PieSocket Realtime SDK for Android

PieSocket Realtime SDK for Android written in Java.

Installation

Let's start by adding PieSocket Android SDK as a dependency to your application.

Gradle (Kotlin)

implementation("com.piesocket:channels-sdk:2.1.0")

Gradle (Java)

implementation 'com.piesocket:channels-sdk:2.1.0'

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.piesocket</groupId>
    <artifactId>channels-sdk</artifactId>
    <version>2.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Permissions

Setup manifest permissions as instructed here.

Usage

Managed PieSocket Server

Use following code to create a Channel with PieSocket's managed WebSocket servers.

Get your API key and Cluster ID here: Get API Key

PieSocketOptions options = new PieSocketOptions();
options.setClusterId("demo");
options.setApiKey("VCXCEuvhGcBDP7XhiJJUDvR1e1D3eiVjgZ9VRiaV");

PieSocket piesocket = new PieSocket(options);
Channel channel = piesocket.join("chat-room-1");

Self-hosted PieSocket Server

Use following code to create a Channel with PieSocket self-hosted realtime servers.

PieSocketOptions options = new PieSocketOptions();
options.setClusterDomain("localhost:4001");
options.setSsl(false);

PieSocket piesocket = new PieSocket(options);
Channel channel = piesocket.join("chat-room-1");

PieSocket Channels is a scalable WebSocket API service with following features:

• Authentication
• Private Channels
• Presence Channels
• Publish messages with REST API
• Auto-scalability
• Webhooks
• Analytics
• Authentication
• Upto 60% cost savings

Events

system:connected is the event fired when WebSocket connection is ready, get a full list system messages here: PieSocket System Messages

Documentation

For usage examples and more information, refer to: Official SDK docs