Overview - Add friends - (Unreal Engine module)

Last updated on October 24, 2024

Introduction

In this module, you will learn how to implement displaying a list of friend requests and accepting, rejecting, or canceling those requests.

Prerequisites

In order to complete this module, you need:

• To have completed the following module:

  • Search for players

• The Byte Wars tutorialmodules branch checked out in your local Byte Wars Unreal project repository.

• To have force enabled this module. You can do this by adding the following code to the Config/DefaultEngine.ini file:

  [AccelByteTutorialModules]
  +ForcedEnabledModules=TutorialModule:FRIENDSESSENTIALS
  ...

Learning objectives

At the end of this module, you will know how to implement:

• Requesting and displaying sent and received friend requests
• Accepting or rejecting received friend requests
• Canceling sent friend requests

Preview

At the end of this module, your project will look like the images below and display the following logs:

• Accept Received Friend Request:

  

  LogFriendsEssentials: Warning: Success to accept a friend request.

• Reject Received Friend Request:

  

  LogFriendsEssentials: Warning: Success to reject a friend request.

• Cancel Sent Friend Request:

  

  LogFriendsEssentials: Warning: Success to cancel a friend request.