Snapping Games

The following section deals primarily with the code used in capture of live game information for SnapOdds Operator. If your use case requires game odds to be presented, the information captured by SnapOdds Operator is fed into SnapOdds Sports Media to correlate the game odds information, as described in Snapping Games and Presenting Odds

Implementation

1. Ensure the SDK is initialized according to instructions listed in the Android Initialization section.

2. Ensure your class conforms to SnapFragmentResultListener or SnapActivityResultListener

3. Instantiate SnapFragment or SnapActivity with your desired SnapConfiguration and your SnapFragmentResultListener or SnapActivityResultListener

4. Handle the result in your listener implementation.

Live Game Capture Code Example

In order to snap a TV image and search for a sporting event, it is necessary to create and present an instance of SnapFragment via the newInstance class method. Snap settings can be customized by configuring the SnapConfiguration passed to the initializer. The SnapFragmentResultListener will receive a callback once a sporting event was successfully snapped.

The following code presents a SnapFragment with the default configuration.

SnapFragment.newInstance(SnapConfiguration(), this)

If you do not want or need to customize the snapping configuration, you can also omit the configuration parameter.

Once a sporting event is successfully 'snapped', the following method is called in SnapFragmentResultListener:

override fun snapFragmentDidSnapSportEvent(
        fragment: SnapFragment,
        sportEvent: SportEventSnapResultEntry
    ) {
    // This is the SportRadar Match ID by default. 
    // Other ID providers are available on request
    val externalProviderId = sportEvent.externalId
}

After a successfull snap (and call of the listener method) the SnapFragment automatically stops snapping. If you do not present any follow-up UI and you want to continue snapping, you can call continueSnapping() on the SnapFragment.

If the sporting event is not successfully snapped, the values above are not returned, and an error message will appear in the viewfinder: "Your snap returned no results. Make sure your TV is visible in the viewfinder"

Camera Permissions Required before Presenting Snap

Applications must request user permission for camera access, and camera access is required for the app to function. For this reason, your application should be set to ask permission from the user to access the camera, and to receive said permission, before presenting the Snap UI. The following code will set your application to request and receive permission prior to opening Snap UI:

val isGranted = ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
if (isGranted) {
    startActivity(Intent(context, MySnapActivity::class.java))
} else {
    requestPermissions(arrayOf(Manifest.permission.CAMERA), PERMISSION_REQUEST_CAMERA)
}

Alternative Example using SnapActivity

In addition to using the SnapFragment directly, you can also use the SnapActivity provided by the SDK. In that case, use the class method on SnapActivity to retrieve an intent and pass a SnapActivityResultListener. The SnapActivityResultListener will receive a callback once a sporting event was successfully snapped.

The following code presents a SnapActivity with the default configuration.

val intent = SnapActivity.intentForSportsOperator(this, SnapConfiguration(), this)
startActivity(intent)

If you do not want or need to customize the snapping configuration, you can also omit the configuration parameter.

Once a sporting event is successfully snapped, the following method is called in SnapActivityResultsListener:

override fun snapActivityDidSnapSportEvent(
    activity: SnapActivity,
    fragment: SnapFragment,
    sportEvent: SportEventSnapResultEntry) {
    
}

After a successfull snap (and call of the listener method) the SnapFragment (used for UI presentation in the SnapActivity) automatically stops snapping. If you do not present any follow-up UI and you want to continue snapping, you can call continueSnapping() on the SnapFragment.

If you want to dismiss the activity and continue your own UI, you need to call activity.finish() on the SnapActivity.

Recommendations

Present Snap as a separate Activity

It is recommended that you present the SnapFragment as a separate Activity.

Limit to portrait

Currently the Snap UI is only optimized for portrait orientation. It is recommended to present and limit the Activity containing a SnapFragment be limited to portrait orientation.