Android Video Editor SDK

The CE.SDK video editor enables developers to integrate powerful video editing capabilities into their Android applications, providing users with an intuitive and fully customizable editing experience. Whether you’re building an app for social media, content creation, or any other platform that requires robust video editing tools, the CE.SDK Android Video Editor is designed to meet your needs.

Key Capabilities of the Android Mobile Video Editor SDK

Multi-Format Support

Create videos in various formats, including story reels and Ultra HD, tailored for different channels like Instagram, TikTok, or custom formats.

Templating

Jumpstart your users designs with easily adaptable templates including text variables and placeholders.

Asset Management

Record, upload, or select pre-existing videos, images, and other media from a custom library to enrich video content.

Advanced Editing Tools

Utilize features such as adjustments, filters, effects, and blur to fine-tune each element or the entire video, delivering a professional finish.

Timeline Management

Arrange multiple video clips, images, text, stickers, and shapes on a timeline for precise control over the final output.

Audio Integration

Enhance videos with audio tracks, either imported or selected from a custom asset library, to add another layer of creativity.

Customizable UI

Tailor the video editing interface to match your application’s branding and user experience needs, ensuring an intuitive and engaging experience.

What is the Video Editor Solution?

The Video Editor is a prebuilt solution powered by the CreativeEditor SDK (CE.SDK) that enables fast integration of high-performance video editing into web, mobile, and desktop applications. It’s designed to help your users create professional-grade videos—from short social clips to long-form stories—directly within your app.

Skip building a video editor from scratch. This fully client-side solution provides a solid foundation with an extensible UI and a robust engine API to power video editing in any use case.

Supported Platforms

The Android Mobile Video Editor SDK is compatible with Android applications developed using Kotlin or Java, offering full support for both languages.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the IMGLYUI Android Library is added to your project. The SDK requires a valid license key, and optionally, unique user IDs for accurate user tracking.

Supported Media Types

IMG.LY’s Creative Editor SDK enables you to load, edit, and save MP4 files directly on the device without server dependencies.

Importing Media

Exporting Media

Importing Templates

For detailed information, see the full file format support list.

Understanding CE.SDK Architecture & API

The following sections provide an overview of the key components of the CE.SDK video editor UI and its API architecture.

If you’re ready to start integrating CE.SDK into your Android application, check out our Implementation Guide.

CreativeEditor SDK Mobile Video UI

The CE.SDK video editor UI is a specific configuration of the CreativeEditor SDK, focusing on essential video editing features. It includes robust tools for video manipulation, customizable to suit different use cases. Key components include the Canvas, the main workspace where users interact with their video content. The Timeline provides control over the sequence and duration of video clips, images, and audio tracks. The Tool Bar provides essential editing options like adjustments, filters, effects, layer management or adding text or images in order of relevance. Lastly, the Context Menu presents relevant editing options for each selected element, simplifying the editing process for users.

Learn more about interacting with and customizing the video editor UI in our design editor UI guide.

CreativeEngine

At the core of CE.SDK is the CreativeEngine, which handles all rendering and video manipulation tasks. It can be used in headless mode or alongside the CreativeEditor UI. Key features and APIs provided by CreativeEngine include functionalities for Scene Management: to create, load, save, and manipulate video scenes programmatically.

Block Management: to manage video clips, images, text, and other elements within the timeline. Asset Management: to integrate and manage video, audio, and image assets from various sources. Variable Management: to define and manipulate variables for dynamic content within video scenes and Event Handling: to subscribe to events like clip selection changes or timeline updates for dynamic interaction.

Customizing the Android Video Editor

CE.SDK provides extensive customization options, allowing you to tailor the UI and functionality to meet your specific needs. This can range from basic configuration settings to more advanced customizations involving callbacks and custom elements.

Basic Customizations

• Configuration Object: Customize the editor’s appearance and functionality by passing a configuration object during initialization.

• Custom Asset Sources: Serve custom video clips or audio tracks from a remote URL.

See the video editor getting started page for more configuration examples.

UI Customization Options

The editor’s appearance can be customized with options like choosing between ‘dark’ or ‘light’ themes. You can also configure the editor color palette to match a particular CI.

- Hook into UI Events: Register event listener for UI events, for example, this would allow you to display a loading spinner while the editor is being initialized.

Framework Support

CreativeEditor SDK’s video editor is compatible with Swift and Objective-C, making it easy to integrate into any Android application.

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