Integrate the player on mobile apps

Overview

Bambuser offers two ways to bring the Live Vide Shopping experience to mobile apps.

• Native Player SDKs
• WebViews

1. Use Native Player SDKs

Pros:

• Easy and quick to embed and integrate
• Native Performance
• Picture-in-Picture capability

Cons:

• To get the new updates, a new app release is required

Native SDK for iOS

Native SDK for Android

2. Embed Web Player using WebView

Pros:

• Same player as in the web experience
• The Player JavaScript API can be used for advanced integrations
• Usually, there's no need for an app release to get new features

Cons:

• The Miniplayer feature is not supported on native apps
• Not as good performance as in the native player SDK

WebView Integration for iOS

WebView Integration for Android

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Options comparison

• ✅ Ready
• 🛠️ Under development
• ❌ Not supported

Feature	Webview Integration	Native SDKs
Engagement via chat & likes	✅	✅
Product highlights	✅	✅ One at a time
In-player PDP	✅ Full PDP	✅ Android - Lite PDP ✅ iOS - Full PDP
Event for opening app's PDP	✅	✅
Cart Integration	✅	🛠️ Android ✅ iOS
Handling player events	✅	✅
Picture-in-picture	🛠️	✅
Toggle UI elements on/off	✅	✅
Tracking user-behavior	✅	✅
Polls	✅	🛠️
Customized theming	✅	✅
Multiple-language	✅	✅
Conversion tracking	❌	✅