Adding CONNECT Player to your application

To add the CONNECT Player to your application, you need to:

• Update the build.gradle
• Edit the MainActivity file
• Add a video view element

Update the build.gradle

The illustrations below show how to modify the build.gradle to work with the CONNECT Player SDK for Android. For the list of dependencies, latest versions and build configuration, see CONNECT Player SDK 5 for Android Documentation.

1. In Project view, select app > build.gradle. In the android block, ensure compileSdkVersion is set to 31 and minSdkVersion is set to  21.

   GROOVY

   ...
   android {
     compileSdkVersion 31 // Update this version as per the integration guide
     defaultConfig {
       minSdkVersion 21
       ...
     }
     ...
   }
   ...

2. Add the following lines to the android block (if not already present):

   GROOVY

       compileOptions {
           sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
           targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
       }

3. Create a buildScript block with a dependency set for the latest gradle plugin.

   GROOVY

   buildscript {
     repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
      }
     dependencies {
       classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.4'
     }
   }

4. In the dependencies block, add the following implementations:

   GROOVY

           implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.aar'])
           implementation ("com.google.guava:guava:27.1-android") {
                 exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
                 exclude group: 'org.checkerframework', module: 'checker-compat-qual'
                 exclude group: 'com.google.errorprone', module: 'error_prone_annotations'
                 exclude group: 'com.google.j2objc', module: 'j2objc-annotations'
                 exclude group: 'org.codehaus.mojo', module: 'animal-sniffer-annotations'
   			} 

5. On completion, sync the build.gradle.

Next step: Edit the MainActivity file.