This update from TalkJS brings a native Kotlin Data API for Android, improvements to how subscriptions work in the JavaScript Data API, and a range of stability and security fixes across SDKs.

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Kotlin Data API for Android

You can now use the TalkJS Kotlin Data API: a native, real-time SDK for connecting to TalkJS from Kotlin applications, including Android and other JVM environments. This makes it ideal for teams building fully custom chat UIs in native Android apps without relying on WebViews.

The Data API lets your app connect as a specific user and read, subscribe to, and update chat data directly. It’s designed for modern mobile development and gives you full control over how chat is rendered in your application. 

It’s now officially published to Maven Central as com.talkjs:core.

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Overview

Changed

JavaScript Data API

• Version 1.8.1: 

  • Subscriptions now operate independently, so calling loadMore on one subscription now no longer affects other subscriptions.
  • While a loadMore request is in progress, you can now call loadMore again with a higher count to fetch a larger page.

Fixed

JavaScript Data API

• Version 1.8.3: Fixed an issue where year ranges such as 2010-2018 were incorrectly treated as phone numbers when content suppression was enabled.
• Version 1.8.2: Fixed Uncaught (in promise) errors being logged, especially when using React Strict Mode.

Components SDK

• Version 0.1.3: Fixed an issue where emoji and mention suggestions could fail in production builds using Next.js 15 with SWC minification.
• Version 0.1.2: Fixed a bug where the reaction picker would sometimes clip into the edge of the chatbox.

Flutter SDK

• Version 0.17.5: Fixed crashes on iOS 26 when evaluating JavaScript before the WebView is loaded.
• Version 0.17.4: Fixed a crash on iOS 26.
• Version 0.17.3: Fixed a runtime type error when triggering onSelectConversation.
• Version 0.17.2: Fixed an issue where a params property was missing from ConversationActionEvent and MessageActionEvent.

Security

WordPress Plugin

• Version 0.1.16: Patched an XSS vulnerability in the admin settings page (CVE-2026-1055).

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