: Row(
+          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
           children: [
-            // Profile image
+            buildProfileIcon(),
-            if (profileImageUrl != null && profileImageUrl!.isNotEmpty)
+            buildMsgContent(),
-              CircleAvatar(
-                backgroundImage: NetworkImage(profileImageUrl!),
-                radius: 24,
-              ),
-            // Icon if profile image is not set
-            if (profileImageUrl == null || profileImageUrl!.isEmpty)
-              const Icon(Icons.person),
-
-            const SizedBox(width: 20),
-
-            // user name
-            Text(text),
           ],
         ),
       ),
     );
   }
+
+  Widget buildProfileIcon() {
+    return Row(
+      children: [
+        // Profile image
+        if (profileImageUrl != null && profileImageUrl!.isNotEmpty)
+          CircleAvatar(
+            backgroundImage: NetworkImage(profileImageUrl!),
+            radius: 24,
+          ),
+        // Icon if profile image is not set
+        if (profileImageUrl == null || profileImageUrl!.isEmpty)
+          const Icon(Icons.person),
+
+        const SizedBox(width: 12),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget buildMsgContent() {
+    String msgDateString = '';
+    String msgContent = '';
+    bool? outgoing;
+    String chatRoomID = getCompoundId([currentUserId ?? '', otherUserId ?? '']);
+
+    return FutureBuilder<Message?>(
+      future: ChatService().getLastMessage(chatRoomID),
+      builder: (context, snapshot) {
+        if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting) {
+          return const CircularProgressIndicator();
+        } else if (snapshot.hasError) {
+          return Text(
+            'Error: ${snapshot.error}',
+            style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.red),
+          );
+        } else if (!snapshot.hasData || snapshot.data == null) {
+          return const Text('No messages yet');
+        } else {
+          Message lastMessage = snapshot.data!;
+          msgDateString = formatTimestamp(lastMessage.timestamp);
+
+          if (lastMessage.senderID == currentUserId) {
+            msgContent = 'Me: ${lastMessage.message}';
+            outgoing = true;
+          } else if (lastMessage.senderID == otherUserId) {
+            msgContent = lastMessage.message;
+            outgoing = false;
+          }
+
+          return Expanded(
+            child: Column(
+              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+              mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.start,
+              children: [
+                // user name
+                Text(
+                  headerText,
+                  style: const TextStyle(
+                    fontSize: 20,
+                    fontWeight: FontWeight.w500,
+                  ),
+                ),
+                const SizedBox(height: 4),
+                Text(msgContent, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis, maxLines: 1),
+                Row(
+                  children: [
+                    if (outgoing == true)
+                      const Icon(
+                        Icons.call_made,
+                        color: Colors.green,
+                        size: 16,
+                      ),
+                    if (outgoing == false)
+                      const Icon(
+                        Icons.call_received,
+                        color: Colors.blue,
+                        size: 16,
+                      ),
+                    const SizedBox(width: 4),
+                    Flexible(
+                      child: Text(
+                        msgDateString,
+                        overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
+                        maxLines: 1,
+                      ),
+                    ),
+                  ],
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  }
 }

lib/constants.dart

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ class Constants {
   static const String dbFieldLocationSubLocality = 'subLocality';
   static const String dbFieldLocationPostalCode = 'postalCode';
 
+  static const String dbFieldMessageText = 'message';
+  static const String dbFieldMessageReceiverId = 'receiverID';
+  static const String dbFieldMessageSenderId = 'senderID';
+  static const String dbFieldMessageSenderEmail = 'senderEmail';
+  static const String dbFieldMessageTimestamp = 'timestamp';
+
   static const String dbFieldUsersID = 'uid';
   static const String dbFieldUsersEmail = 'email';
   static const String dbFieldUsersName = 'name';

lib/models/message.dart

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
+import '../constants.dart';
 
 class Message {
   final String senderID;
@@ -18,11 +19,22 @@ class Message {
   // convert to a map
   Map<String, dynamic> toMap() {
     return {
-      'senderID': senderID,
+      Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderId: senderID,
-      'senderEmail': senderEmail,
+      Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderEmail: senderEmail,
-      'receiverID': receiverID,
+      Constants.dbFieldMessageReceiverId: receiverID,
-      'message': message,
+      Constants.dbFieldMessageText: message,
-      'timestamp': timestamp,
+      Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp: timestamp,
     };
   }
+
+  // create Message from map
+  factory Message.fromMap(Map<String, dynamic> map) {
+    return Message(
+      senderID: map[Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderId],
+      senderEmail: map[Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderEmail],
+      receiverID: map[Constants.dbFieldMessageReceiverId],
+      message: map[Constants.dbFieldMessageText],
+      timestamp: map[Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp],
+    );
+  }
 }

lib/pages/conversations_page.dart

@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ import 'chat_page.dart';
 class ConversationsPage extends StatelessWidget {
   ConversationsPage({super.key});
 
