Ziggeo's Swift SDK is the best video recording/playback SDK out there.

It is managed publicly on GitHub here.

• We also have an Objective C SDK, see here.
• We also have an Android SDK, see here.
• For a list of features, see here.

Setup

• Create iOS App
• Add ZiggeoSwiftFramework.framework

• Add bridging header in case of mixed objective-C/Swift project

  #import <ZiggeoSwiftFramework/ZiggeoSwiftFramework.h>
  

• Make sure ZiggeoSwiftFramework.framework is added to Embedded Binaries and Linked Framework sections in your app target settings
• Configure audio session in the AppDelegate

    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions ...) {
        // Override point for customization after application launch.
        do {
            try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(AVAudioSessionCategoryPlayAndRecord, with: [AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions.duckOthers, AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions.defaultToSpeaker]);
        }
        catch {}
        return true
    }
  

• Add NSCameraUsageDescription and NSMicrophoneUsageDescription sections into the info.plist file

Building/packaging app

• Grab framework from Swift-Client-SDK/Output/ directory. Use Swift 3.1 version for Xcode 8.3+ and Swift 3 for older Xcode versions
• Add framework into "linked frameworks" and "embedded binaries" at the project build settings
• Clean and rebuild the application

CocoaPods support (optional)

• Install CocoaPods

  $ sudo gem install cocoapods
  

• Create new iOS project
• Init pods in the xcode project directory

  $ pod init
  

• Add framework to Podfile

  pod 'ZiggeoSwiftSDK', :git => 'https://github.com/Ziggeo/Swift-Client-SDK.git', :branch => '1.0.0'
  

• Install framework

  $ pod install
  

• Reopen the project using the .xcworkspace

Preparing app for the submission to App Store

• Create "new run script phase" at the application target build settings to strip the unused architectures. Use the script provided with the Swift-Client-SDK/TestApplication example (TestApplication target settings -> Build phases -> Run script section)

Basic usage

Initialize Application

import ZiggeoSwiftFramework

var m_ziggeo: Ziggeo! = nil;
m_ziggeo = Ziggeo(token: "YOUR_APP_TOKEN_HERE");

Player

Initialization

func createPlayer()->AVPlayer {
   let player = AVPlayer(URL: NSURL(string: m_ziggeo.videos.GetURLForVideo("YOUR_VIDEO_TOKEN_HERE"))!);
   return player;
}

Fullscreen playback

@IBAction func playFullScreen(sender: AnyObject) {
    let playerController: AVPlayerViewController = AVPlayerViewController();
    playerController.player = createPlayer();
    self.presentViewController(playerController, animated: true, completion: nil);
    playerController.player?.play();
}

Embedded playback

@IBAction func playEmbedded(sender: AnyObject) {
    //cleanup
    if m_embeddedPlayer != nil {
        m_embeddedPlayer.pause();
        m_embeddedPlayerLayer.removeFromSuperlayer();
        m_embeddedPlayer = nil;
        m_embeddedPlayerLayer = nil;
    }
    m_embeddedPlayer = createPlayer();
    m_embeddedPlayerLayer = AVPlayerLayer(player: m_embeddedPlayer);
    m_embeddedPlayerLayer.frame = videoViewPlaceholder.frame;
    videoViewPlaceholder.layer.addSublayer(m_embeddedPlayerLayer);
    m_embeddedPlayer.play();
}

Recorder

@IBAction func record(sender: AnyObject) {
    let recorder = ZiggeoRecorder(application: m_ziggeo);
    self.presentViewController(recorder, animated: true, completion: nil);
}

Enable cover selector dialog

recorder.coverSelectorEnabled = true;

Disable camera flip button

recorder.cameraFlipButtonVisible = false;

Set active camera device

recorder.cameraDevice = UIImagePickerControllerCameraDevice.Rear;

Advanced SDK usage

Ziggeo API access

You can use the SDK to access Ziggeo Server API methods in the async manner. The SDK provides next functionality:

• Create/remove/index videos
• Custom Ziggeo Embedded Server API requests

All the API methods are working asynchronously and never blocking the calling thread. You may optionally use custom callbacks (completion blocks) to receive the results.

