JW Player SDK for Android

The JW Player Android SDK brings the player features and integrations that you love to your native Android apps. Apps that you build with our SDK work seamlessly with our video platform hosting and streaming, and ads products.

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Compare with Android's Media Players

The JW Player Android SDK is built on top of native player frameworks. This allows you to take advantage of the flexibility of the native OS, and extend it into a complete video experience with faster load times, enhanced customization, and monetization.

Features
JW SDK
ExoPlayer
Android Media Player
HLS
MPEG-DASH
✕
User-selectable Playback Quality
Partial ✕
Native VAST 3.0
✕ ✕
Google IMA
✕ ✕
DPI-Responsive UI
✕ ✕
CSS Skinning
✕ ✕
Playlists
✕ ✕
Autostart
✕
VPAID 2.0
✕ ✕
FreeWheel
Chromecast
✕ ✕
Variable Rate Playback

Supported Features

The JW Player SDK for Android is a cost effective, out of the box solution that provides parity for your players across native mobile and mobile web.

Video & Audio Formats
MP4 / H.264 (Baseline, Main, High profiles)
WebM / VP8 & VP9
AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus
Android 5.0 and later
Streaming & Playback
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) - VOD and live streams
MPEG-DASH
Progressive download MP4 videos (single- or multi-rate/resolution)
Playback of AES-encrypted HLS streams
Multiple audio tracks (MPEG-DASH)
Audio-only playback (AAC)
ID3 Timed Metadata
Local File playback
Playback of video resolutions from mobile to HD
Live DVR
Multiple audio tracks (HLS & MPEG-DASH)
Background audio support
Google Widevine decryption
Variable Rate Playback
Player Features
Playlists
Customizable video player controls
Custom CSS Skinning and branding
DPI-responsive player UI optimized for mobile
Google Chromecast support
Monetization & Ads
VAST 3.0
Linear ads, ad scheduling, ad Pods, ad waterfalling
VMAP
Google IMA
DFP, Adsense, VAST, VMAP
FreeWheel
Accessibility
Out-of-band Captions (Sidecar) WebVTT, SRT, TTML (DFXP)
Caption Styling
Multiple caption tracks
In-Band 608 Captions
HLS in-manifest captions

Visit the JW Developer Site

Documentation, Developer Tools, and Community Resources to help you launch and scale your video strategy.

Best Practice Apps

Demos and code examples to help you get started with the JW Player Android SDK.

Developer Guide

Documentation on basic and advanced uses of the Android SDK, including setup, customization, and integrations.

API Reference

A library of all Android SDK calls and responses.