Quickstart

This quickstart shows how to use Dyte's core SDKs to add live video and audio to your Android applications.

To get started quickly, you can use our sample code. You can clone and run a sample application from the Android Core samples, available in both Kotlin and Java.

Objective

You'll learn how to:

• Install the Dyte SDK
• Initialize the SDK
• Configure a Dyte meeting
• Initialize the Dyte meeting
• Go live with your Dyte meeting

Before Getting Started

Make sure you've read the Getting Started with Dyte topic and completed the following steps:

• Create a Dyte Developer Account
• Create a Dyte Meeting
• Add Participant to the meeting
• Install Android Studio

Step 1: Install the SDK

To install the SDK, add the core-android dependency to your app's build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    // (other dependencies)
    implementation 'io.dyte:core-android:+'
}

Note

If your app targets lower versions of Android (Android API <= 24), please enable core desugaring in your app's build.gradle file as follows.

android {
  // other configurations
  compileOptions {
    // other configurations
    isCoreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true
  }
}

dependencies {
   // other dependencies
   coreLibraryDesugaring("com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.0.4")
}

Step 2: Initialize the SDK

The DyteMobileClient is the main class of the SDK. It is the entry point and the only class required to initialize Dyte SDK.

Kotlin

val dyteClient = DyteMeetingBuilder.build(activity)

Java

DyteMobileClient dyteClient = DyteMeetingBuilder.build(activity);

Step 3: Configure a Dyte meeting

Configure the following properties in the DyteMeetingInfoV2 class. You must pass a valid participant authToken obtained from the Add Participant API.

Name	Description
authToken	After you've created the meeting, add each participant to the meeting using the Add Participant API The API response contains the authToken.
enableAudio	Set whether to join the meeting with your Mic ON (true) or OFF (false).
enableVideo	Set whether to join the meeting with your Camera ON (true) or OFF (false).
baseUrl	Base URL of the dyte's environment you have created the meeting on.

Kotlin

val meetingInfo =
      DyteMeetingInfoV2(
        authToken = AUTH_TOKEN,
        enableAudio = true,
        enableVideo = true,
        baseUrl = "dyte.io"
      )

Java

DyteMeetingInfoV2 meetingInfo = new DyteMeetingInfoV2(
          MeetingConfig.AUTH_TOKEN, // auth_token
          true,   // enableAudio
          true,   // enableVideo
          "dyte.io" // baseUrl
          );

Step 4: Initialize the Dyte meeting

To initialize the meeting, call the init() method on the dyteClient object with the meetingInfo argument. This establishes a connection with the Dyte meeting server.

Kotlin

dyteClient.init(meetingInfo, {
    // init complete
  }, {
    // init failed
  }
)

Java

dyteClient.init(meetingInfo, () -> {
        // init complete
        return null;
      }, () -> {
        // init failed
        return null;
      });

Step 5: Go live with your Dyte meeting!

Now, you have established the connection with the Dyte meeting server successfully. Next step is to join the room.

Join the room

To join the meeting room, call joinRoom() method on the dyteClient instance as shown below.

Kotlin

dyteClient.joinRoom({
    // join complete
  }, {
    // join failed
  }
)

Java

dyteClient.join(() -> {
        // join complete
        return null;
      }, () -> {
        // join failed
        return null;
      });

Leave the room

Once the meeting is over, you can leave the meeting room.

To leave the meeting room, call leaveRoom() method on the dyteClient as shown below.

Kotlin

dyteClient.leaveRoom({
  // leave completed
}, {
  // leave failed
})

Java

dyteClient.leave(() -> {
        // leave complete
        return null;
      }, () -> {
        // leave failed
        return null;
      });