Player SDK for iOS - Changelog

Changelog

1.8.0 - 2020-06-10

  • Switched to xcframework.
  • Removed references to UIWebView
  • Updated the supported version of Google IMA SDK to 3.11.1

1.7.1 - 2018-10-01

  • Stability improvements and bug fixes.

1.7.0 - 2018-05-02

Added

  • Added multi-audio support with the new audibleMediaSelectionOptions property.

Changed

  • USSubtitle got deprecated in favor of USMediaSelectionOption.
  • subtitles in USUstreamPlayer got deprecated in favor of legibleMediaSelectionOptions.
  • defaultSubtitle in USUstreamPlayer got deprecated in favor of defaultLegibleMediaSelectionOption.
  • - (void)selectSubtitle:(USSubtitle *)subtitle in USUstreamPlayer got deprecated in favor of - (void)selectLegibleMediaSelectionOption:(USMediaSelectionOption *)legibleMediaSelectionOption.
  • selectedSubtitle in USUstreamPlayer got deprecated in favor of selectedLegibleMediaSelectionOption.

1.6.1 - 2018-03-27

Changed

Fixed a bug in access handling which made some videos unavailable in certain conditions.

1.6 - 2018-02-12

Added

  • Added DoubleClick for Publishers support.
  • Added background playback support controlled by the continuePlaybackInBackground property.
  • Added a defaultSubtitle property in order to expose the stream’s default subtitle.

Removed

  • Removed localization from the framework. Application developer can still localize the SDK texts based on the keys documented in readme.

1.5.1 - 2018-01-16

Changed

  • Improved handling of low network bandwidth related player stall events.

1.5 - 2017-12-05

Added

  • Added new property isLive and delegate method - (void)playerLiveStateDidChange:(USUstreamPlayer *)player for reporting if the player is playing a channel with live content in it.

Changed

  • isPlayingLiveStream deprecated in USUstreamPlayer in favor of mediaDescriptor.isChannel.
  • isLive deprecated in USMediaDescriptor in favor of isChannel.
  • + (instancetype)liveDescriptorWithID:(NSString *)channelID deprecated in USMediaDescriptor in favor of + (instancetype)channelDescriptorWithID:(NSString *)channelID.

1.4 - 2017-10-02

Added

  • USPrebufferingController to support faster playback start.
  • USMediaDescriptor to represent a playable content.
  • - (void)playMedia:(USMediaDescriptor *)mediaDescriptor added to USUstreamPlayer.

Changed

  • - (void)playChannel:(NSString *)channelId deprecated in USUstreamPlayer in favor of - (void)playMedia:(USMediaDescriptor *)mediaDescriptor.
  • - (void)playRecorded:(NSString *)recordedId deprecated in USUstreamPlayer in favor of - (void)playMedia:(USMediaDescriptor *)mediaDescriptor.
  • New sample (Newsfeed Sample) added to demonstrate the usage of USPrebufferingController.

1.3.2 - 2017-09-12

Changed

  • Improved the quality of stream versions targeted for low bandwidth networks.
  • Starting playback with a stream version that fits better to network conditions.
  • We fixed a bug related to subtitle handling.

1.3 - 2017-07-20

Added

  • Added new property broadcastStartDate and delegate method playerBroadcastStartDateDidChange: for reporting the start date of live broadcasts.

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