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Tutorials

Swift

We have now released the Swift player! The Swift player helps you to playback your videos easily in your iOS and iPadOS applications.

In this tutorial we will see how to add the Swift player to your code.

The [Swift player package](https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-swift-player) allows you to use UIKit and SwiftUI to handle multi-platform projects.
The Swift player package is available on both Cocoapods and Swift Package Manager (SPM).

Before starting with this tutorial, make sure that you set your minimum target to iOS 13 and above.

To just give you a quick preview, we are going to create a Swift application with an api.video player that looks like this:

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## Upload video

Before starting to add the api.video Swift player to your application, you need to upload at least one video to your api.video account. If you haven't yet, see [how to upload a video](https://docs.api.video/docs/upload-a-video-regular-upload).

You'll need a video Id to use this component and play a video from api.video. To get yours, follow these steps:

1. [Log into your account](https://dashboard.api.video/login) or create one [here](https://dashboard.api.video/register).
2. Copy your API key (sandbox or production if you are subscribed to one of our [plans](https://api.video/pricing)).
3. Go to the official [api.video documentation](https://docs.api.video/docs).
4. Log into your account in the top right corner. If it's already done, make sure that it's the account you want to use.
5. Go to *API Reference* -> *Videos* -> *[List all videos](https://docs.api.video/reference/list-videos)*
6. On the right, be sure the *Authentication* section contains the API key you want to use.
7. Generate your upload token by clicking the *Try It!* button in the right section
8. Copy the *videoId* value of one of elements of the response in the right section.

Alternatively, you can find your video Id in the video details of your [dashboard](https://dashboard.api.video/).

## Add the api.video Swift player

In this section, we will go through the three main steps of adding the [api.video](http://api.video/) Swift player to your iOS application.

1. Get the latest version
    
    You can find it in the [release page](https://github.com/apivideo/api.video-swift-player/releases)
    
2. Add the `ApiVideoPlayer` package to your app with:
    1. SPM
        
        Add the following to your package.swift

2. Cocoapods
    
    add the following to your Podfile

Replace X.X.X with the latest version.

3. UIKit
    
    a. Import the package

(!) Replace “YOUR_VIDEO_ID” by your own videoId to display video

(!) Replace “YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN” by the private token of the video to display it.

c. To get all player events (optional)

d. Implement the player view in your view controller and add constraints.

4. SwiftUI
    
    a. Import the `ApiVideoPlayer` package

b. In your view you have to instantiate the player and the player events in the init method

(!) Replace “YOUR_VIDEO_ID” by your own videoId to display video

If you want to play private videos:

c. In the body you have to add the player with the specification you want

You will be able to use all the methods available externally, by calling player.methodName, for example :

If you're looking for an easy way to integrate video into your application, check out our **[docs](https://docs.api.video/docs)** and **[sign up for a free account](https://dashboard.api.video/register).**

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