# includeEmptyChannel support in UIKit react native

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeemptychannel-support-in-uikit-react-native/5494>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous\
**Tags:** react-native\
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeemptychannel-support-in-uikit-react-native/5494 "2022-09-02T19:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![singhagam15021997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@singhagam15021997](https://community.sendbird.com/u/singhagam15021997)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/includeemptychannel-support-in-uikit-react-native/5494/1 "2022-09-02T19:27:45Z")

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Hi there,

I am new to send bird and I have a couple of questions for anyone who can answer -

1. I have integrated the UIKit for react native, but unfortunately, I am not able to get the list of channels that have zero messages but I want them. Is there a way by which I can achieve this ?

2. I have a scenario where I have to create a 1:1 channel and not a group. I know that we can create a group with 2 people and would act the same, but I have certain things that only 1:1 chat can fulfill i.e.  
2.1. Lets say User A and B have a channel in common, When User A gets the channel list, he should see the name of User B instead of any channel name that we keep, and vice versa when User B gets the chat list, I really dont want any kind of group name. And the same goes for the profile picture and Online/offline indicator.

I would also appreciate if someone can suggest if I should go with the javascript chat sdk or UIKit react native.  
My app is in React native.

Thanks in advance