Quick start (with cohosting)

Prerequisites

• Go to ZEGOCLOUD Admin Console to create a UIKit project.
• Get the AppID and AppSign of the project.

​If you don't know how to create a project and obtain an app ID, please refer to this guide.

Integrate the SDK

Add dependencies

Do the following to add the ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStream and ZegoUIKitSignalingPlugin dependencies:

• Open Terminal, navigate to your project's root directory, and run the following to create a podfile:

  pod init

• Edit the Podfile file to add the basic dependency:

  pod 'ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreaming'
  pod 'ZegoUIKitSignalingPlugin'

• In Terminal, run the following to download all required dependencies and SDK with Cocoapods:

  pod install

Import SDKs & plug-in

Import the ZegoUIKit, ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreaming, and ZegoUIKitSignalingPlugin into your project:

import ZegoUIKit
import ZegoUIKitSignalingPlugin
import ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreaming
// YourViewController.swift
class ViewController: UIViewController {
    //Other code...
}

Using the Live Streaming Kit

• Specify the userID and userName for connecting the Live Streaming Kit service.
• Create a liveID that represents the live you want to start.

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    let appID: UInt32 = <#AppID#>
    let appSign: String = <#AppSign#>
    var userID: String = <#UserID#>
    var userName: String = <#UserName#>
    var liveID: String = <#LiveID#>

    @IBAction func startLive(_ sender: Any) {

        let config: ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingConfig = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingConfig.host(enableSignalingPlugin: true)
        config.enableCoHosting = true
        let liveVC: ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingVC = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingVC(appID, appSign: appSign, userID: userID, userName: userName, liveID: liveID, config: config)
        liveVC.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
        self.present(liveVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    @IBAction func watchLive(_ sender: Any) {
        let config: ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingConfig = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingConfig.audience(enableSignalingPlugin: true)
        config.enableCoHosting = true
        let liveVC: ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingVC = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltLiveStreamingVC(appID, appSign: appSign, userID: userID, userName: userName, liveID: liveID, config: config)
        liveVC.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
        self.present(liveVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}

Then, you can start a live by presenting the VC.

Configure your project

Open the Info.plist, add the following code inside the dict part:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>We require camera access to connect to a live</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>We require microphone access to connect to a live</string>

Run & Test

Now you have finished all the steps!

You can simply click the Run in XCode to run and test your App on your device.

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