LBRY Android SDK

The LBRY SDK packaged as an Android AAR library which can be used in any Android Studio project.

Installation

No installation required as this is a dev library.

Usage

1. Open your project in Android Studio.
2. File > New > New Module...
3. Select Import .JAR / .AAR Package and click Next
4. Select the lbrysdk-<version>-<debug|release>.aar package from the location you built or downloaded it to where version is the sdk version and <debug|release> is either debug or release.
5. Click Finish
6. Add implementation project(':lbrysdk-<version>-<debug|release>') to the build.gradle configuration for the main app module.

Using the SDK

Add the FOREGROUND_SERVICE and INTERNET permissions to AndroidManifest.xml if they are not yet added.

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

Add the android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" attribute to the application tag in AndroidManifest.xml. Import the required classes to be able to start up the service.

import io.lbry.lbrysdk.LbrynetService;
import io.lbry.lbrysdk.ServiceHelper;

Add code to launch the service.

Context context = getApplicationContext();
ServiceHelper.start(context, "", LbrynetService.class, "lbrynetservice");

Running from Source

The library can be built from source using Buildozer. After cloning the repository, copy buildozer.spec.sample to buildozer.spec and modify this file as necessary for your environment. Please see BUILD.md for detailed build instructions.

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome, encouraged, and compensated. For more details, see https://lbry.io/faq/contributing

License

This project is MIT licensed. For the full license, see LICENSE.

Security

We take security seriously. Please contact security@lbry.com regarding any security issues. Our PGP key is here if you need it.

Contact

The primary contact for this project is @akinwale (akinwale@lbry.com)