Incorrect sender name showing in chat using MessageKit - swift

Question

I've integrated MessageKit into my project, I'm using MySQL as my db and PHP for my APIs. I've been able to pull messages from the db and display them; but the name of the sender is replaced with the current user that's logged in. I've printed the sender name and it's correct coming over the app correct, but somehow the displayname is not showing the right one. Here is a screenshot with the code below. I've checked the MessageKit instructions and can't figure out what i'm doing wrong.
Member.swift file
internal struct Message: MessageType {
var sender: SenderType
var senderId: String
var messageId: String
var member: String
var id: String?
var content: String
let sentDate: Date
var messagedata: MessageKind {
if let image = image {
return .photo((image as? MediaItem)!)
} else {
return .text(content)
}
}
var image: UIImage? = nil
var downloadURL: URL? = nil
init(messageuser: Sender, content: String) {
sender = Sender(id: meid, displayName: AppSettings.displayName)
self.senderId = meid
self.messageId = uuid
self.member = me
id = nil
self.content = content
sentDate = Date()
self.image = nil
//self.kind = (content as? MessageKind)!
}
init(messageuser: Sender, image: UIImage) {
sender = Sender(id: meid, displayName: AppSettings.displayName)
self.senderId = meid
self.messageId = uuid
self.member = me
id = nil
self.content = ""
sentDate = Date()
self.image = image
}
}
extension Message: Comparable {
static func == (lhs: Message, rhs: Message) -> Bool {
return lhs.id == rhs.id
}
static func < (lhs: Message, rhs: Message) -> Bool {
return lhs.id == rhs.id
}
var kind: MessageKind {
return .text(content)
}
}
DirectMessageViewController
func loadMessages(offset: Int, limit: Int) {
isLoading = true
let me = user!["username"] as! String
let meid = user!["id"] as! String
let uuid = getmessages["uuid"] as! String
print("tell me what the uuid is", uuid)
let url = URL(string: "https://localhost/message.php")
let body = "username=\(me)&uuid=\(uuid)&recipient_id=\(meid)&limit=\(limit)&offset=\(offset)"
var request = URLRequest(url: url!)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = body.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)
URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
if error != nil {
Helper().showAlert(title: "Server Error", message: error!.localizedDescription, in: self)
return
}
do {
guard let data = data else {
Helper().showAlert(title: "Data Error", message: error!.localizedDescription, in: self)
self.isLoading = false
return
}
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data, options: .allowFragments) as? NSDictionary
guard let parseJSON = json else {
print("Error while parsing")
return
}
guard let posts = parseJSON["messages"] as? [NSDictionary] else {
self.isLoading = false
print("Error while parseJSONing")
return
}
self.hhmessages = posts as! [AnyObject?]
for i in 0 ..< self.hhmessages.count {
let sender = Sender(id: (self.hhmessages[i]?["sender_id"])! as! String, displayName: (self.hhmessages[i]?["sender"])! as! String)
let member = self.hhmessages[i]?["recipient"]
print("who's talking", sender as Any)
let text = self.hhmessages[i]?["messagetext"] as? String
let uuid = self.hhmessages[i]?["uuid"]
let sid = self.hhmessages[i]?["sender_id"]
let message_id = self.hhmessages[i]?["notesid"] as? String
let date = self.hhmessages[i]?["date"] as? Date
let message = Message(messageuser: sender, content: text!)
self.messages.append(message)
self.messageList = self.messages
self.messagesCollectionView.reloadData()
self.messagesCollectionView.scrollToBottom()
}
} catch {
Helper().showAlert(title: "JSON Error", message: error.localizedDescription, in: self)
self.isLoading = false
return
}
}
}.resume()
}
}
extension DirectMessageViewController: MessagesDataSource {
func numberOfSections(
in messagesCollectionView: MessagesCollectionView) -> Int {
return messages.count
}
func currentSender() -> SenderType {
return Sender(id: (sender_id as? String)!, displayName: sender.displayName)
}
messageTopLabelAttributedText
func messageTopLabelAttributedText(
for message: MessageType,
at indexPath: IndexPath) -> NSAttributedString? {
return NSAttributedString(
string: message.sender.displayName,
attributes: [.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 12)])
}
}