iOS Bitmovin player collector migration from API v2 to v3

Step 1 BitmovinAnalytics is now direct dependency of BitmovinPlayer

SPM setup: Replace dependencies

With version 3.42.0 of our Bitmovin player, Analytics comes out of the box. No need for separate setup anymore!

• Navigate to Project Settings > Package Dependencies
• Make sure you have removed the BitmovinAnalytics/bitmovin-analytics-collector-ios package
• Ensure you have added at least BitmovinPlayer version 3.42.0

Once this is done you should see BitmovinAnalytics appear again in the Package Dependency side bar

cocoapod Setup: Update imports

If you are using Cocoapods to manage your dependencies, follow these steps.

• Open your Podfile
• Remove the import of BitmovinAnalyticsCollector

-  pod 'BitmovinAnalyticsCollector/Core', '2.11.0'
-  pod 'BitmovinAnalyticsCollector/BitmovinPlayer', '2.11.0'

• Make sure you use at least BitmovinPlayer version 3.42.0 (pod 'BitmovinPlayer', '3.42.0')

Step 2 Remove the creation of the collector

There is no need to create a collector instance anymore. This is all handled by the player.

// change to the new config
- let config = BitmovinAnalyticsConfig(key: "<ANALYTICS_LICENSE_KEY>")
+ let config = AnalyticsConfig(licenseKey: "<ANALYTICS_LICENSE_KEY>")

// optional metadata object
+ let defaultMetadata = DefaultMetadata()

// remove collector creation
- let collector = BitmovinPlayerCollector(config: config)

// use the config to create the player
- let player = PlayerFactory.create()
+ let player = PlayerFactory.create(analyticsConfig: config, defaultMetadata: defaultMetadata)

// no need to connect the player and collector
- collector.attachPlayer(player: player)

For more information on how to configure our collector, you check out our configuration guide

Add SourceMetadata to Source (Optional)

As some of the video metadata has been removed from the config, you need to provide this information via the player Source.

let sourceMetadata = SourceMetadata(
	title: "Sintel"	
)

// remove old collector API calls
- collector.setSourceMetadata(sourceMetadata: sourceMetadata)

// at source creation
- let source = SourceFactory.create(from: sourceConfig)
+ let source = SourceFactory.create(from: sourceConfig, sourceMetadata: sourceMetadata)

Appendix: Player Analytics Api

The player api provides a way to access the analytics api.

• Player Analytics API
• Source Analytics API

Here is a quick mapping of methods.