CarMessage

Artifact: androidx.car.app:app

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Added in 1.3.0

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Kotlin |Java

@CarProtocol
@RequiresCarApi(value = 7)
class CarMessage

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Represents a single message in a ConversationItem

Summary

Nested types
class CarMessage.Builder A builder for CarMessage

Public functions
Boolean	equals(other: Any?)
CarText?	getBody() Returns a CarText representing the message body
String?	getMultimediaMimeType() Returns a String representing the MIME type of a multimedia message
Uri?	getMultimediaUri() Returns a Uri pointing to the contents of a multimedia message.
Long	getReceivedTimeEpochMillis() Returns a long representing the message timestamp (in epoch millis)
Person?	getSender() Returns a Person representing the message sender.
Int	hashCode()
Boolean	isRead() Returns a boolean, indicating whether the message has been read

Public functions

equals

fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean

getBody

Added in 1.3.0

fun getBody(): CarText?

Returns a CarText representing the message body

Messages must have one or both of the following:

• A message body (text)
• A MIME type + URI (image, audio, etc.)

See also
getMultimediaMimeType
getMultimediaUri

getMultimediaMimeType

Added in 1.4.0

fun getMultimediaMimeType(): String?

Returns a String representing the MIME type of a multimedia message

Messages must have one or both of the following:

• A message body (text)
• A MIME type + URI (image, audio, etc.)

See also
getBody
getMultimediaUri

getMultimediaUri

Added in 1.4.0

fun getMultimediaUri(): Uri?

Returns a Uri pointing to the contents of a multimedia message.

Messages must have one or both of the following:

• A message body (text)
• A MIME type + URI (image, audio, etc.)

See also
getBody
getMultimediaMimeType

getReceivedTimeEpochMillis

Added in 1.3.0

fun getReceivedTimeEpochMillis(): Long

Returns a long representing the message timestamp (in epoch millis)

getSender

Added in 1.3.0

fun getSender(): Person?

Returns a Person representing the message sender.

For self-sent messages, this method will return null or getSelf.

hashCode

fun hashCode(): Int

isRead

Added in 1.3.0

fun isRead(): Boolean

Returns a boolean, indicating whether the message has been read