IMA DAI SDK

Use the IMA DAI SDK to load HLS or DASH streams into the app for:

• Livestream events configured in Google Ad Manager.
• Video on demand (VOD) content ingested into Google Ad Manager.

Prerequisites

Review the platform-specific integration guides for the target platforms:

• Web/HTML5/ReactJs/NodeJs/Angular: Read StreamManager guide for loading stream URL from Google full-service DAI into <video> element.

• ChromeCast: Read StreamManager guide for integrating the IMA DAI SDK into a ChromeCast Web Receiver.

• Android: Read ImaServerSideAdInsertionMediaSource guide for integrating Media3 Exoplayer IMA extension.

• iOS/tvOS: Read IMAStreamRequest guide for playing streams with AVPlayer.

• Roku: Read StreamManager guide for implementing DAI on Roku SceneGraph.

Quick start (general workflow)

1. Import the SDK
2. Initialize the SDK
3. Add stream event listeners
4. Set up timed metadata forwarding
5. Make a stream request
6. Clean up SDK resources when the stream fails or the user leaves the stream.