Okay, Ive cleaned up the links a bit. now instead of keeping it within the message bubble, it will just append the links below the message. 
Discussion
It's coming along nicely.
Have you forked Tinode?
Awesome work though!
Not even sure what Tinode is? š
Cause the UI is almost identical?
Interesting, that's the first I've ever heard of it. Im not sure I would consider it identical. Seems to me the biggest similarity is the layout which seems very generic to most messaging apps.
My inspiration mostly comes from Apple's mail/iMessage and a smidge of telegram. ie: the patterned background in the message area š
True that š
Maybe you can re-use some components from that client, as it's fully FOSS š
Hey Iām just glad they used Swift! However looks like UIKit to me. Iām doing all SwiftUI š