Videos API

Get video accessor object

let videos = m_ziggeo.videos;

Get all videos

videos.Index(nil) { (jsonArray, error) in
    NSLog("index error: \(error), response: \(jsonArray)");
};

Videos delegate

class ViewController: UIViewController, ... ZiggeoVideosDelegate {
...
  //somewhere after initializing Ziggeo object
  m_ziggeo.videos.delegate = self;
...
}

Get video preparing to upload event after the token received

    public func videoPreparingToUpload(_ sourcePath: String, token: String) {
        NSLog("preparing to upload \(sourcePath) video with token \(token)");
    }

Get video preparing to upload event before the actual token received

    public func videoPreparingToUpload(_ sourcePath: String) {
        NSLog("preparing to upload \(sourcePath) video");
    }

Get video failed (or cancelled) to upload event

    public func videoFailedToUpload(_ sourcePath: String) {
        NSLog("failed to upload \(sourcePath) video");
    }

Get video upload started event

    public func videoUploadStarted(_ sourcePath: String, token: String, backgroundTask: URLSessionTask) {
        NSLog("upload started with \(sourcePath) video and token \(token)");

        //capture the uploading task to be able to cancel it later using m_uploadingTask.cancel()
        m_uploadingTask = backgroundTask;
    }

Get video upload complete event

    public func videoUploadComplete(_ sourcePath: String, token: String, response: URLResponse?, error: NSError?, json:  NSDictionary?) {
        NSLog("upload complete with \(sourcePath) video and token \(token)");
    }

Get video upload progress report

    public func videoUploadProgress(_ sourcePath: String, token: String, totalBytesSent: Int64, totalBytesExpectedToSend:  Int64) {
        NSLog("upload progress is \(totalBytesSent) from total \(totalBytesExpectedToSend)");
    }

Create new video

Basic

videos.CreateVideo(nil, file: fileToUpload.path!, cover: nil, callback: nil, progress: nil);

Advanced

You can add your custom completion/progress callbacks here to make the SDK inform your app about uploading progress and response. Cover image is optional and could be nil, making Ziggeo platform to generate default video cover

videos.CreateVideo(nil, file: fileToUpload.path!, cover: UIImage?, callback: { (jsonObject, response, error) in
    //update ui
}, progress: { (totalBytesSent, totalBytesExpectedToSend) in
    //update progress ui
})

Delete video

videos.DeleteVideo("YOUR_VIDEO_TOKEN", callback: { (responseData, response, error) in
    //update ui
})

Get video URL to be used in your own custom player

let url = videos.GetURLForVideo("YOUR_VIDEO_TOKEN_HERE"))

Get remote video thumb asynchronously

Remote video thumbs are cached on client side, so you can call the method as frequently as you wish without the performance or network load impact

videos.GetImageForVideo("YOUR_VIDEO_TOKEN_HERE", callback: { (image, response, error) in
    //update UI with the received image
})

Generate local video thumb asynchronously

Local video thumbs are cached on client side, so you can call the method as frequently as you wish without the performance impact

self.application.videos.GetImageForLocalVideo("LOCAL_VIDEO_PATH", callback: { (image, error) in
    //update UI with the received image
})

Custom Ziggeo API requests

The SDK provides an opportunity to make custom requests to Ziggeo Embedded Server API. You can make POST/GET/custom_method requests and receive RAW data, json-dictionary or string as the result.

Get API accessor object

let connection = self.application.connect;

Make POST request and parse JSON response

connection.PostJsonWithPath(path, data: NSDictionary?, callback: { (jsonObject, response, error) in
//jsonObject contains parsed json response received from Ziggeo API Server
})

Make POST request and get RAW data response

connection.PostWithPath(path: String, data: NSDictionary?, callback: { (data, response, error) in
//data contains RAW data received from Ziggeo API Server
})

Make GET request and get string response

connection.GetStringWithPath(path: String, data: NSDictionary?, callback: { (string, response, error) in
    //the string contains stringified response received from Ziggeo API Server
})

There are bunch of other methods for different http methods and response types.