JW Player iOS SDK

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

Extend iOS's Media Players

The JW Player iOS SDK is built on top of native player frameworks. This allows you to take advantage of the speed and performance of the native OS, and extend it into a complete video experience that is easy to customize and monetize.

Key Feature	AV Player	iOS Media Player
Variable Rate Playback		✕
Playlists		✕
Multiple Caption Tracks		✕
Native VAST 3.0	✕	✕
Google IMA	✕	✕
DPI-Responsive UI	✕	✕
CSS Skinning	✕	✕
User-Selectable Playback Quality	✕	✕
VPAID 2.0	✕	✕
Chromecast	✕	✕

Supported Features

The JW Player SDK for iOS 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)
AAC, MP3

Streaming and Playback
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) - VOD and live streams
360 Video + VR Playback, including 4K Adaptive Bitrate Streaming
Live DVR
Progressive download MP4 videos (single- or multi-rate/resolution)
Playback of AES-encrypted HLS streams
Multiple Audio Tracks (HLS)
Audio-only playback (AAC)
ID3 Timed Metadata
Picture in Picture (iOS 9 iPad only)
Playback of video resolutions from mobile to HD
Local file playback
Background audio support
Apple FairPlay Streaming decryption

Player Features
Playlists
Customizable video player controls
Custom CSS Skinning and branding
DPI-responsive player UI optimized for mobile
Google Chromecast support
Apple AirPlay support

Monetization & Ads
VAST 3.0 Linear ads, non-linear ads (overlay), ad scheduling, skippable ads, ad Pods, ad waterfalling
VMAP
Google IMA DFP, Adsense, VAST, VMAP
VPAID 2.0
FreeWheel

Accessibility
Out-of-band Captions (Sidecar) WebVTT, SRT, TTML (DFXP)
Caption Styling (FCC Compliant)
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 iOS SDK.

Developer Guide

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

API Documentation