Typing indicator for bot framework in C#

Question

I have a bot in Bot framework. Once user responds to the bot and bot is processing it, I want to show the typing indicator to the user in the meanwhile.

It is possible in Nodejs here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/nodejs/bot-builder-nodejs-send-typing-indicator

But how can I implement it in C#?

Answer 1

You have to send an activity of type Typing.

You can do it like that:

// Send "typing" information
Activity reply = activity.CreateReply();
reply.Type = ActivityTypes.Typing;
reply.Text = null;
ConnectorClient connector = new ConnectorClient(new Uri(activity.ServiceUrl));
await connector.Conversations.ReplyToActivityAsync(reply);