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Akamai Adaptive Media Player iOS

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Tony Gentile
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Datazoom’s framework facilitates iOS applications using the Akamai Adaptive Media Player iOS player to send video playback events based on the configuration created in data pipes.


  1. Login to Datazoom here:  https://app.datazoom.io
  2. Add a Collector as indicated here:  How to add a Collector

  3. Copy the config key that was created at the end of the process
    Click the icon indicated below to copy the Configuration Key

    You will see this message:

     4. Replace the <configuration id from Datazoom>in Datazoom's DZAkamai.framework file with the Key you copied above.

     5. Replace the <url given by Datazoom> with <https://platform.datazoom.io/beacon/v1/>

     6. Replace the <AMPPlayer object> with your playerInstance identifier 

Prerequisites

Installation

  • Open the terminal and check if Cocoapods is installed in your machine.

    pod --version

  • If the above command returns no version number, then you'll need to install CocoaPods. 

    sudo gem install cocoapods

  • After installation, navigate to the Xcode project directory and create a Podfile configuration file if not present.

    pod init

  • Run the command:

    open Podfile

  • Add the DZAkamai framework after use_frameworks! in the Podfile

     pod 'DZAkamai', '1.23.0', :source => 'https://gitlab.com/datazoom/pod-specs.git'

  • Add the AmpCore framework in the Podfile

    pod 'AmpCore'

  • Pull and update the latest Cocoapods pod specs

    pod repo update

  • Install the pods

    pod install
  • Be sure to close any current Xcode sessions and use `your_project_name.xcworkspace` for this project from now on.

Implementation Steps for Swift Language-based Applications

  • Open the ViewController/View file, where the AMPPlayer(Akamai Player) is included.

  • Import the framework using the following command:

    import DZAkamaiCollector

  • Initialize the framework by passing along the "Configuration ID", and player instance:

     DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.initAkamaiPlayerWith(configID: <configuration id from Datazoom>, url: <url given by Datazoom>, playerInstance: <AMPPlayer object>)

Implementation Steps for Objective-C Language-based Applications

  • Create a bridging header file, to allow interoperability of languages.
  • Open the ViewController/View file, where the AMPPlayer(akamai player) is included.

  • Import the following:

    #import <AVKit/AVKit.h> 
#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
#import <DZAkamaiCollector.h>

  • Initialize the swift class in the .h file:

    DZAkamaiCollector *akamaiObject;


  • In the .m file, allocate using:

    akamaiObject = [[DZAkamaiCollector alloc]init];
[akamaiObject initNativePlayerWithConfigId: <configuration id from Datazoom>, url: <url given by Datazoom>, playerInstance: <AMPPlayer Object>];

 Customers Using Google IMA Ads

      In order to collect the Google IMA data points, customers should add this plugin library along with the core collector SDK.

  • Run the command:

    open Podfile

  • Add the DZAkamaiIMA framework after DzAkamai framework in the Podfile

    pod 'DZAkamaiIMA', '1.23.0', :source => 'https://gitlab.com/datazoom/pod-specs.git'
  • Install the pods
    pod update
pod install
  • Open the ViewController/View file, where the AMPPlayer(Akamai Player) is included.

  • Import the framework using the following command:

    import DZAkamaiIMACollector

  • Initialise the framework :

    var ima: AmpIMAManager!
ima = AmpIMAManager(ampPlayer: player, videoView: player.playerView!)
 
DZAkamaiIMACollectorInstance.shared.connect(DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager, ima)


Customers Using Freewheel Ads

      In order to collect the Freewheel data points, customers should add this plugin library along with the core collector SDK.

  • Run the command:

    open Podfile

  • Add the DZAkamaiFreewheelCollector framework after DzAkamai framework in the Podfile

    pod 'DZAkamaiIosFreewheel', '1.23.0', :source => 'https://gitlab.com/datazoom/pod-specs.git'
  • Install the pods
    pod update
pod install
  • Open the ViewController/View file, where the AMPPlayer(Akamai Player) is included.

  • Import the framework using the following command:

    import DZAkamaiFreewheelCollector

  • Initialise the framework: (After DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.initAkamaiPlayerWith)

    DZAkamaiFreewheelCollectorInstance.shared.connect(DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager)

Custom Events & Metadata

Datazoom allows customers to collect custom events and metadata that aren't emitted from the video player.

Custom Metadata

  • Create an NSDictionary with necessary metadata

    let metaData = ["customMetadata":"MetadataValue"]

  • Add the metadata to DZEventCollector

    DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.customMetaData(metaData)


    Example:

    func sendCustomMetadata(){
	 DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.customMetaData(["customPlayerName" : "iOS Native Player","customDomain":domain])
}


Custom Events

  • Send  Events like below:

    DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.customEvents("custom_event_name", metadata: nil)


    Example:

    @objc func buttonPushTouched() {       
  DZAmpCollector.dzSharedManager.customEvents("buttonClick", metadata:["customPlayerName":"AkamaiPlayer","customDomainName":"datazoom.io"])        
}


Demo Application


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