Set up a player (Android)
Add a player in your Android app.
The JWPlayerView
is the central logic component of our SDK. This class allows you to easily load new media into the player, manage video and audio playback, and register multiple event listeners that could help you with custom analytics or error handling.
If you have unique implementation requirements, please contact your JWP representative.
Implementation
Use the following steps and code examples to add the JWPlayerView
to the app/res/layout/activity_main.xml and app/java/MainActivity.java files of your app:
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In app/res/layout/activity_main.xml, add the
JWPlayerView
.<com.jwplayer.pub.view.JWPlayerView android:id="@+id/jwplayerview" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" />
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In app/java/MainActivity.java, set your license key.
new LicenseUtil().setLicenseKey(this, "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY");
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Get a reference to the player.
JWPlayerView playerView = findViewById(R.id.jwplayerview); JWPlayer mPlayer = mPlayerView.getPlayer();
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Use
PlaylistItem.Builder()
to create and define aPlaylistItem
object.For videos hosted with JWP, use the following steps to retrieve the URL of a video:
- Click the name of the video in your JWP dashboard Media Library.
- Under Media Summary, click the View Assets.
- On the Video Renditions tab in the row of a specific rendition, click β¨ to reveal the DIRECT URL.
- Copy the DIRECT URL.
- Click Close.
Hosting your videos with JWP enables you to query the Analytics API to access SDK video metrics.
PlaylistItem playlistItem = new PlaylistItem.Builder() .file("https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/{MEDIA_ID}.m3u8") .build();
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Create a
List<PlaylistItem>
object. Add thePlaylistItem
object to theList<PlaylistItem>
object.List<PlaylistItem> playlist = new ArrayList<>(); playlist.add(playlistItem);
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Use
PlayerConfig.Builder()
to create aPlayerConfig
object. Assign theList<PlaylistItem>
object to the playlist property of thePlayerConfig
object.PlayerConfig config = new PlayerConfig.Builder() .playlist(playlist) .build();
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Set up
mPlayer
with thePlayerConfig
object.mPlayer.setup(config);
Updated 10 months ago