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cometchat-android-v5-sdk

Build chat on Android with the headless CometChat Chat SDK v5 and your OWN UI — init/login ordering, the method map, request-builder pagination, listener lifecycle, and a production-ready app surface (optimistic updates, error states, sized shell). Use when the app needs custom UI instead of the drop-in UI Kit. Triggers: 'cometchat android sdk', 'chat with my own ui android', 'headless cometchat android', 'send message with chat-sdk-android', 'cometchat message listener kotlin'.

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> **Ground truth:** catalog `sdk-android-v5.json` (curated from the INSTALLED `com.cometchat:chat-sdk-android:5.0.5` AAR — the existence oracle) + `features.sdk-android-v5.json` + `contracts.sdk-android-v5.json` (`sdk-chat-surface` — the completeness floor). Docs: `references/docs-map.md`. ⚠<U+FE0F> **Android SDK v5 pages are VERSIONED** (`/sdk/android/v5/…`); the unversioned tree is v4. Verify symbols against the catalog; fetch signatures from docs; never trust memory.

## Companion skills (read first)
This skill is **self-contained** for headless builds — it does not depend on a UI Kit core. But: if the user wants ready-made chat UI, the **UI Kit is the better answer** — say so and route to `cometchat-android-v6-core` (drop-in components, far less code). Come here when they explicitly want their own UI, a non-chat surface, or backend-style usage.

## Use this skill when
"use the CometChat SDK directly", "build chat with my own UI/design system", "I don't want the UI Kit", "send/receive messages programmatically", "custom chat screen in Compose backed by CometChat".

## Prerequisites & install
```kotlin
// settings.gradle(.kts) → dependencyResolutionManagement.repositories
maven("https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/cometchat/cometchat/maven/")
// app/build.gradle.kts
implementation("com.cometchat:chat-sdk-android:5.0.5")     // + calls-sdk-android:5.0.4 for calling