Creating a video chat app

Java

Adding the Android SDK

The app uses Maven to load the Android SDK:

Edit the build.gradle for your project (at your project's root) and add the following code snippet to the allprojects/repositories section:

mavenCentral()

At this point the build.gradle file should look like this:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.2'
    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Modify build.gradle for your module (the app/build.gradle file) and add the following code snippet to the dependencies section:

implementation 'com.vonage:client-sdk-video:2.31.0'

When using Vonage Video Android 2.16.0 or above, you will need to add the following to the android section of the app's build.gradle file as well:

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
}

At this point the build.gradle file for your module should look like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 32

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.myapplication"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 32
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
    implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.vonage:client-sdk-video:2.31.0'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
}

Sync your project.

Basic video chat

Learn the basic concepts of the Vonage Video API platform, including how users can communicate through video, voice, and messaging. Explore a basic Vonage Video API flow.

Available on:

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Steps

Introduction

Getting Started

Creating a new project

Adding the Android SDK

Setting up authentication

Requesting permissions

Connecting to the session

Adjusting the sample app UI

Publishing a stream to the session