Add a feature flag for custom status messages

src/components/views/avatars/MemberStatusMessageAvatar.js

@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ import MemberAvatar from '../avatars/MemberAvatar';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as ContextualMenu from "../../structures/ContextualMenu";
 import StatusMessageContextMenu from "../context_menus/StatusMessageContextMenu";
+import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
-export default class MemberStatusMessageAvatar extends React.PureComponent {
+export default class MemberStatusMessageAvatar extends React.Component {
     static propTypes = {
         member: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
         width: PropTypes.number,
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ export default class MemberStatusMessageAvatar extends React.PureComponent {
     };
 
     render() {
+        if (!SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_custom_status")) {
+            return <MemberAvatar member={this.props.member}
+                                 width={this.props.width}
+                                 height={this.props.height}
+                                 resizeMethod={this.props.resizeMethod} />;
+        }
+
         const hasStatus = this.props.member.user ? !!this.props.member.user._unstable_statusMessage : false;
 
         const classes = classNames({

src/components/views/rooms/MemberInfo.js

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
 import RoomViewStore from '../../../stores/RoomViewStore';
 import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 import MultiInviter from "../../../utils/MultiInviter";
+import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
     displayName: 'MemberInfo',
@@ -895,8 +896,11 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
             presenceState = this.props.member.user.presence;
             presenceLastActiveAgo = this.props.member.user.lastActiveAgo;
             presenceCurrentlyActive = this.props.member.user.currentlyActive;
+
+            if (SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_custom_status")) {
                 statusMessage = this.props.member.user._unstable_statusMessage;
             }
+        }
 
         const room = this.props.matrixClient.getRoom(this.props.member.roomId);
         const powerLevelEvent = room ? room.currentState.getStateEvents("m.room.power_levels", "") : null;

src/components/views/rooms/MemberTile.js

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 'use strict';
 
+import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
+
 const React = require('react');
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
@@ -84,7 +86,11 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         const name = this._getDisplayName();
         const active = -1;
         const presenceState = member.user ? member.user.presence : null;
-        const statusMessage = member.user ? member.user._unstable_statusMessage : null;
+
+        let statusMessage = null;
+        if (member.user && SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_custom_status")) {
+            statusMessage = member.user._unstable_statusMessage;
+        }
 
         const av = (
             <MemberAvatar member={member} width={36} height={36} />

src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import * as FormattingUtils from '../../../utils/FormattingUtils';
 import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
 import ActiveRoomObserver from '../../../ActiveRoomObserver';
 import RoomViewStore from '../../../stores/RoomViewStore';
+import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
     displayName: 'RoomTile',
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         const isJoined = this.props.room.getMyMembership() === "join";
         const looksLikeDm = this.props.room.getInvitedAndJoinedMemberCount() === 2;
         let subtext = null;
-        if (!isInvite && isJoined && looksLikeDm) {
+        if (!isInvite && isJoined && looksLikeDm && SettingsStore.isFeatureEnabled("feature_custom_status")) {
             const selfId = MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId();
             const otherMember = this.props.room.currentState.getMembersExcept([selfId])[0];
             if (otherMember && otherMember.user && otherMember.user._unstable_statusMessage) {

src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
     "Please contact your homeserver administrator.": "Please contact your homeserver administrator.",
     "Failed to join room": "Failed to join room",
     "Message Pinning": "Message Pinning",
+    "Custom user status messages": "Custom user status messages",
     "Increase performance by only loading room members on first view": "Increase performance by only loading room members on first view",
     "Backup of encryption keys to server": "Backup of encryption keys to server",
     "Disable Emoji suggestions while typing": "Disable Emoji suggestions while typing",

src/settings/Settings.js

@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,
         default: false,
     },
+    "feature_custom_status": {
+        isFeature: true,
+        displayName: _td("Custom user status messages"),
+        supportedLevels: LEVELS_FEATURE,
+        default: false,
+    },
     "feature_lazyloading": {
         isFeature: true,
         displayName: _td("Increase performance by only loading room members on first view"),