CONNECT Player SDK 5 for Android
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CONNECT Player SDK 5 for Android Documentation

The CONNECT Player SDK 5 for Android enables you to embed the player within an existing or new native Java or Kotlin application. The SDK wraps and extends the media player API, providing a similar interface to the Android Video view.

Supported versions and formats

Supported OS Versions

​Adaptive Streaming Format

DRM

Audio/Video Container

Encrypt Method

Block/Cypher

Android 5.x (Lollipop) onwards

DASH

Widevine
PlayReady
PRM

ISOBMFF/F-MP4

CENC

AES 128 CTR

HLS

PRM

MPEG2-TS

AES 128

AES 128 CBC

Supported audio and video codecs

Video codec

Audio codec

Comments

H.264

AAC-LC
HE-AAC


H.265

AAC-LC
HE-AAC

Only where the hardware supports H.265 decoding

SDK file contents

NAGRA supplies two variants of the SDK library, one with PRM support and one without. 
If PRM is not required, the Android SDK 5 package typically contains the following files:

If you have requested PRM-protected playback with PAK support, PRM versions of the above files will be supplied:

  • opy-sdk-android-5.10.x-example-code-prm.zip

  • opy-sdk-android-5.10.x-sdk-prm-integration.aar

  • opy-sdk-android-5.10.x-sdk-prm-production.aar

The PRM Operator Vault file opvault.json is provided separately.

Open-source usage

The following third-party software is used and embedded within the CONNECT Player SDK 5 for Android.

  • exo-player 2.12.0

Java side open-source libraries.

  • protobuf-lite 3.0.1

  • guava 27.1-android