-  // auth service
   final AuthService _authService = AuthService();
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Scaffold(
       appBar: AppBar(
-        title: const Text('Conversations'),
+        title: const Text('Your Chat Contacts'),
         backgroundColor: Colors.transparent,
         foregroundColor: Colors.grey.shade800,
         elevation: 0,
@@ -54,8 +53,8 @@ class ConversationsPage extends StatelessWidget {
           }
           return ListView(
             children: matchedUsers
-                .map<Widget>(
+                .map<Widget>((userData) =>
-                    (userData) => _buildUserListItem(userData, context))
+                    _buildUserListItem(currentUser.uid, userData, context))
                 .toList(),
           );
         } else {
@@ -66,10 +65,12 @@ class ConversationsPage extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 
   // build individual user list item
-  Widget _buildUserListItem(
+  Widget _buildUserListItem(String currentUserId, Map<String, dynamic> userData,
-      Map<String, dynamic> userData, BuildContext context) {
+      BuildContext context) {
     return UserTile(
-      text: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersEmail],
+      headerText: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersName],
+      currentUserId: currentUserId,
+      otherUserId: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersID],
       profileImageUrl: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersProfilePic],
       onTap: () {
         // tapped on a user -> go to chat page

lib/pages/edit_profile_page.dart

@@ -229,15 +229,13 @@ class EditProfilePageState extends State<EditProfilePage> {
           CircleAvatar(
             radius: 50,
             backgroundImage: _profileImage != null
-                ? FileImage(_profileImage!) as ImageProvider
+                ? FileImage(_profileImage!)
-                : _webProfileImage != null
+                : (_webProfileImage != null
                     ? MemoryImage(_webProfileImage!)
-                        as ImageProvider // web specific
                     : (widget.userData.profilePictureUrl != null &&
                             widget.userData.profilePictureUrl!.isNotEmpty
                         ? NetworkImage(widget.userData.profilePictureUrl!)
-                            as ImageProvider
+                        : null as ImageProvider<Object>?)),
-                        : null),
             child: ClipOval(
               child: _profileImage == null &&
                       _webProfileImage == null &&

lib/pages/home_page.dart

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
     if (userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersEmail] !=
         _authService.getCurrentUser()!.email) {
       return UserTile(
-        text: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersEmail],
+        headerText: userData[Constants.dbFieldUsersEmail],
         onTap: () {
           // tapped on a user -> go to chat page
           Navigator.push(

lib/services/chat/chat_service.dart

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import '../../utils/helper.dart';
 import '../../models/message.dart';
 
 class ChatService {
-  // get instance of firestore and auth
   final FirebaseFirestore _firestore = FirebaseFirestore.instance;
   final FirebaseAuth _auth = FirebaseAuth.instance;
 
@@ -29,12 +28,67 @@ class ChatService {
     // construct chat room ID for the two users
     String chatRoomID = getCompoundId([currentUserID, receiverID]);
 
