Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile release notes

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.1

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fix

Added method to set, userId for ads

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.0

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

New features and enhancements

New Event Types Introduced
- VideoAction: This event type represents standard actions related to video playback and interaction.
- VideoErrorAction: This event type captures errors that occur during video playback, providing detailed insight for troubleshooting.
- VideoAdAction: Dedicated event type for tracking actions related to video advertisements, ensuring better granularity and reporting.
- VideoCustomAction: A flexible event type for custom actions and interactions within video applications.

Deprecations

MobileVideo
- The MobileVideo event type has been deprecated. Users should transition to using the newer event types that offer enhanced tracking capabilities and specificity.

New attributes introduced

We have introduced a set of new attributes to enhance data tracking and analytics. These attributes provide additional context and details for the new event types, Please refer to the data model documentation for more details.

Impact and actions required

Transition from PageAction: Users currently tracking PageAction events should adapt their implementations to utilize the newly introduced event types. This change provides improved specificity and scope in tracking actions across video interactions.
Update Implementations: Integrators should update their systems to leverage new attributes introduced with the release, which provide richer context and detail for event tracking.
Testing & Validation: We recommend testing the implementation of new attributes and event types to ensure compatibility and correct data transmission.

Additional information

For more details on implementing these changes, refer to the updated documentation and integration guides available here. Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please reach out to our support team.

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.2

Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fix

Added ErrorCode and ErrorName as new attributes

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.3

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Update

Logic to calculate contentBitrate
Fix for the attribute: totalPlayTime

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.0

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Update

Introduced Android Video Agent with Self-Harvesting Capabilities

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.1

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Update

Enrich custom event with attributes like content*, view*, timeSince*

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.2

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Update

Fixed CONTENT_DROPPED_FRAMES event volume issue

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.3

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Update

Fixed CONTENT_DROPPED_FRAMES event volume issue

It does not include any code changes, It fixes the version inconsistency

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.4

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes

Build issues codeql (#70) (32f4438)
updated sample app's custom attribute (9054208)

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.5

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes

Replace bitrate calculation to use video quality instead of download speed (b676954)
Update media3 from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 for Android 14 compatibility (320d92b)

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.0

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

New features and enhancements

New Event Types Introduced
- VideoAction: This event type represents standard actions related to video playback and interaction.
- VideoErrorAction: This event type captures errors that occur during video playback, providing detailed insight for troubleshooting.
- VideoAdAction: Dedicated event type for tracking actions related to video advertisements, ensuring better granularity and reporting.
- VideoCustomAction: A flexible event type for custom actions and interactions within video applications.

Deprecations

MobileVideo
- The MobileVideo event type has been deprecated. Users should transition to using the newer event types that offer enhanced tracking capabilities and specificity.

New attributes introduced

We have introduced a set of new attributes to enhance data tracking and analytics. These attributes provide additional context and details for the new event types Please refer to the data model documentation for more details. Event Types • VideoAction: Events triggered by general video interactions, such as starting, pausing, or seeking. • VideoAdAction: Events related to ad playback, such as starting, completing, or skipping an ad. • VideoErrorAction: Events triggered by errors encountered during video or ad playback. • VideoCustomAction: Custom events defined to capture specific actions or interactions beyond default event types.

Impact and actions required

Transition from MobileVideo: Users currently tracking MobileVideo events should adapt their implementations to utilise the newly introduced event types. This change provides improved specificity and scope in tracking actions across video interactions.
Update Implementations: Integrators should update their systems to leverage new attributes introduced with the release, which provide richer context and detail for event tracking.
Testing & Validation: We recommend testing the implementation of new attributes and event types to ensure compatibility and correct data transmission.

Additional information

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.0

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Major features

Standalone agent with advanced harvest logic

Introduced standalone initialization with advanced harvest logic for improved event processing
Added multi-task harvest scheduler for efficient data collection and transmission
Implemented priority-based event buffering system
New optimized HTTP client with enhanced networking capabilities

Enhanced event management

New crash-safe event buffer with persistent storage
Integrated dead letter handler for failed event recovery
Priority event buffer for critical events
Default size estimator for optimized memory usage

Swift support

Updated iOS agent with Swift code support
Added Swift example implementation (PiPExampleSwift)
Improved Swift interoperability

Architecture changes

Pod restructuring

Breaking Change: Renamed NewRelicVideoCore to NewRelicVideoAgent
Updated pod specifications and dependencies
Streamlined component factory pattern

New core components

NRVAVideo - Main video agent interface
NRVAVideoConfiguration - Centralized configuration management
NRVATokenManager - Enhanced authentication handling
NRVAHarvestManager - Centralized harvest orchestration
NRVAVideoLifecycleObserver - Video lifecycle management
NRVADeviceInformation - Device information collection
NRVAErrorExceptionHandler - Centralized error handling

Storage & persistence

New offline storage capabilities with crash recovery
Crash-safe harvest factory for reliable data persistence
Integrated dead letter handling for failed events

Breaking changes

Pod name change: NewRelicVideoCore has been renamed to NewRelicVideoAgent
- Update your podfile: pod NewRelicVideoAgent
Initialization changes: New standalone initialization pattern with configuration objects
API changes: Some internal APIs have been refactored for the standalone architecture

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v3.0.1

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Minor changes

The errorName attribute has been renamed to errorMessage.

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.6

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bug Fixes

Regional collector URLs, drop bitrate attributes before start, HEARTBEAT timing, and build fixes (e717dda)

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.1

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Changes

Fixed concurrent access crash in NRTimeSinceTable
Fixed inaccurate totalPlayTime

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.2

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes

Corrected Log attribute spelling (0b90490)

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.4

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Published to CocoaPods:

NewRelicVideoAgent 4.0.4
NRAVPlayerTracker 4.0.4
NRIMATracker 4.0.4

What's Changed

Bug fixes

Staging token issue (04956d5)

Streaming Video & Ads for Mobile v4.0.3

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Whats changed

iOS fix contentBitrate to report actual video quality in #169
chore(release): 4.0.3 by @github-actions[bot] in #175