Basics series

Project setup

Permissions required by the SDK

The following permissions are required for the SDK to function. Remember to add them to your AndroidManifest.xml. * <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> - Needed to access the Red Bee Media OTT backend.

Adding Enigma River libraries to your project

The Enigma River Android SDK uses jitpack.io for library distribution. So to add the libraries as dependencies to your project you also need to add jitpack as a repository.

Note

There are 2 build.gradle files in your project. One in the 'parent-project' and one in the 'app-module'. You should be editing the build.gradle file located in your app-module (typically located at /MyProjectName/app/build.gradle)

...
repositories {
    ...
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    ...
}
...

The Enigma River SDK does not handle video playback itself - it uses a 'player implementation' for this. So in addition to the core library you also need to add a player implementation library and any additional libraries needed for that particular player implementation.

For using ExoPlayer as the player implementation, add the following lines to your app-module build.gradle file.

...
android {
    ...
    compileOptions {
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    ...
}
...
repositories {
    ...
    google() //Needed for ExoPlayer
    jcenter() //Needed for ExoPlayer
    ...
}
...
dependencies {
    ...
    implementation "com.github.EricssonBroadcastServices.EnigmaRiverAndroid:core:__REPLACE_WITH_RELEASE_VERSION__"
    implementation "com.github.EricssonBroadcastServices.EnigmaRiverAndroid:exoplayerintegration:__REPLACE_WITH_RELEASE_VERSION__"
}
...

There is also an optional utility module that provides native (Java) objects for accessing additional endpoints of the exposure REST-api. You can add include it by also adding the following dependency:

implementation "com.github.EricssonBroadcastServices.EnigmaRiverAndroid:exposureUtils:__REPLACE_WITH_RELEASE_VERSION__"

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