Adobe Analytics - Media Analytics for Audio and Video

Adobe Streaming Media for Edge Network extension is now available!

Refer to the Migrating to Media for Edge Network Guide and Media for Edge Network extension documentation to learn more about implementing Streaming Media using Adobe Experience Edge Network.

This extension requires the Adobe Analytics for Media add-on SKU. To learn more, contact your Adobe Customer Success Manager.

Configure Media Analytics extension in the Data Collection UI

In the Data Collection UI, select the Extensions tab.
On the Catalog tab, locate the Adobe Media Analytics for Audio and Video extension, and select Install.
Type the extension settings. For more information, see Configure Media Analytics Extension.
Select Save.
Follow the publishing process to update your SDK configuration.

Configure the Media Analytics extension

If you update the Adobe Media Analytics for Audio and Video tag extension to v2.x in your tag property, you must make sure to update and use AEP SDK Media extension v2.0.0 and higher.

Adobe Media Analytics Extension Configuration

To configure the Media Analytics extension, complete the following steps:

Collection API Server

Type the name of the media collection API server. This is the server where the downloaded media tracking data is sent. Important: You need to contact your Adobe account representative for this information.

Channel

Type the channel name property.

Player name

Type the name of the media player in use (for example, AVPlayer, Native Player, or Custom Player).

Application version

Type the version of the media player application/SDK.

Legacy settings should not be configured for Media Extension v2.x and higher. Those settings are only for backwards compatibility.

If you are using Media Extension v1.x, then go to Legacy settings section 1. Enable the Use Tracking Server checkbox. 2. In Tracking Server, Type the name of the tracking server to which all media tracking data should be sent.

Add Media extension to your app

Include Media extension as an app dependency

This extension requires the Adobe Analytics extension. You must add the Analytics extension to your mobile property and make sure the extension is correctly configured.

Add MobileCore, Analytics and Media Analytics extensions as dependencies to your project.

Kotlin
(Android)

Add the required dependencies to your project by including them in the app's Gradle file.

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implementation(platform("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:sdk-bom:3.+"))
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:core")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:identity")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:analytics")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:media")

Using dynamic dependency versions is not recommended for production apps. Please read the managing Gradle dependencies guide for more information.

Groovy
(Android)

Add the required dependencies to your project by including them in the app's Gradle file.

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implementation platform('com.adobe.marketing.mobile:sdk-bom:3.+')
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:core'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:identity'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:analytics'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:media'

Using dynamic dependency versions is not recommended for production apps. Please read the managing Gradle dependencies guide for more information.

CocoaPods
(iOS)

Add the required dependencies to your project using CocoaPods. Add following pods in your Podfile:

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use_frameworks!

target 'YourTargetApp' do
  pod 'AEPCore', '~> 5.0'
  pod 'AEPAnalytics', '~> 5.0'
  pod 'AEPMedia', '~> 5.0'
end

Add the required dependencies to your project by including them in the app's Gradle file.

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implementation(platform("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:sdk-bom:3.+"))
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:core")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:identity")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:analytics")
implementation("com.adobe.marketing.mobile:media")

Using dynamic dependency versions is not recommended for production apps. Please read the managing Gradle dependencies guide for more information.

Add the required dependencies to your project by including them in the app's Gradle file.

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implementation platform('com.adobe.marketing.mobile:sdk-bom:3.+')
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:core'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:identity'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:analytics'
implementation 'com.adobe.marketing.mobile:media'

Using dynamic dependency versions is not recommended for production apps. Please read the managing Gradle dependencies guide for more information.

Add the required dependencies to your project using CocoaPods. Add following pods in your Podfile:

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use_frameworks!

target 'YourTargetApp' do
  pod 'AEPCore', '~> 5.0'
  pod 'AEPAnalytics', '~> 5.0'
  pod 'AEPMedia', '~> 5.0'
end

Initialize Adobe Experience Platform SDK with Media Extension

Next, initialize the SDK by registering all the solution extensions that have been added as dependencies to your project with Mobile Core. For detailed instructions, refer to the initialization section of the getting started page.