+    // create batch to add message and update last message details in one step
+    WriteBatch batch = _firestore.batch();
+
     // add new message to database
-    await _firestore
+    var newMessageRef = _firestore
         .collection(Constants.dbCollectionChatRooms)
         .doc(chatRoomID)
         .collection(Constants.dbCollectionMessages)
-        .add(newMessage.toMap());
+        .doc(); // doc generates a random ID for the message
+    batch.set(newMessageRef, newMessage.toMap());
+
+    // update last message details in chat room
+    var chatRoomRef =
+        _firestore.collection(Constants.dbCollectionChatRooms).doc(chatRoomID);
+
+    // add to batch above
+    batch.set(
+        chatRoomRef,
+        {
+          Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderId: currentUserID,
+          Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderEmail: currentUserEmail,
+          Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp: timestamp,
+        },
+        SetOptions(merge: true));
+
+    // commit batch
+    await batch.commit();
+  }
+
+  /// Retrieves the last message of a chatroom.
+  Future<Message> getLastMessage(String chatRoomID) async {
+    String senderID = '';
+    String senderEmail = '';
+    String receiverID = '';
+    String message = '';
+    Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.fromDate(DateTime.utc(1970, 01, 01));
+
+    QuerySnapshot messageSnapshot = await _firestore
+        .collection(Constants.dbCollectionChatRooms)
+        .doc(chatRoomID)
+        .collection(Constants.dbCollectionMessages)
+        .orderBy(Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp, descending: true)
+        .limit(1)
+        .get();
+
+    DocumentSnapshot lastMessageDoc = messageSnapshot.docs.first;
+    if (lastMessageDoc.exists) {
+      senderID = lastMessageDoc[Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderId];
+      senderEmail = lastMessageDoc[Constants.dbFieldMessageSenderEmail];
+      receiverID = lastMessageDoc[Constants.dbFieldMessageReceiverId];
+      message = lastMessageDoc[Constants.dbFieldMessageText];
+      timestamp = lastMessageDoc[Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp];
+    }
+
+    return Message(
+      senderID: senderID,
+      senderEmail: senderEmail,
+      receiverID: receiverID,
+      message: message,
+      timestamp: timestamp,
+    );
   }
 
   // get messages
@@ -45,7 +99,7 @@ class ChatService {
         .collection(Constants.dbCollectionChatRooms)
         .doc(chatRoomID)
         .collection(Constants.dbCollectionMessages)
-        .orderBy('timestamp', descending: false)
+        .orderBy(Constants.dbFieldMessageTimestamp, descending: false)
         .snapshots();
   }
 }

lib/utils/helper.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
@@ -17,6 +18,49 @@ String getCompoundId(List<String> ids) {
   return ids.join('_');
 }
 
+/// Returns a date format of '$weekday, $day. $month $year $hours:$minutes'.
+/// For example: Sat. 3 Jun. 2024 15:03.
+/// If any errors occur, an empty string will be returned.
+String formatTimestamp(Timestamp timestamp) {
+  try {
+    const List<String> weekdays = [
+      'Mon',
+      'Tue',
+      'Wed',
+      'Thu',
+      'Fri',
+      'Sat',
+      'Sun'
+    ];
+    const List<String> months = [
+      'Jan.',
+      'Feb.',
+      'Mar.',
+      'Apr.',
+      'May',
+      'Jun.',
+      'Jul.',
+      'Aug.',
+      'Sep.',
+      'Oct.',
+      'Nov.',
+      'Dec.'
+    ];
+
+    DateTime dateTime = timestamp.toDate();
+    String weekday = weekdays[dateTime.weekday - 1];
+    int day = dateTime.day;
+    String month = months[dateTime.month - 1];
+    int year = dateTime.year;
+    int hour = dateTime.hour;
+    int minute = dateTime.minute;
+
+    return '$weekday, $day. $month $year ${hour.toString().padLeft(2, '0')}:${minute.toString().padLeft(2, '0')}';
+  } catch (e) {
+    return '';
+  }
+}
+
 ///
 /// Get the [displayName] of our own Enumerations.
 ///

test/helper_test.dart

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore.dart';
 import 'package:cofounderella/utils/helper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('returns correct compound ID for empty elements', () {
-      List<String> ids = ['id1','','id2',''];
+      List<String> ids = ['id1', '', 'id2', ''];
       String result = getCompoundId(ids);
       expect(result, '__id1_id2');
     });
@@ -78,4 +79,23 @@ void main() {
       expect(result, false);
     });
   });
+
+  group('formatTimestamp', () {
+    test('formatTimestamp returns the expected formatted date for 01.01.1970',
+        () {
+      Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.fromDate(DateTime(1970, 1, 1, 23, 59));
+      String expectedFormattedDate = 'Thu, 1. Jan. 1970 23:59';
+      String formattedDate = formatTimestamp(timestamp);
+      expect(formattedDate, expectedFormattedDate);
+    });
+
+    test(
+        'formatTimestamp returns the expected formatted date for another timestamp',
+        () {
+      Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.fromDate(DateTime(2023, 8, 15));
+      String expectedFormattedDate = 'Tue, 15. Aug. 2023 00:00';
+      String formattedDate = formatTimestamp(timestamp);
+      expect(formattedDate, expectedFormattedDate);
+    });
+  });
 }