Host a live event

You can use the LiveEventHostViewController class to build a view for users to host a live event. A LiveEventHostViewController instance can be used to display the host's media stream, multiple options to configure the live event, and a chat where the host and participants can send messages.

Users included in userIdsForHost can enter the live event one at a time to host. Once they have entered, they can start the live event as a host and stream video and audio during the live event.

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Note: Before starting the live event, you can test your media stream and devices by yourself by using liveEvent.startStreaming. Participants will be able to receive your media stream when you start the live event by calling the liveEvent.StartLiveEvent() method.

The following table lists the features included in LiveEventHostViewController. The LiveEventHostViewController class includes all the features of the LiveEventViewController class and can access all of its methods and properties.

To launch LiveEventHostViewController, one of the users selected to be host must enter the live event as a host.

A user can click a live event on LiveEventListViewController to enter as a host and LiveEventHostViewController is automatically displayed. Entering as a host will prompt the user to select audio and video devices before entering the live event.

Alternatively, you can use the following code to manually display LiveEventHostViewController.

liveEvent.enterAsHost(mediaOptions: .init()) { error in
    guard error == nil, liveEvent.openChannel != nil else { return }

    let hostVC = HostViewController(openChannel: liveEvent.openChannel!, liveEvent: liveEvent)
    self.present(hostVC)
}

You can customize properties in theLiveEventHostViewController class for your own needs. The LiveEventHostViewController class includes multiple user interfaces for managing the live event and displaying live event information.

The following table lists methods you can use to customize the view controller.

The following table lists the properties of SBUStringSet you can customize to modify the live event's host view.

The following table lists icons in SBUIconSet that you can customize to modify the live event's host view.