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Akamai Adaptive Media Player tvOS

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Tony Gentile
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Datazoom’s framework facilitates tvOS applications using the Akamai Adaptive Media Player tvOS 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 DZAkamaiTvOS framework after use_frameworks! in the Podfile

     pod 'DZAkamaiTvOS', '1.9.0', :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 DZAkamaiTVOSCollector

  • Initialize the framework by passing along the env (any one of DEV, STAGING, PROD) "Configuration ID", and player instance:

     DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.initialize(dzEnv.PROD, <configuration id from Datazoom>, <AMPPlayer object>, onCompletion: {})

Custom Metadata

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

Custom Metadata

  • The customer should add the following snippet just after calling the DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.initialize

    DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.setCustomMetaData(["customMetadataName": "customMetadataValue"])


    Example:

    func setupCustomMetadata(){
	 DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.setCustomMetaData([
				"customPlayerName" : "Akamai tvOS Player",
					 "customDomain": "https://datazoom.io"
			])
}


Custom Events

  • Send  Events like below:

    DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.sendCustomEvent("Custom_Event_Name", ["customMetadataName": "customMetadataValue"])


    Example:

    func buttonTouched() {       
  DZAkamaiTvOsCollectorInstance.shared.sendCustomEvent("buttonClick", ["buttonLabel": "ViewCredits"])        
}

Demo Application


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