Integrate third party SDK into Cordova App

Question

How can I integrate a third party SDK into my Cordova App.

I cannot find any official documentation, only out of date (~2yo) discussions.

Thanks

Answer 1

For Android, you need to reference the .aar in plugin.xml, for example:

<platform name="android">
    <source-file src="src/android/libs/my-sdk.aar" target-dir="libs" framework="true" />

You also need to create a Gradle config file which references it, for example src/android/libs/my-sdk.gradle should contain:

repositories{
    jcenter()
    flatDir{
        dirs 'libs'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile(name:'my-sdk', ext:'aar')
}

android {
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
    }
}

And place a reference to the Gradle file in plugin.xml:

<platform name="android">
    <framework src="src/android/libs/my-sdk.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference" /> 

For iOS, you need to import the compiled static library in plugin.xml:

<platform name="ios">
    <source-file src="src/ios/libs/libMySDK.a" framework="true" />

You then need to include top-level header file(s) for your library in your plugin and reference them from plugin.xml:

<platform name="ios">
    <header-file src="src/ios/Headers/MySDK.h"/>

You can use other existing plugins as working examples, such as movintracks/cordova-plugin which uses .aar for an Android library and .a for iOS.