# Embed the Message Center

Airship's SDK provides a simple interface for managing the Message Center within your application.

This guide covers creating custom Message Center implementations for Unity applications.

## Override Default Display Behavior

By default, the plugin shows the out-of-the-box Message Center UI. To provide your own UI, disable the default and handle the display request in the `OnShowInbox` event.

```csharp
Airship.Shared.messageCenter.SetAutoLaunchDefaultMessageCenter(false);

Airship.Shared.OnShowInbox += (string messageId) => {
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(messageId))
    {
        // Navigate to message center
    }
    else
    {
        // Navigate to specific message
    }
};
```


## Custom Message Center Implementation

With the default UI disabled, build your own inbox using [Fetch Messages](https://www.airship.com/docs/developer/sdk-integration/unity/message-center/getting-started/) and the inbox events, then use the following methods to display message content when a user makes a selection.

Overlay the message body for a specific message:

```csharp
Airship.Shared.messageCenter.ShowMessageView("message-id");
```


Overlay the Message Center regardless of whether auto-launch is enabled. Pass `null` to show the inbox, or a message ID to show a specific message:

```csharp
Airship.Shared.messageCenter.ShowMessageCenter(null);
```


Dismiss the out-of-the-box Message Center if it is displayed:

```csharp
Airship.Shared.messageCenter.Dismiss();
```