Vonage Android SDK Samples

Check documentation to understand Video API overview. See instructions below in order to open Android project and obtain Vonage credentials.

The Android projects in this directory demonstrate typical use cases and features available in the Vonage Android SDK:

What's Inside

You can find various sample apps written with Jetpack Compose & XML based layout, that demonstrate the Vonage Android SDK features:

Jetpack Compose

• Basic-Video-Renderer demonstrates how to create a custom video renderer

XML layout

• Basic-Video-Chat demonstrates how to publish and subscribe to streams in a session. Best place to start
• Multiparty-Constraint-Layout demonstrates how to use ConstraintLayout to position all the videos in a multiparty session
• Archiving demonstrates how to utilize Vonage server to start, stop, and playback session recordings
• Basic-Audio-Driver demonstrates how to publish a random audio signal and save audio streams to the file.
• Advanced-Audio-Driver demonstrates how to create a more advanced custom audio driver
• Live-Photo-Capture demonstrates how to capture an image from a subscribed video stream
• Webview-Screen-Sharing demonstrates how to publish a webview-screen-sharing video, using the WebView as the source
• Phone-Call-Detection demonstrates how to detect incoming and outgoing phone calls
• Video-Transformers demonstrates how to use pre-built transformers in the Vonage Media Processor library or create your own custom video transformer to apply to published video.
• E2EE-Video-Chat demonstrates how to have a two-way End to End Encrypted (E2EE) audio and video communication using Vonage.
• Basic-Video-Chat-With-ForegroundServices demonstrates how to setup foreground services in order to have a seamless user experience.
• Camera-Controls demonstrates how to set the preferred torch/flashlight mode and zoom factor for the camera.
• Basic-Video-Chat-ConnectionService shows how to use ConnectionService integration in Kotlin.

Open project

1. Clone this repository [email protected]:vonage/vonage-video-android-sdk-samples.git
2. Start Android Studio
3. In the Quick Start panel, click Open an existing Android Studio Project
4. Navigate to the repository folder, select the desired project subfolder, and click Choose

Obtaining Vonage Credentials

Step by step tutorial

To use the Vonage platform you need a session ID, token, and APP ID. You can get these values by creating a project in your Vonage Dashboard, using the project Tools. For production deployment, you must generate the session ID and token values using one of the Vonage Server SDKs.

Obtaining OpenTok Credentials

To use the OpenTok platform you need a session ID, token, and API key. You can get these values by creating a project on your OpenTok Account Page and scrolling down to the Project Tools section of your Project page. For production deployment, you must generate the session ID and token values using one of the OpenTok Server SDKs.

Development and Contributing

Feel free to copy and modify the source code herein for your projects. Please consider sharing your modifications with us, especially if they might benefit other developers using the Vonage Android SDK. See the License for more information.

Interested in contributing? You ❤️ pull requests! See the Contribution guidelines.

Getting Help

We love to hear from you so if you have questions, comments or find a bug in the project, let us know! You can either:

• Open an issue on this repository
• See Vonage support for support options
• Tweet at us! We're @VonageDev on Twitter
• Or join the Vonage Developer Community Slack