Merge pull request #1582 from GetStream/chore/deprecate-channel-preview

packages/stream_chat_flutter/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 - Updated `shimmer` dependency to `^3.0.0`.
 - Updated `image_gallery_saver` dependency to `^2.0.1`.
+- Deprecated `ChannelPreview` in favor of `StreamChannelListTile`.
 
 ## 6.1.0
 

packages/stream_chat_flutter/README.md

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ import 'package:stream_chat_persistence/stream_chat_persistence.dart';
 
 final chatPersistentClient = StreamChatPersistenceClient(
   logLevel: Level.INFO,
-  connectionMode: ConnectionMode.background,
+  connectionMode: ConnectionMode.regular,
 );
 
 final client = StreamChatClient(

packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/channel/channel_preview.dart

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import 'package:stream_chat_flutter/stream_chat_flutter.dart';
 /// The UI is rendered based on the first ancestor of type [StreamChatTheme].
 /// Modify it to change the widget's appearance.
 /// {@endtemplate}
+@Deprecated('Use StreamChannelListTile instead.')
 class ChannelPreview extends StatelessWidget {
   /// {@macro channelPreview}
   const ChannelPreview({

packages/stream_chat_flutter/lib/src/utils/typedefs.dart

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef ChannelInfoCallback = void Function(Channel);
 /// {@template channelPreviewBuilder}
 /// Builder used to create a custom [ChannelPreview] for a [Channel]
 /// {@endtemplate}
+@Deprecated('Use StreamChannelListViewIndexedWidgetBuilder instead')
 typedef ChannelPreviewBuilder = Widget Function(BuildContext, Channel);
 
 /// {@template viewInfoCallback}