title: How to add multiple rooms to this Firebase Swift Chat app
body: <p>I am making an anonymous chat app, that requires a lot of view controllers and chat rooms. So, I was wondering how I could implement Rooms in firebase with the Security and Rules page. Also what would the code be in my chat view controller if I wanted to have multiple rooms set up. </p>
  
  <p>I have already looked at the IOS Documentation in firebase but it doesn't really make total sense to me. </p>
  
  <p>Here is my ChatViewController for further reference.</p>
  
  <pre><code>class ChatViewController: JSQMessagesViewController {
  
  // MARK: Properties
  var messages = [JSQMessage]() // messages is an array to store the various instances of JSQMessage
  
  var outgoingBubbleImageView: JSQMessagesBubbleImage!
  var incomingBubbleImageView: JSQMessagesBubbleImage!
  
  // MARK: Firebase refs
  // In case you’re wondering, creating another reference doesn’t mean you’re creating another connection. Every reference shares the same connection to the same Firebase database.
  let rootRef = Firebase(url: BASE_URL)
  var messageRef = Firebase()
  
  var userIsTypingRef: Firebase! // reference that tracks whether the local user is typing
  var usersTypingQuery: FQuery!  // FQuery, which is just like a Firebase reference, except that it’s ordered by an order function.
  
  // Typing tracking related properties
  private var localTyping = false // Store whether the local user is typing in a private property
  var isTyping: Bool {
      get {
          return localTyping
      }
      set {
          // Using a computed property, update userIsTypingRef each time user updates this property.
          localTyping = newValue
          userIsTypingRef.setValue(newValue)
      }
  }
  
  override func viewDidLoad() {
      super.viewDidLoad()
      title = "Main Chat!!"
      setupBubbles()
  
      // No avatars
      collectionView!.collectionViewLayout.incomingAvatarViewSize = CGSizeZero
      collectionView!.collectionViewLayout.outgoingAvatarViewSize = CGSizeZero
  
      messageRef = rootRef.childByAppendingPath("messages")
  }
  
  
  override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
      super.viewDidAppear(animated)
      self.observeMessages()
      self.observeTyping()
  }
  
  
  override func viewDidDisappear(animated: Bool) {
      super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
  
      messageRef.removeAllObservers()
  }
  
  
  private func setupBubbles() {
      // JSQMessagesBubbleImageFactory has methods that create the images for the chat bubbles. There’s even a category provided by JSQMessagesViewController that creates the message bubble colors used in the native Messages app.
      let factory = JSQMessagesBubbleImageFactory()
      outgoingBubbleImageView = factory.outgoingMessagesBubbleImageWithColor(UIColor.jsq_messageBubbleBlueColor())
      incomingBubbleImageView = factory.incomingMessagesBubbleImageWithColor(UIColor.jsq_messageBubbleLightGrayColor())
  }
  
  
  // MARK: JSQMessagesCollectionView Datasource    
  override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView,
      numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -&gt; Int {
          return messages.count
  }
  
  override func collectionView(collectionView: JSQMessagesCollectionView!,
      messageDataForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -&gt; JSQMessageData! {
          return messages[indexPath.item]
  }
  
  override func collectionView(collectionView: JSQMessagesCollectionView!, messageBubbleImageDataForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -&gt; JSQMessageBubbleImageDataSource! {
  
      let message = messages[indexPath.item] // retrieve the message based on the NSIndexPath item.
      if message.senderId == senderId { // Check if the message was sent by the local user. If so, return the outgoing image view.
          return outgoingBubbleImageView
      } else {  // If the message was not sent by the local user, return the incoming image view.
          return incomingBubbleImageView
      }
  }
  
  // set text color based on who is sending the messages
  override func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -&gt; UICollectionViewCell {
      let cell = super.collectionView(collectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath: indexPath) as! JSQMessagesCollectionViewCell
  
      let message = messages[indexPath.item]
  
      if message.senderId == senderId {
          cell.textView!.textColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
      } else {
          cell.textView?.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
      }
  
  
      return cell
  }
  
  
  
  // remove avatar support and close the gap where the avatars would normally get displayed.
  override func collectionView(collectionView: JSQMessagesCollectionView!, avatarImageDataForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -&gt; JSQMessageAvatarImageDataSource! {
      return nil
  }
  
  
  // MARK: - Create Message
  // This helper method creates a new JSQMessage with a blank displayName and adds it to the data source.
  func addMessage(id: String, text: String) {
      let message = JSQMessage(senderId: id, displayName: "", text: text)
      messages.append(message)
  }
  
  // SEND button pressed
  override func didPressSendButton(button: UIButton!, withMessageText text: String!, senderId: String!, senderDisplayName: String!, date: NSDate!) {
  
      let itemRef = messageRef.childByAutoId() // Using childByAutoId(), you create a child reference with a unique key.
      // Create a dictionary to represent the message. A [String: AnyObject] works as a JSON-like object
      let messageItem = ["text": text, "senderId": senderId]
  
      itemRef.setValue(messageItem) // Save the value at the new child location.
  
      // Play the canonical “message sent” sound.
      JSQSystemSoundPlayer.jsq_playMessageSentSound()
  
      // Complete the “send” action and reset the input toolbar to empty.
      finishSendingMessage()
  
  }
  
  // Observer logic
  private func observeMessages () {
  
      // Start by creating a query that limits the synchronization to the last 25 messages.
      let messagesQuery = messageRef.queryLimitedToLast(25)
  
      // Use the .ChildAdded event to observe for every child item that has been added, and will be added, at the messages location.
      messagesQuery.observeEventType(FEventType.ChildAdded) { (snapshot:FDataSnapshot!) -&gt; Void in
  
          // Extract the senderId and text from snapshot.value.
  
          if let id = snapshot.value["senderId"] as? String, text = snapshot.value["text"] as? String {
  
              // Call addMessage() to add the new message to the data source.
              self.addMessage(id, text: text)
  
              // Inform JSQMessagesViewController that a message has been received.
              self.finishReceivingMessage()
  
          }
  
      }
  
  }
  
  // observer user typing object from Firebase
  private func observeTyping() {
      // This method creates a reference to the URL of /typingIndicator, which is where you’ll update the typing status of the user. You don’t want this data to linger around after users have logged out, so you can delete it once the user has left using onDisconnectRemoveValue().
  
      let typingIndicatorRef = rootRef.childByAppendingPath("typingIndicator")
      userIsTypingRef = typingIndicatorRef.childByAppendingPath(senderId)
      userIsTypingRef.onDisconnectRemoveValue()
  
  
      // initialize the query by retrieving all users who are typing. This is basically saying, “Hey Firebase, go to the key /typingIndicators and get me all users for whom the value is true.”
      usersTypingQuery = typingIndicatorRef.queryOrderedByValue().queryEqualToValue(true)
  
      // Observe for changes using .Value; this will give you an update anytime anything changes.
      usersTypingQuery.observeEventType(FEventType.Value) { (data:FDataSnapshot!) -&gt; Void in
  
          // You're the only typing, don't show the indicator
          if data.childrenCount == 1 &amp;&amp; self.isTyping {
              return
          }
  
          // Are there others typing?
          self.showTypingIndicator = data.childrenCount &gt; 0
          self.scrollToBottomAnimated(true)
      }
  
  
  }
  
  
  
  // Mark: textView delegate
  override func textViewDidChange(textView: UITextView) {
      super.textViewDidChange(textView)
  
      // If the text is not empty, the user is typing
       isTyping = textView.text != ""
  
  }
  
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>