Android - Integrating the SDK

How to integrate the Android Voice SDK

SDK Setup

Requirements

To use the Voice SDK you need:

Setup the development environment

Complete the following steps to setup your Android studio development environment:

  1. Open Android Studio and click Start a new Android Studio project.
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Android Studio 1

  1. In the Select a Project Template window, select a template of your choice and click Next.
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Android Studio 2

  1. In the Configure Your Project window:

    • Enter the name of your app and your Package name.
    • Enter the location of where your project will be saved
    • Select either Java or Kotlin as the language
    • Select API 23: Android 6.0 (Marshmellow) as the Minimum SDK and click Finish.
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Android Studio 3

Add the Voice SDK as a dependency

Confirm you have the latest dependency version:

  1. Add the following to your top-level build.gradle file:
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Android Studio 4

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven {
            url "https://github.com/8x8Cloud/voice-sdk-android/raw/master/releases/"
        }
    }
}
  1. Add the Wavecell dependency as well as sourceCompatibility in your app-level build.gradle file:
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Android Studio 5

android {
   ...
   compileOptions {
      sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
      targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
   }
}

dependencies {
   ...
   implementation "com.eght:wavecell-voice-sdk:[LATEST_VERSION]"
}
  1. Click on File > Sync Project with Gradle Files.

You can now use the Voice SDK in your application.

Permissions

Add the following uses-permission elements to your AndroidManifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />