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name: ima-dai-sdk description: >- Integrates the Google Interactive Media Ads (IMA) Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) SDK into websites, web apps, mobile apps, or TV apps. Use when:

• A video player needs to load and play HLS or DASH streams in web apps, Android apps, iOS apps, tvOS apps, Cast (CAF) receivers, or Roku channels.
• The app needs to make use of a Google DAI livestream event asset key, or content source CMS ID, video ID for video on demand. Don't use this skill to load and play a VAST or VMAP URL. license: Apache-2.0 metadata: author: Google LLC version: "1.0.0" category: GoogleAds

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IMA DAI SDK

Use the IMA DAI SDK to load HLS or DASH streams into the app for:

• Livestream events configured in Google Ad Manager.
• Video on demand (VOD) content ingested into Google Ad Manager.

Prerequisites

Review the platform-specific integration guides for the target platforms:

• Web/HTML5/ReactJs/NodeJs/Angular: Read StreamManager guide for loading stream URL from Google full-service DAI into <video> element.

• ChromeCast: Read StreamManager guide for integrating the IMA DAI SDK into a ChromeCast Web Receiver.

• Android: Read ImaServerSideAdInsertionMediaSource guide for integrating Media3 Exoplayer IMA extension.

• iOS/tvOS: Read IMAStreamRequest guide for playing streams with AVPlayer.

• Roku: Read StreamManager guide for implementing DAI on Roku SceneGraph.

Quick start (general workflow)

1. Import the SDK
2. Initialize the SDK
3. Add stream event listeners
4. Set up timed metadata forwarding
5. Make a stream request
6. Clean up SDK resources when the stream fails or the user leaves the stream.