Hide imageView and Label by setting some kind of flag - ios

Question

Can you guys give me some help to hide the image and name if the message it's from the same user... I want only to show it for the first message...and if that user send more not to show anymore until another Id appear... like whatsapp does it..
currently I m having like this to show u an example
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var isTheSameUser = false
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let selectedChat = chat[indexPath.row]
let myId = String(describing:UserDefaults.standard.value(forKey: "user_id")!)
let messageUserId = String(describing:selectedChat.owner_id)
if messageUserId == myId {
return myMessageCell(indexPath: indexPath)
}else {
return userMessageCell(indexPath: indexPath)
}
}
func myMessageCell(indexPath :IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
let cell = self.mainTableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "MyMessageTableViewCell", for: indexPath) as! MyMessageTableViewCell
let selectedChat = self.chat[indexPath.row]
let myId = String(describing:UserDefaults.standard.value(forKey: "user_id")!)
// Show only for the first message
// photo image
if !isTheSameUser {
cell.profileImageView.isHidden = false
cell.profileNameLabel.isHidden = false
} else {
cell.profileImageView.isHidden = true
cell.profileNameLabel.isHidden = true
}
if let userInfo = getUserMemberOf(userId: messageUserId) {
cell.profileImageView.imageFromURL(urlString: userInfo["photo"] as! String)
} else {
cell.profileImageView.image = #imageLiteral(resourceName: "accountIcon")
}
cell.profileNameLabel.text = "\(String(describing: cell.userProfileInfo!["name"]!))"
return cell

Answer 1

You need check the previous chat messsage id like for every message
if indexPath.row != 0 {
let prevItem = chat[indexPath.row - 1]
let currentItem = chat[indexPath.row]
if prevItem.owner_id! == currentItem.owner_id! {
// hide label and image
}else {
// show them
}
}
else {
// show them
}