Integrate the player on mobile apps
Overview
Bambuser offers two ways to bring the Live Vide Shopping experience to mobile apps.
- Webview (Recommended)
- Native Player SDKs
1. Embed Web Player using Webview (recommended)
Why is it recommended:
- Immediate Access to Features: Clients gain access to the latest features (e.g., action cards, gamification) faster, as these are rolled out on the web platform first.
- Reduced Maintenance: Webview requires minimal coding or ongoing technical support compared to SDK integrations.
- High Feature Coverage: Webview player meet 100% client requirements out of the box, reducing the need for customization.
- Future-Proofing: Our future innovations and optimizations will primarily focus on the Webview platform, ensuring sustained improvements.
- Unified Experience: Webview enables consistent cross-platform functionality, simplifying user experience across web and mobile applications.
Webview Integration for iOS
Webview Integration for Android
2. Use Native Player SDKs
Native SDK for iOS
Native SDK for Android
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 | ✅ | ✅ |
| Event for opening app's PDP | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cart Integration | ✅ | ✅ |
| Handling player events | ✅ | ✅ |
| Picture-in-picture | ✅ | ✅ |
| Toggle UI elements on/off | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tracking user-behavior | ✅ | ✅ |
| Polls | ✅ | ❌ |
| Customized theming | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple-language | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bundles | ✅ | ❌ |
| Gamification | ✅ | ❌ |
| Action Cards | ✅ | ❌ |
| Closed Captions | ✅ | ❌ |
| Dubbing | ✅ | ❌ |
| Conversion tracking | ❌ | ✅ |