@sendbird/chat typescript issues

Sendbird Chat API/SDK JavaScript
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First off great to see Sendbird moving to first class Typescript support!

We are running into some initial issues around creating a type safe client with the new module system.

let sendbirdChat: SendbirdChat; 

const init = () => {
  if (!sendbirdChat) {
    sendbirdChat = SendbirdChat.init({
      appId: 'APP_ID',
      localCacheEnabled: true,
      modules: [new GroupChannelModule()],
      useAsyncStorageStore: AsyncStorage,
    });
  }

  return sendbirdChat;
};

// @ts-expect-error Property 'groupChannel' does not exist on type 'SendbirdChat'
sendbirdChat.groupChannel

Any suggestions for how to create a type safe client that uses modules?

We could work around this if ModuleNamespaces and Modules types were exposed publicly

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