Install and Configure

This section contains how you can embed Channelize.io powered real-time messaging to your Android applications using Channelize.io Android API SDK.

NOTE: Here is an integration sample app that you should refer to make Channelize.io integration easier for you. Check it here Channelize.io Integration App.

Install and configure Android API SDK

Step 1: Create an application on Channelize.io

To initialize SDK you need to pass the Public Key of your application, which you will get from the Channelize.io dashboard under My Account > Application Settings for the respective application.

Step 2: Install the SDK

To install the SDK using .gradle, add the following lines to a build.gradle file at the app level.

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.ChannelizeIO.Channelize-Android-SDK:channelizeapi:4.3.3'
}     

Add below code at project level build.gradle file:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
        maven {
            url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
        }
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.0.0'
        classpath 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-gradle-plugin:9.0.0'
        classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1'
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}
allprojects {
    repositories {
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots' 
        }
        maven {
            url  "https://giphy.bintray.com/giphy-sdk"
        }
        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
    }
}

Step 3: Grant system permissions

To use all features of Android API SDK grant system permissions by adding the below lines of code to the AndroidManifest.xml file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

Add Google Places API KEY and Giphy API_KEY to the AndroidManifest.xml file if you want to use the location sharing feature and Sticker/GIF feature.

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value="API_KEY" />