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Accept a friend request

Accept a friend request with OpenIM iOS SDK.

Accept a friend request from an applicant to establish mutual friendship using acceptFriendApplication:handleMsg:onSuccess:onFailure:.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`userID`	`NSString *`	Yes	The applicant user ID who initiated the friend request.
`handleMsg`	`NSString *`	No	Optional acceptance note (e.g., `@"Accepted"`). Pass an empty string `@""` when omitted.

Code example

[[OIMManager manager] acceptFriendApplication:applicantUserID
                                     handleMsg:@"Accepted"
                                     onSuccess:^(NSString *data) {
    [applicationStore markAcceptedForUserID:applicantUserID];
}
                                     onFailure:^(NSInteger code, NSString *message) {
    NSLog(@"acceptFriendApplication failed: %ld %@", (long)code, message);
}];

Return value

The onSuccess callback signifies that OpenIMServer processed the acceptance and established mutual friendship on the server.

State changes after the call

Local state merge: Merge application resolution state using userID as the unique entity key.
Application updates: The application record updates via onFriendApplicationAccepted: in OIMFriendshipListener (see Retrieve received friend requests).
Friend addition: The new friendship record arrives via onFriendAdded: in OIMFriendshipListener (see Retrieve the friend list by page), where the client merges the new contact by userID.

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