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      SDK iOS Updates

      Read about the most recent iOS SDK updates

       

      SDK iOS v1.18.0

      • Introduction of the Replay badge icon, also known as the "Recorded" tag, for replays. Users now have the flexibility to toggle this feature on and off at their discretion.
      • Countdown Timer feature has been enhanced to include a "Remind Me" functionality. This enables our valued customers to seamlessly integrate important events into their calendars, ensuring they never miss a scheduled live session.

      SDK iOS v1.16.0

      • Optimization of thumbnail image fetching
      • Implementation of a player wrap to prevent potential retain cycles that may occur when integrating with various SDK delegates
      • Empowering the host app with the ability to pause the player before video playback begins

      SDK iOS v1.15.0

      • Users can now show a logo in place of the ellipsis button on the player
      • Product card is almost completely customizable 
      • SDK will now hide the price based on the setting in biz portal
      • View count can now be disabled based on the setting in biz portal

      SDK iOS v1.14.0

      • Dropped support for iOS 12
      • UI updates to make video details options look more symmetric when only one item is in the options
      • Adjusted the way our feed is constrained to better support our feed being used in Swift UI. 
      • Fixed an image fetching issue reported by Afterpay

      SDK iOS v1.13.0

      • New play/pause API to allow host app programmatic control over player playback
      • Announcement banners
      • Continual improvements to the PDP screen 

      SDK iOS v1.12.0

      • New Product Card design Product Card in short video
      • Presenting a fresh product detail page with improved visuals and functionalities.
      • Offering an API to easily configure StoryBlock for seamless integration.
      • Empowering users to customize the images of full-screen player buttons for a personalized touch
      • Providing the capability to define custom navigation handling when tapping on a product card
      • Introducing an API to toggle the visibility of the video title on the detail section page, enhancing user control.
      • Introducing a new content source for single video or livestream, enriching Video Feed and Storyblock

      SDK iOS v1.11.0

      • Gracefully handle up to 'hard' load test during live stream
      • Support custom handling the cart icon click event by host app developers
        • When users click the cart icon, SDK can deliver the click event to the host apps and allow the host app developers to custom handle the event
      • Send WebSocket Channel connects and disconnects to diagnostics
      • Ability to set single video id as source in Storyblock on Mobile SDKs
      • Ad configuration Implementation “Kill Switch”
      • Supports opening the video player in full-screen mode and enabling PiP(including the floating player)
        • support opening the video player in full-screen mode and enabling PiP(including the floating player)
      • Update the button state and request the configuration update when the shopping CTA action is none
      • Adding Poll in Short Videos
      • Update AV Player
      • Mute Button Parity Issues
      • SKU Feed Query
      • Release IVS liv for SDK v.1.10
      • Release Agora supporting lib

       

      SDK iOS v1.10.0

      • Implement Initial Player Layout
      • Traffic Source Tracking
      • Fullscreen+Impressions+creative_view (VAST) 
      • ‘Select Replay’ feature being reflected on SDK
          • 'Select Replay' feature in FW dashboard allows us to choose from which moment users will see the video being played when opening the stream.
          • Mainly used to cut off beginning of stream when there is a countdown/waiting
      • Add IVS supporting library to Package.swift
          • Add IVS supporting library within the new package
          • Automation continues to work
      • Add GAM supporting library to Package.swift
          • Add GAM supporting library within the new package
          • Automation continues to work
      • ADD IMA supporting library to Package.swift
          • Add IMA supporting library within the new package
          • Automation continues to work
      • Replace Existing CTA for Short Videos
          • Replaces existing CTA button with a bigger (“full” width) CTA button 
      • Agora v0.4.1
          • Latest Agora supporting lib
      • User Engagement Tracking
          • Track users Last Engagement
      • Update IVS Player supporting lib
        • Send Player error events during live streams
        • Send Player buffering ratio to diagnostics
        • Send Player resolution to diagnostics
        • Send video startup time to diagnostics

      SDK iOS v1.9.0

       

      • ChatUX Changes -
        • Collapsed and Expand Modes for the Chat
        • Lighter gradient in the background 
        • Missed messages button 
        • Messages fading out on the top of chat 
      • Better UI support for smaller Storyblock implementations
      • Easier integration of supporting libraries
      • Hashtag Playlist
      • Bug Fixes

      SDK iOS v1.8.0


      • WCAG Phase 2 Release
          • The purpose is to help with all the Accessibility issues related to our iOS SDK
      • Shop Now Feature
          • With our current Product Card, once a user clicks on Product card instead of just “Add to Cart” CTA will give them the option to change text to say “Shop Now” 
          • Once clicked, along with the product variant details, Shop Now Call To Action Button is visible
          • Applies to both Livestream and Short Videos
      • Click Handler
        • Allows the host app to redirect the user to the app page for the product upon clicking the link icon next to Add to Cart button on Product Cards
            • Product ID
            • Unit ID
            • The associated URLThe handler should provide the product object for the host app to get the URL or product ID for navigating to the product page
      • Make URLs Clickable
          • Makes URLs sent in a chat by moderator/in pinned messages clickable
          • Users will be redirected to the link rather than having to copy and paste the link
          • A regular user who posts a link will not be clickable
          • Only links sent by moderator will be clickable 
      • iOS Agora Supporting Library for SDK is now live and public

       

      SDK iOS v1.7.0

       

      • Updated Firework Branding on our SDK
      • Add ability to programmatically enter floating player
        • The user can navigate towards product details and checkout page without missing the video being played
        • Gives users an API that they can use to be able to enter floating player

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      • Add minimum ADA updates for Player
        • Compliance for people with special disabilities
        • Added navigate “next” and “previous” video using buttons that point right and left
      • Hide link Next to Add to Cart Button
        • Allows users to hide the link next to the Add to Cart functionality
        • When link is hidden, the button will fill the available space
        • The SDK has a configuration that will hide this link regardless if a link exists or not
        • Customer can configure if this link is visible with the configuration
        • The configuration defaults to be visible

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      SDK iOS v1.6.0

      • Improved Floating Player Support - Improvement of our API that allows our partners to enable floating player/ PiP with a single flag. The SDK does all the resource management for them
      • CTA highlight delay configuration - The Player has a new configuration that allows the developer to specify how long before the button becomes fully visible
      • Floating Player improvements and Bug fixes