Join A Group

Learn how to join public, password-protected, and private groups, and receive real-time join events using the CometChat React Native SDK.

AI Integration Quick Reference

// Join a public group
await CometChat.joinGroup("GUID", CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PUBLIC, "");

// Join a password-protected group
await CometChat.joinGroup("GUID", CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PASSWORD, "password123");

// Listen for member joined events
CometChat.addGroupListener("listener", new CometChat.GroupListener({
  onGroupMemberJoined: (message, joinedUser, joinedGroup) => { }
}));

Join a group to start sending and receiving messages in it. Public groups can be joined freely, password groups require the correct password, and private groups require an admin to add you (no direct join).

Join a Group

Use joinGroup() to join a group.

TypeScript

const GUID: string = "GUID";

const password: string = "";
const groupType: string = CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PUBLIC;

CometChat.joinGroup(GUID, groupType, password).then(
  (group: CometChat.Group) => {
      console.log("Group joined successfully:", group);
  }, (error: CometChat.CometChatException) => {
      console.log("Group joining failed with exception:", error);
  }
); 

JavaScript

const GUID = "GUID";
const password = "";
const groupType = CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PUBLIC;

CometChat.joinGroup(GUID, groupType, password).then(
group => {
  console.log("Group joined successfully:", group);
}, error => {
  console.log("Group joining failed with exception:", error);
}
);

Parameter	Description
GUID	The GUID of the group to join
groupType	CometChat.GROUP_TYPE.PUBLIC, PASSWORD, or PRIVATE
password	Required for password-protected groups

Once joined, you can send and receive messages in the group. CometChat tracks joined groups — you don’t need to rejoin each session. Check hasJoined on the Group object to verify membership.

The method returns a Group object with hasJoined set to true.

Real-time Group Member Joined Events

Register a GroupListener to receive events when members join.

TypeScript

CometChat.addGroupListener(
  "UNIQUE_LISTENER_ID",
  new CometChat.GroupListener({
      onGroupMemberJoined: (message: CometChat.Action, joinedUser: CometChat.User, joinedGroup: CometChat.Group) => {
          console.log("User joined", { message, joinedUser, joinedGroup });
      }
  })
);

JavaScript

CometChat.addGroupListener(
  "UNIQUE_LISTENER_ID",
  new CometChat.GroupListener({
      onGroupMemberJoined: (message, joinedUser, joinedGroup) => {
          console.log("User joined", { message, joinedUser, joinedGroup });
      }
  })
);

Always remove group listeners when they’re no longer needed (e.g., on component unmount or page navigation). Failing to remove listeners can cause memory leaks and duplicate event handling.

CometChat.removeGroupListener("UNIQUE_LISTENER_ID");

Missed Group Member Joined Events

When fetching message history, join events appear as Action messages with:

• action — "joined"
• actionBy — User who joined
• actionFor — Group that was joined

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Next Steps

Leave a Group

Allow members to leave a group

Group Members

Fetch the list of members in a group

Send Messages

Send messages to group conversations

Add Members

Programmatically add members to a group