Swift

Getting Started

In this tutorial, you will be utilizing the iOS SDK, Vonage's client-side library for iOS devices, to quickly build a real-time interactive video application with a custom renderer.

Estimated completion time: 25 mins

Before you begin, ensure you have:

  • A supported version of Xcode
  • Vonage Video API credentials:
    • Application ID (kAppId)
    • Session ID (kSessionId)
    • Token (kToken)

Note: To obtain your credentials, follow the Vonage Video Getting Started Guide.

Want to skip this tutorial? You can jump to the completed iOS Swift client code in the BasicVideoRenderer folder of our Swift sample app repo on GitHub. The repo includes a README with documentation for running and exploring the code.

Basic video rendering

Learn how to use a custom video renderer in Swift to display a black-and-white version of a video stream using the Vonage Video iOS SDK.

Available on:
Kotlin Swift
Steps
1
Introduction
2
Getting Started
3
Creating a New Project
4
Adding the Vonage Video SDK
5
Setting Up Authentication
6
Understanding the Architecture
7
Create the Custom Render View
8
Create the Custom Video Renderer
9
Integrating with Vonage Video Manager
10
Create UIView to SwiftUI Wrapper
11
Display in SwiftUI
12
How It Works
13
Conclusion