feat: add MessageListView.reverse property

packages/stream_chat_flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 29
+    compileSdkVersion 30
 
     sourceSets {
         main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ android {
         // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
         applicationId "com.example.example"
         minSdkVersion 21
-        targetSdkVersion 29
+        targetSdkVersion 30
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName
     }

packages/stream_chat_flutter/example/android/build.gradle

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.5.20'
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }

packages/stream_chat_flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9-all.zip

packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/message_list_view.dart

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // ignore_for_file: lines_longer_than_80_chars
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
@@ -166,11 +167,19 @@ class MessageListView extends StatefulWidget {
     this.showFloatingDateDivider = true,
     this.threadSeparatorBuilder,
     this.messageListController,
+    this.reverse = false,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
   /// Function used to build a custom message widget
   final MessageBuilder? messageBuilder;
 
+  /// Whether the view scrolls in the reading direction.
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to true.
+  ///
+  /// See [ScrollView.reverse].
+  final bool reverse;
+
   /// Function used to build a custom system message widget
   final SystemMessageBuilder? systemMessageBuilder;
 
@@ -445,7 +454,7 @@ class _MessageListViewState extends State<MessageListView> {
                   initialAlignment: initialAlignment ?? 0,
                   physics: widget.scrollPhysics,
                   itemScrollController: _scrollController,
-                  reverse: true,
+                  reverse: widget.reverse,
                   addAutomaticKeepAlives: false,
                   itemCount: itemCount,
 
@@ -608,7 +617,8 @@ class _MessageListViewState extends State<MessageListView> {
   }
 
   Positioned _buildFloatingDateDivider(int itemCount) => Positioned(
-        top: 20,
+        top: widget.reverse ? 20 : null,
+        bottom: widget.reverse ? null : 20,
         child: BetterStreamBuilder<Iterable<ItemPosition>>(
           initialData: _itemPositionListener.itemPositions.value,
           stream: _itemPositionStream,
@@ -700,8 +710,11 @@ class _MessageListViewState extends State<MessageListView> {
                       );
                     }
                   },
-                  child: StreamSvgIcon.down(
-                    color: _streamTheme.colorTheme.textHighEmphasis,
+                  child: Transform.rotate(
+                    angle: widget.reverse ? 0 : pi,
+                    child: StreamSvgIcon.down(
+                      color: _streamTheme.colorTheme.textHighEmphasis,
+                    ),
                   ),
                 ),
                 if (showUnreadCount)