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Dash for iOS

MPEG-DASH support for iOS is implemented as a plugin, which must be installed and enabled separately. The plugin supports both clear and protected MPEG-DASH streams. For protected streams, the Widevine CDM is used to decrypt the content, employing software-based decryption.

Setup​

First, install the @castlabs/react-native-prestoplay-ios-dash package:

npm install @castlabs/react-native-prestoplay-ios-dash

Once the plugin is installed, enable it when initializing the SDK, by passing the IOSDashPlugin class. For example:

import {Sdk} from '@castlabs/react-native-prestoplay';
import {IOSDashPlugin} from "@castlabs/react-native-prestoplay-ios-dash";

Sdk.initialize({
  licenseKey: { /* Valid license here */},
  plugins: [IOSDashPlugin],
});

Widevine​

To support MPEG-DASH protected streams on iOS, the Widevine CDM library must be installed manually. From the example project, copy the following files to your project's ios/vendor directory:

  • <example>/ios/vendor/widevine_cdm_secured_ios.xcframework
  • <example>/ios/vendor/widevine_cdm_secured_ios.podspec

Next, add the local Widevine CDM dependency to your ios/Podfile:

pod 'widevine_cdm_secured_ios', :path => 'vendor/widevine_cdm_secured_ios.podspec'

Finally, install the newly added dependency:

pod install