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iOS

Posted by Haroon Akhtar
Haroon Akhtar
3,129 Points

build a block feature for iOS Ribbit

How could we build a block feature for the ribbit iOS app, so we can block users and not receive any messages from them?

arnavthecoder
arnavthecoder
3,453 Points

Good Question. I would like to know how too.

Patrick Cooney
Patrick Cooney
12,216 Points

My first instinct would be to make a table in your back end that associates the user with the users they block. It would be a one to many relationship. Then before you associate the message with the user it's being sent to you check it against the block list. If the user sending the message is on the block list the message never gets associated with the user who was supposed to receive it. If the user sending the message is not on the block list then you go ahead and assign the message to the user receiving it. It's pretty rudimentary but should be fairly easy to implement.

Haroon Akhtar
Haroon Akhtar
3,129 Points

Patrick Cooney For us beginners its a little difficult, any demonstration would be very helpful. the other way is to only receive messages from friends and not any random user.