videosdk 5.0.0-beta.1

Video SDK Flutter to simply integrate Audio & Video Calling API or Live Video Streaming API to your app with just a few lines of code.

Video SDK Flutter

Video SDK Flutter to simply integrate Audio & Video Calling API or Live Video Streaming API to your app with just a few lines of code.

Upgrading from 3.12.x? Your Dart code does not change — every exported type keeps the same name and signature. There are four setup items to check, and Web/macOS/Windows are not in 4.0 yet. See MIGRATION.md.

Functionality

4.0 runs the meeting on VideoSDK's native Android and iOS SDKs. Web, macOS and Windows are not supported in this release — stay on 3.12.x for those; see MIGRATION.md.

Feature	Android	iOS
Audio/Video	✓	✓
Recorder	✓	✓
HLS	✓	✓
RTMP Live	✓	✓
Simulcast	✓	✓
Screen Share	✓	✓
Transcription & Translation	✓	✓
PubSub & Realtime Store	✓	✓
Whiteboard	✓	✓
End-to-end encryption	planned for 4.1	planned for 4.1

Getting Started

Setup Guide

Add videosdk as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Android Setup

Update AndroidManifest.xml file for the permissions

Ensure the following permission is present in your Android Manifest file, located in <project root>/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

If you need to use a Bluetooth device, please add:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />

The Flutter project template adds it, so it may already be there.

Also you will need to set your build settings to Java 17, because official WebRTC jar now uses static methods in EglBase interface. Just add this to your app level build.gradle:

android {
    //...
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
    }
}

If necessary, in the same build.gradle you will need to increase minSdkVersion of defaultConfig up to 26 (currently default Flutter generator set it to 23).

If necessary, in the same build.gradle you will need to increase compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion up to 36 (currently default Flutter generator set it to 33).

iOS Setup

1. Add the following entry to your Info.plist file, located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) Camera Usage!</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) Microphone Usage!</string>

This entry allows your app to access camera and microphone.

2. Update the minimum iOS platform version to 13.0. You can update it in the ios/Podfile.

platform: ios, "13.0";

3. The iOS side ships as a Swift Package. If your project is CocoaPods-only, turn on Flutter's SPM support once:

flutter config --enable-swift-package-manager

4. Screen sharing uses ReplayKit and needs a Broadcast Upload Extension in your app, plus RTCScreenSharingExtension and RTCAppGroupIdentifier in your Info.plist. The extension has to be signed with your own team and bundle id, so the SDK cannot ship one — MIGRATION.md has the steps and example/ has a working setup.

macOS Setup

Not applicable to 4.0 — macOS is not supported in this release. These steps are kept for apps on 3.12.x and for when the platform returns.

These entries allows your app to access camera, microphone and open outgoing network connections.

1. Add the following entry to your Info.plist file, located in <project root>/macos/Runner/Info.plist:

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) Camera Usage!</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) Microphone Usage!</string>

2. Add the following entry to your DebugProfile.entitlements file, located in <project root>/macos/Runner/DebugProfile.entitlements:

<key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.device.camera</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.device.microphone</key>
<true/>

3. Add the following entry to your Release.entitlements file, located in <project root>/macos/Runner/Release.entitlements:

<key>com.apple.security.network.server</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.network.client</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.device.camera</key>
<true/>
<key>com.apple.security.device.microphone</key>
<true/>

Import it

Now in your Dart code, you can use:

import "package:videosdk/videosdk.dart";