Change Chat Background
You can personalise the look of your chats in Arattai by changing the chat background to a solid colour, wallpaper, or image from your gallery.
Prerequisites
- Stable Internet: A stable internet connection is required to download and apply new wallpapers.
- Permissions: Ensure the your device allows Arattai to access your Gallery to add photos to your chat background.
How to Change Chat Background
Note
- For groups and channels, only the admin can change the chat background. If an admin allows it, other members may also be able to change it.
- The chat background you set for a group or channel will be visible to everyone in that chat.
For One Specific Chat
This lets you personalise the background for a specific chat. You can do this for One-on-one chats, meeting chat, pocket, groups and channels, as long as you’re the owner or an admin, or the admin has allowed this setting.
Setting a chat background is visible to:
- One-on-one chat: Visible only to you
- Groups: Visible to all the members of the group.
- Channels: Visible to you and all the subscribers.
- Meeting chat: Visible to you and all the other meeting attendees.
- Pocket: Visible only to you.
Android
iOS
Android
- Open any chat and tap the chat's name to view the profile.
- Tap Chat background.
- Select a background from the sections for Colours, Wallpapers, or Gallery.
- After selecting, a preview screen will appear.
- Tap
tick icon to set the new background.
- A confirmation dialog box will appear for groups and channels, tap Set to confirm.
iOS
- Open any chat and tap the contact's name to view their profile.
- Tap Chat background.
- Select a background from the sections for Colours, Wallpapers, or Gallery.
- After selecting, a preview screen will appear.
- Tap Apply to set the new background.
- A confirmation dialog box will appear for groups and channels, tap Set to confirm.
For all Chats
Setting a background for all chats will not replace any individual chat backgrounds you’ve already customised. It changes only those without a personalised background.
Android
iOS
Android
- Go to Settings → Appearance
- Tap Chat background.
- Select a background from the sections for Colours, Wallpapers, or Gallery.
- After selecting, a preview screen will appear.
- Tap
tick icon to set the new background.
iOS
- Go to Settings → Chats
- Tap Chat background.
- Select a background from the sections for Colours, Wallpapers, or Gallery.
- After selecting, a preview screen will appear.
- Tap Apply to set the new background.
You can add effects to your chat background depending on your device:
- Android
Doodle effect for Colour backgrounds - iOS
Doodle or Motion effects for Colour backgrounds
Motion effects for Wallpapers and Gallery backgrounds
How to Revert to Default Chat Background
If you have previously changed a chat's background, an option to revert to the default background will appear.
For One Specific Chat
Android
iOS
Android
- Open the chat and tap on the name to view the profile.
- Tap Chat background.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap the Set default background option.
- A preview screen will appear.
- Tap
to revert the background to the default.
- A confirmation dialog box will appear for groups and channels, tap Set to confirm.
iOS
- Open the chat and tap on the name to view the profile.
- Tap Chat background.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap the Set default background option.
- A preview screen will appear.
- Tap Apply to revert the background to the default.
- A confirmation dialog box will appear for groups and channels, tap Set to confirm.
For all Chats
Android
iOS
Android
- Go to Settings → Appearance
- Tap Chat background.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap the Set default background option.
- A preview screen will appear.
- Tap
to revert the background to the default.
iOS
- Go to Settings → Chats
- Tap Chat background.
- At the bottom of the screen, tap the Set default background option.
- A preview screen will appear.
- Tap Apply to revert the background to the default.