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- - Managing user metadata
  - Manage user metadata
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- - Creating a channel
  - Create a channel
- - Managing operators
  - Register and remove operators
- - Joining and leaving a channel
  - Enter and exit an open channel
  - Join and leave a group channel
- - Retrieving channels
  - Retrieve a list of channels
  - Retrieve a channel by URL
- - Inviting users to a group channel
  - Invite users as members
  - Accept or decline an invitation
- - Categorizing channels
  - Categorize channels by custom type
- - Managing channels
  - Delete a channel
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  - Refresh all data related to a group channel
- - Moderating a channel
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- - Managing channel metacounters
  - Manage channel metacounters
- Message
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- - Receiving messages through event delegate
  - Receive messages in an open channel
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- - Using message threading
  - Create a message thread
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- - Retrieving messages
  - Retrieve a list of messages
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- - Searching messages in a group channel
  - Search messages by a keyword
- - Managing scheduled messages in group channel
  - Create a scheduled message
  - Retrieve a scheduled message
  - Update a scheduled message
  - Cancel a scheduled message
  - Send a scheduled message immediately
  - List all scheduled messages
  - Retrieve the total number of scheduled messages
- - Managing pinned messages in group channels
  - Pin a message
  - Unpin a message
  - List pinned messages
- - Listing changelogs
  - List changelogs of messages
- - Marking messages as read in a group channel
  - Mark messages as read
- - Marking messages as delivered in a group channel
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- - Mentioning other users in a message
  - Mention other users in a message
- - Retrieving unread count in a group channel
  - Unread messages in a channel
  - Unread messages in all channels
  - Unread channels
  - Members who haven't received a message
  - Members who haven't read a message
  - Unread items
- - Categorizing messages
  - Categorize messages by custom type
- - Adding extra data to a message
  - Add extra data to a message
- - Translating messages
  - Auto-translate messages
  - Translate messages on-demand
  - Translation engine
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- - Authenticating a user
  - Authentication
- - Understanding rate limits
  - Rate limits
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- - Managing channel delegates
  - Add or remove a channel delegate
- - Managing connection delegates
  - Add or remove a connection delegate
- - Managing user event delegates
  - Add or remove a user event delegate
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- - Configuring preferences
  - Register push notification credentials
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  - Push notification content templates
  - Push notification tester
  - Push notification translation
- - Marking push notifications as delivered
  - Mark push notifications as delivered
- Report
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- - Creating a report
  - Report a message, user, or channel
- Local caching
- Overview
- - Using group channel collection
  - Group channel collection
- - Using message collection
  - Message collection
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Chat SDKs iOS v4

Chat SDKs iOS

Chat SDKs

iOS

Version 4

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Retrieve number of unread messages in all channels

By using the getTotalUnreadMessageCount() method, you can retrieve the total number of unread messages of a user in all group channels the user joined.

Swift

let params = GroupChannelTotalUnreadMessageCountParams();
params.superChannelFilter = CHANNEL_TYPE_FILTER
params.channelCustomTypesFilter = CUSTOM_TYPE

SendbirdChat.getTotalUnreadMessageCount(params: params) { count, error in
    guard error == nil else {
        return // Handle error.
    }
}

List of parameters

Parameter name	Type	Description
superChannelFilter	GroupChannelSuperChannelFilter	Specifies the message type to filter the messages with the corresponding type. Acceptable values are `all`, `super`, `nonSuper`, and `exclusiveOnly`.
channelCustomTypesFilter	string	Specifies the custom channel type to retrieve channels with the corresponding custom type.

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