# Real Time Chat Extensions

**URL:** <https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285>\
**Category:** Swift\
**Created:** [June 22, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285 "2016-06-22T01:48:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![darkspd89](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/darkspd89/32/35019_2.png) [@darkspd89](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/darkspd89)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285/1 "2016-06-22T01:48:30Z")

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I truly enjoyed the tutorial located at:[https://www.raywenderlich.com/122148/firebase-tutorial-real-time-chat](https://www.raywenderlich.com/122148/firebase-tutorial-real-time-chat).  
However, how can I implement the user initials, adding images and message click features in swift? It appears at present that their documentation is only in objective-c.

How can I add these features in a swift app?

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**Author:** ![aeberbach](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/aeberbach/32/81494_2.png) [@aeberbach](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/aeberbach)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285/2 "2016-06-24T01:26:10Z")

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What specifically is ObjC - I can’t see any in that tutorial, and those features aren’t part of Firebase as far as I can see.

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**Author:** ![darkspd89](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/darkspd89/32/35019_2.png) [@darkspd89](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/darkspd89)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285/3 "2016-06-24T22:02:38Z")

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Their documentation is note supporting swift, they only have objective C

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**Author:** ![aeberbach](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/aeberbach/32/81494_2.png) [@aeberbach](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/aeberbach)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/real-time-chat-extensions/16285/4 "2016-06-27T01:33:51Z")

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You’re going to have to learn to interact with an Objective C API using Swift. It’s not too hard once you learn the patterns for converting one to the other and if autocomplete is working that day you will have help.