ima-dai-sdk

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](references/web-StreamManager-guide.md) for loading

stream URL from Google full-service DAI into <video> element.

• ChromeCast: Read

[StreamManager guide](references/cast-StreamManager-guide.md) for

integrating the IMA DAI SDK into a ChromeCast Web Receiver.

• Android: Read

[ImaServerSideAdInsertionMediaSource guide](references/android-ImaServerSideAdInsertionMediaSource-guide.md)

for integrating Media3 Exoplayer IMA extension.

• iOS/tvOS: Read

[IMAStreamRequest guide](references/ios-IMAStreamRequest-guide.md) for

playing streams with AVPlayer.

• Roku: Read [StreamManager guide](references/roku-StreamManager-guide.md)

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.