VideoSDK's Interactive Live Streaming (ILS) enables real-time webinars, events, and social engagements with up to 100 hosts/co-hosts and 2,000 viewers. Perfect for large-scale interactions, it supports dynamic tools like Q&A and live chat for seamless engagement.
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- 🔥 Features
- ⚡ Quick Setup
- 🔧 Prerequisites
- 🔧 Live Stream Mode Overview
- 📦 Running the Sample App
- 🧠 Key Concepts
- 🔑 Token Generation
- 📖 Examples
- 📝 VideoSDK's Documentation
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- ✅ Toggle Media: Easily control audio, video, and screen sharing. Hosts can also manage participant media settings.
- ✅ Customizable Streams: Personalize video and audio streams with quality and setting options.
- ✅ AI Virtual Background: Apply virtual backgrounds seamlessly during video streams.
- ✅ AI Noise Removal: Enhance audio clarity by eliminating background noise.
- ✅ AI Filter: Apply real-time filters to enhance video streams.
- ✅ Chat: Engage in live chat with host moderation to ensure a smooth experience.
- ✅ Gifts: Send and receive virtual gifts during the session.
- ✅ Invite Co-hosts: Bring audience members on stage to co-host the session.
- ✅ Whiteboard: Collaborate visually with an interactive whiteboard.
- ✅ Real-time Captioning: Enable live captions for improved accessibility and engagement.
- 🔄 Content Moderation: Ensure a safe and appropriate environment by moderating shared content. (In progress)
- ✅ Kick Participants: Maintain control by removing disruptive participants.
- 🔄 Relay Speaker(PK-Host): Send speakers to other live streams for expanded engagement. (In progress)
- 🔄 Switch Live Streams: Seamlessly transition between different live streams. (In progress)
- Android Studio Arctic Fox (2020.3.1) or later.
- Android SDK API Level 21 or higher.
- Valid Video SDK Token
- Designed primarily for the Host or Co-host.
- Allows sending and receiving media.
- Hosts can broadcast their audio/video and interact directly with the audience.
- Tailored for the Audience.
- Enables receiving media shared by the Host.
- Audience members can view and listen but cannot share their own media.
Follow these steps to get the sample app up and running:
Clone the repository to your local environment.
git clone https://github.com/videosdk-live/videosdk-ils-android-sdk-exampleOpen the cloned project in Android Studio and perform a project sync.
Generate a temporary token from your Video SDK Account and update the local.properties file:
auth_token = TEMPORARY-TOKENRun the Android app by pressing Shift+F10 or by clicking the ▶ Run button in the Android Studio toolbar.
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Understand the core components of our SDK:
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Meeting- A Meeting represents Real-time audio and video communication.Note: Don't confuse the terms Room and Meeting; both mean the same thing 😃 -
Sessions- A particular duration you spend in a given meeting is referred as a session, you can have multiple sessions of a specific meetingId. -
Participant- A participant refers to anyone attending the meeting session. Thelocal participantrepresents yourself (You), while all other attendees are consideredremote participants. -
Stream- A stream refers to video or audio media content that is published by either thelocal participantorremote participants.
The token is used to create and validate a meeting using API and also initialize a meeting.
🛠️ Development Environment:
- You may use a temporary token for development. To create a temporary token, go to VideoSDK's dashboard .
🌐 Production Environment:
- You must set up an authentication server to authorize users for production. To set up an authentication server, please take a look at our official example repositories. videosdk-rtc-api-server-examples
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