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Spark Android SDK

Introduction

This document describes integration of a native Android app with Spark Player and feature library.

The SDK has two parts

• Spark Player: A full featured player based on Android ExoPlayer that can be integrated as is without requiring a Spark customer id.

• Spark Feature Library: The Spark feature library is a toolset for enriching and enhancing the user exeprience of your native apps with features like Video previews, floating player, watch next suggestions, etc - see the Full available feature set

Try out the complete feature set in our Spark Player and Feature Library demo app

You can also refer to the APP section of our Spark API doc for more information.

Basic integration

Integration of Spark Player with an app, can be done in two easy steps:

Step 1

Add Spark Player to a layout file with required set of features and options:

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <com.spark.player.SparkPlayer
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/spark_player"
        app:position_memory="false"/>
</LinearLayout>

By default, Spark features for a <customer_id> are enabled according to what was configured in the Spark control panel. However, one can disable some features for a specific instance by providing "false" attribute to SparkPlayer layout record.

Step 2

onCreate an activity of your app find Spark Player view, set customer id and queue an item:

    m_spark_player = findViewById(R.id.spark_player);
    m_spark_player.set_customer("demo");
    m_spark_player.queue(new PlayItem(getString(R.string.ad_tag),
        getString(R.string.video_url),
        getString(R.string.poster_url));

Note: An iOS version is also available.

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