Step 1: Migrate to AndroidX

Our SDK is set up to work with AndroidX, so the first step is to migrate your project to AndroidX if you haven’t already done so.

AndroidX Migration Guide

Step 2: Add the Skip SDK root level dependencies

Add the following to your root level build.gradle file if they do not already exist

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

Step 3: Enable Desugaring

If you target Android devices running below API 26, you need to use Android Gradle plugin 4.0 or newer and enable core library desugaring.

Step 4: Add the Skip SDK dependency

Add the Skip SDK dependency to your build.gradle file.

implementation 'com.github.goskip.mco:skipsdk-ui:1.0.8'

Step 5: Add an application class to your app if one does not already exist.

import android.app.Application

class MainApplication : Application() {
    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()
        
        // initialize Skip SDK here
    }
}

• Open AndroidManifest.xml file of your app and locate <application> tag.
• Add an attribute android:name and set it to your new application class.

<application
    android:name=".MainApplication"
    <!-- ... -->
</application>

Step 6: Initialize the Skip SDK inside of your Application class

class MainApplication : Application() {
    override fun onCreate() {
        super.onCreate()

        // initialize Skip SDK here
        SkipDatabaseDriverFactory.context = this
    }
}

Step 7: Launch the Skip Experience

In order to launch the Skip experience, you will need to call the SkipUISDK.launchSkip function.

There are several different options for launching the Skip Experience that we will go over in the configuration section.