bitmovin-player-android-samples

This repository contains sample apps using the Bitmovin Player Android SDK. The following sample apps are included:

• BasicPlayback: Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup for basic playback of DASH, HLS or progressive streams.
• BasicPlaylist: Shows how to implement queueing / playlists.
• BasicDRMPlayback: Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured for playback of Widevice Modular protected content.
• BasicMetadataHandling Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured for playback of content which contains metadata.
• BasicAds Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured for playback of ads.
• BasicCasting Shows how the ChromeCast support of the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured.
• CustomUi Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured to be controlled by a custom native UI.
• CustomUiSubtitleView Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be used with the native BitmovinSubtitleView.
• CustomHtmlUi Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured to use a custom HTML UI.
• BasicFullscreenHandling Shows how a simple FullscreenHandler can be implemented and configured on the Bitmovin Player
• OfflinePlayback Shows how the Bitmovin Android SDK can be used to download protected and unprotected content for offline playback.
• BasicVrPlayback Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup and configured for playback of VR content.
• BasicPlayerFragment Shows how the BitmovinPlayerFragment can be used to setup playback.
• BasicPiPHandling Shows how the BitmovinPlayerView can be configured to allow the Picture in Picture mode.
• BasicControlNotification Shows how the BitmovinPlayerNotificationManager can be used to show playback control notifications.
• BackgroundPlayback Shows how background playback can be implemented for the Bitmovin Player.
• BasicPlaybackTV Shows how the Bitmovin Player can be setup for basic playback in an Android TV application.

Using The Sample Apps

In each sample app you have to add your Bitmovin Player license key inside the application tag in the manifest file as shown below. YOUR_LICENSE_KEY has to be replaced by your own license key.

<meta-data
            android:name="BITMOVIN_PLAYER_LICENSE_KEY"
            android:value="YOUR_LICENSE_KEY" />

In addition to that you have to log in to https://dashboard.bitmovin.com where you have to add the following package names of the sample applications as allowed domains under Player -> Licenses:

com.bitmovin.player.samples.playback.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.playlist.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.drm.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.metadata.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.ads.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.casting.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.vr.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.custom.ui
com.bitmovin.player.samples.custom.ui.subtitleview
com.bitmovin.player.samples.fullscreen.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.custom.ui.html
com.bitmovin.player.samples.offline.playback
com.bitmovin.player.samples.playerfragment.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.pip.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.notification.basic
com.bitmovin.player.samples.playback.background
com.bitmovin.player.samples.tv.playback.basic

Using The Bitmovin Player Android SDK

When you want to develop an own Android application using the Bitmovin Player Android SDK follow these steps:

1. Add a link to our release repository to your applications build.gradle file. In addition to that, the google maven repository must be added.

   allprojects {
       repositories {
           google()
           jcenter()
   
           maven {
               url 'http://bitmovin.bintray.com/maven'
           }
       }
   }
   

2. Add the Bitmovin Player Android SDK as a dependency to your project. It is recommended to reference a specific version as you can see below:

   implementation 'com.bitmovin.player:playercore:2.26.0'
   

3. Additionally, if you want to use the Chromecast feature, add the following dependencies to your project:

   implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-cast-framework:16.0.1'
   implementation 'com.android.support:mediarouter-v7:27.1.1'
   implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
   implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.1'
   

   Furthermore, the BitmovinCastOptionsProvider and the ExpandedControllerActivity must be declared in the <application> tag of the AndroidManifest.xml. For more details see the BasicCasting sample application.

    <activity
            android:name="com.bitmovin.player.cast.ExpandedControllerActivity"
            android:launchMode="singleTask"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            ... >
    </activity>
   
    <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.gms.cast.framework.OPTIONS_PROVIDER_CLASS_NAME"
            android:value="com.bitmovin.player.cast.BitmovinCastOptionsProvider"
            />
   

4. If advertising support should be enabled, also add the following dependencies to your project:

    implementation 'com.google.ads.interactivemedia.v3:interactivemedia:3.8.7'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:15.0.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.1'
   

5. Make sure to add the INTERNET permission, which is required by the SDK, to the manifest file of your application

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
   

6. If the Bitmovin Android SDK is used to download content for offline playback, also add the permission for checking the network state

   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
   

7. In the manifest file of your application also provide your Bitmovin Player license key by adding a meta-data tag inside the application tag. YOUR_LICENSE_KEY has to be replaced by your own license key:

   <meta-data
           android:name="BITMOVIN_PLAYER_LICENSE_KEY"
           android:value="YOUR_LICENSE_KEY" />
   

   Your player license key can be found when logging in into https://dashboard.bitmovin.com and navigating to Player -> Licenses. There you also have to add the package name of the Android application which is using the SDK as a domain. The package name is defined in the manifest file of the Android application.

8. Starting with 2.16.0 our SDK is using Java 8, so your application must enable Java 8 support. This can be done by adding following code to your applications build gradle:

   compileOptions {
           sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
           targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
       }
   

Proguard

When using Proguard, we recommend to do no further optimization nor code obfuscation for symbols contained in the package com.bitmovin.player. This can be achieved by adding following Progurad rules to your project.

#### Bitmovin
-keep class com.bitmovin.player.** { *; }
-keep interface com.bitmovin.player.** { *; }

The Bitmovin Player Android SDK logs against a logging facade (SLF4J). In order to be able to compile successfully with proguard enabled, the following line must be added to the proguard file:

-dontwarn org.slf4j.**

Java Documentation

Our release repository also holds a .jar containing the javadoc for the playercore. If AndroidStudio is used, the documentation should be downloaded and included automatically .

Additional Resources

• You can find the latest API documentation here
• The release notes can be found here