Using the MobileCore.initialize API to initialize the Adobe Experience Platform Mobile SDK simplifies the process by automatically registering solution extensions and enabling lifecycle tracking.

Kotlin
(Android)

This API is available starting from Android BOM version 3.8.0.

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import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.LoggingMode
import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.MobileCore
...
import android.app.Application
...

class MainApp : Application() {
  override fun onCreate() {
    super.onCreate()
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(LoggingMode.DEBUG)
    MobileCore.initialize(this, "ENVIRONMENT_ID")
  }
}

Java
(Android)

This API is available starting from Android BOM version 3.8.0.

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import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.LoggingMode;
import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.MobileCore;
...
import android.app.Application;
...
public class MainApp extends Application {
  @Override
  public void onCreate(){
    super.onCreate();
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(LoggingMode.DEBUG);
    MobileCore.initialize(this, "ENVIRONMENT_ID");
  }
}

Swift
(iOS)

This API is available starting from iOS version 5.4.0.

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// AppDelegate.swift
import AEPCore
import AEPServices
...

final class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
  func application(_: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions _: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(.debug)
    MobileCore.initialize(appId: "ENVIRONMENT_ID")
    ...
  }
}

Objective-C
(iOS)

This API is available starting from iOS version 5.4.0.

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// AppDelegate.m
#import "AppDelegate.h"
@import AEPCore;
@import AEPServices;
...
@implementation AppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
  [AEPMobileCore setLogLevel: AEPLogLevelDebug];  
  [AEPMobileCore initializeWithAppId:@"ENVIRONMENT_ID" completion:^{
      NSLog(@"AEP Mobile SDK is initialized");
  }];
  ...
  return YES;
}
@end

This API is available starting from Android BOM version 3.8.0.

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import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.LoggingMode
import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.MobileCore
...
import android.app.Application
...

class MainApp : Application() {
  override fun onCreate() {
    super.onCreate()
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(LoggingMode.DEBUG)
    MobileCore.initialize(this, "ENVIRONMENT_ID")
  }
}

This API is available starting from Android BOM version 3.8.0.

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import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.LoggingMode;
import com.adobe.marketing.mobile.MobileCore;
...
import android.app.Application;
...
public class MainApp extends Application {
  @Override
  public void onCreate(){
    super.onCreate();
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(LoggingMode.DEBUG);
    MobileCore.initialize(this, "ENVIRONMENT_ID");
  }
}

This API is available starting from iOS version 5.4.0.

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// AppDelegate.swift
import AEPCore
import AEPServices
...

final class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
  func application(_: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions _: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
    MobileCore.setLogLevel(.debug)
    MobileCore.initialize(appId: "ENVIRONMENT_ID")
    ...
  }
}

This API is available starting from iOS version 5.4.0.

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// AppDelegate.m
#import "AppDelegate.h"
@import AEPCore;
@import AEPServices;
...
@implementation AppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
  [AEPMobileCore setLogLevel: AEPLogLevelDebug];  
  [AEPMobileCore initializeWithAppId:@"ENVIRONMENT_ID" completion:^{
      NSLog(@"AEP Mobile SDK is initialized");
  }];
  ...
  return YES;
}
@end

Configuration keys

To update your SDK configuration programmatically, use the following information to change your Media configuration values. For more information, see Configuration API reference.

Key	Required	Description	Data Type
`media.collectionServer`	Yes	Media Collection Server endpoint to which all the media tracking data is sent. For more information, see Collection Server.	String
`media.channel`	No	Channel name. For more information, see Channel.	String
`media.playerName`	No	Name of the media player in use, i.e., "AVPlayer", "HTML5 Player", "My Custom Player". For more information, see Player Name.	String
`media.appVersion`	No	Version of the media player app/SDK. For more information, see Application Version.	String

Release notes

API reference

Last updated 3/14/2025

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