SDK Release 6.0.0

NOTE: xCode 10 has dropped support for libstdc++. It is necessary to replace dependencies for libstdc++ with libc++ in your iOS project to build with xCode 10. No modifications needed to be made to the iOS SDK for this change.

iOS SDK

• New - Option to use Hardware Acceleration for subscribing, to support 4K and 360° Streams
• New - Decoupled Shared Objects: Mobile (Note requires server min version 6.0.0)
• New - BETA - ABR subscriber support via autoscaling transcoding (Note requires server min version 6.0.0) and Growth Pro for [Transcoding via autoscaling]

• API Additions:

  • R5Stream: play:streamName useHardwareAcceleration:flag
  • R5Stream: play:streamName withForcedRGBDecode:flag
  • R5Stream: (CVPixelBuffer)getStreamPixelBuffer
  • R5VideoViewController: setRenderer:R5VideoViewRenderer
  • R5VideoViewController: getRenderer()
  • R5VideoViewRenderer (new class)

• API changes:

  • R5 Stream: play:streamName
  • R5 Stream: setFrameListener:(void (^)(void *, enum r5streamformat, int, int, int))listenerBlock
  • R5Stream: (UIImage*)getStreamImage
  • R5Stream: (uint8_t*)getStreamImageBytes
• Fixed - iOS Testbed - Publish Stream Manager example, crashes if stream name is already in use
• Fixed - iOS SDK duplicate symbols in binary - Obj-C Examples

streaming-ios updates:

• Added HW Accel toggle option to turn on hardware acceleration decode for all subscriber tests
• New Test: Subscribe - 360° Camera
• New Test: Subscribe - Hardware Acceleration
• New Test: Subscribe - Renderer RGB
• New Test: Subscribe - Renderer Toggle
• New Test: Publish - Stream Manager Transcoder
• New Test: Subscribe - Stream Manager Transcoder
• New Test: Shared Object - Streamless
• New Test: Publish - Camera Swap & Orientation