feat: Added RCS Card and Carousel support (#606)

Author: dragonmantank

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# [9.7.0] - 2025-12-04
+- Added native RCS message types (card, carousel) and suggestions support to eliminate need for custom message type
+
 # [9.6.0] - 2025-12-04
 - MMS caption length increased on 3000
 - Added new RCS param for messages to set the category

README.md

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Add the following to your `build.gradle` or `build.gradle.kts` file:
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation("com.vonage:server-sdk:9.6.0")
+    implementation("com.vonage:server-sdk:9.7.0")
 }
 ```
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Add the following to the `<dependencies>` section of your `pom.xml` file:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.vonage</groupId>
     <artifactId>server-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>9.6.0</version>
+    <version>9.7.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.vonage</groupId>
   <artifactId>server-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>9.6.0</version>
+  <version>9.7.0</version>
 
   <name>Vonage Java Server SDK</name>
   <description>Java client for Vonage APIs</description>

src/main/java/com/vonage/client/HttpWrapper.java

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 public class HttpWrapper {
     private static final String
             CLIENT_NAME = "vonage-java-sdk",
-            CLIENT_VERSION = "9.6.0",
+            CLIENT_VERSION = "9.7.0",
             JAVA_VERSION = System.getProperty("java.version"),
             USER_AGENT = String.format("%s/%s java/%s", CLIENT_NAME, CLIENT_VERSION, JAVA_VERSION);
 

src/main/java/com/vonage/client/common/MessageType.java

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 public enum MessageType {
 	TEXT, IMAGE, AUDIO, VIDEO, FILE, VCARD, TEMPLATE, CUSTOM, LOCATION, STICKER,
-	UNSUPPORTED, REPLY, ORDER, RANDOM, BUTTON, REACTION, CONTACT, CONTENT;
+	UNSUPPORTED, REPLY, ORDER, RANDOM, BUTTON, REACTION, CONTACT, CONTENT, CARD, CAROUSEL;
 
 	/**
 	 * Parse a message type from a string.

src/main/java/com/vonage/client/messages/Channel.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 public enum Channel {
 	SMS (TEXT),
 	MMS (TEXT, IMAGE, VCARD, AUDIO, VIDEO, FILE, CONTENT),
-	RCS (TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO, FILE, CUSTOM, AUDIO, LOCATION, VCARD, REPLY, BUTTON),
+	RCS (TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO, FILE, CUSTOM, AUDIO, LOCATION, VCARD, REPLY, BUTTON, CARD, CAROUSEL),
 	WHATSAPP (TEXT, IMAGE, AUDIO, VIDEO, FILE, TEMPLATE, CUSTOM, LOCATION,
 			STICKER, ORDER, REPLY, REACTION, CONTACT, BUTTON, UNSUPPORTED),
 	MESSENGER (TEXT, IMAGE, AUDIO, VIDEO, FILE, UNSUPPORTED),