Inbox and messages

VIEW CHAT FROM A PROFILE

1. Open the member’s profile details by tapping on the profile.
2. Tap the Chat  icon.

VIEW CHAT FROM GRIDS (thumbnail)

• Tap and hold the profile thumbnail

SEND A MESSAGE

1. Tap on the text icon  or the text entry field to expand the keyboard.
2. Compose your message.
3. Tap Send  when you are finished.

To take a new photo, tap the camera icon  in chat. Tap to switch between front and rear-facing cameras and  to adjust the flash.

Tap to take a photo. Tap < back to retake photo or to download it to your camera roll.

Swipe or tap Send photo to keep the photo in the chat or Send disappearing photo to let the recipient view it once. Tap the button with the recipient's profile thumbnail or placeholder to send the photo.

1. Tap the album icon  at the top of the chat screen.
2. Select your photo source from the top of the albums list:
   
   • ALL PHOTOS / CAMERA ROLL - Displays content stored on your device
     • TIP: Tap the grid icon  to open your device's camera roll / gallery app
   • RECENT - Recent photos you have sent in chat
     • Free members can send one of the last two recent photos at a time
   • ALBUMS - Collection of albums you have created and stored on SCRUFF
     • Pro members can send photos from any album (Private, Recent, etc.)
3. Tap to select one (free) or up to 10 photos (Pro).
4. Tap Send  and then:
   • Send photo to keep the photo in the chat thread
   • Send disappearing photo to let the recipient view it once

To take a new video, tap the camera icon  in chat. Tap to switch between front and rear-facing cameras and to adjust the flash. 

Tap and hold the button to take a video up to 10 seconds. Tap < back to retake video, to download it to your camera roll or to mute audio.

Swipe or tap Send photo to keep the photo in the chat or Send disappearing photo to let the recipient view it once. Tap the button with the recipient's profile thumbnail or placeholder to send the photo.

1. Tap albums  at the top of the chat screen.
2. Select your photo source:
   
   • Camera Roll - Content that is stored on your device, videos will display a video icon  and video length, tap  to open your device's camera roll / gallery app
   • Recent - Recent videos you have sent in chat will appear with a video icon 
   • Albums - Your SCRUFF Albums will appear here, videos will be displayed with a video icon 
3. Tap to select the video you wish to send.
4. Tap Send  and then:
   • Send video to keep the video in the chat thread
   • Send disappearing video to let the recipient view it once

** Available to SCRUFF Pro members only

1. Open a chat message.
2. Tap  in the chat bar.
3. Search for your desired GIF.
4. Tap on the GIF you wish to send.

1. Open a chat message.
2. Tap  in the chat bar.
3. Confirm your current location -or- Select a future location to meet up.
4. Tap the Send  button when you are ready to send your location.

Start friendly conversations with lots of guys even faster with Frequent Phrases! SCRUFF learns and suggests the phrases you use the most, which you can send with just a tap.

SCRUFF will learn the phrases you use most (3 or more times) and add them to Frequent Phrases to send quickly with just a tap. Although Frequent Phrase are suggested based on phrases you type in chat, they are not the same as the auto-suggest feature from your keyboard, which only suggests single words.

To learn more about Frequent Phrases, tap HERE.

Pro members can load their most recent 1,000 messages in their inbox and full conversation history in chat with another member. Conversations that have been manually cleared will no longer be available in your history.

• While viewing your inbox or a conversation with another member, scroll down and your available history will automatically load

Clears your message history with a member you've chatted with. Note that clearing message bubbles within a chat will not delete the conversation from your inbox.

SINGLE MESSAGE VIA CHAT

1. While viewing the chat in question, tap the menu (three horizontal dots or lines) in the upper right corner.
2. Tap Clear Conversation in the menu that appears.
3. In the confirmation message that appears, tap Clear Conversation.

SINGLE MESSAGE VIA INBOX

1. Tap Inbox (bottom menu bar).
2. Short-swipe left on a chat to reveal the quick menu, then tap Delete. You can also long-swipe left instead to choose the archive option directly.
3. In the confirmation message that appears, tap Delete.

Clear unread messages (PRO)

Have too many Unread messages? As a Pro subscriber, you can you can mark them all as read with a few easy steps. This cannot be undone, use with caution.

1. Tap Inbox (bottom menu bar).
2. Tap the menu (three dots) in the upper right hand corner.
3. Select Clear Unread.
4. In the confirmation message that appears, tap Clear Unread.

Archiving a chat thread is way to remove it from view in your inbox without deleting any of the messages. This is similar to how hiding a profile simply removes it from view in the grids.

An archived chat will reappear in Messages once you or the other member sends another message (text, media, location).

The option to review a list of your archived chats is not currently available.

Archive a message

1. Tap Inbox (bottom menu bar).
2. Short-swipe left on a chat to reveal the quick menu, then tap Archive. You can also long-swipe left instead to choose the archive option directly.
3. In the confirmation message that appears, tap Archive.

Save to scruff album 

1. Tap the thumbnail preview of the photo, gif or video to view it in theater mode (full-size).
2. Long-press on the photo to open the options menu.
3. Tap Save to Album to save to your SCRUFF albums.