This repository contains the code examples for Banuba SDK on iOS and Agora.io SDK integration. Banuba’s AR conferencing SDK adds various effects (backgrounds, beauty filters, AR masks, etc.), while Agora handles the core video calling functionality.

Together, these toolkits let you quickly implement video calls, as well as raise camera enablement rate and improve user experience.

Banuba Face AR SDK doesn’t collect, store, or process any user data, making it secure by design and compliant with GDPR and other data protection regulations.

Check out examples for other platforms:

• Android
• Web

Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Visit agora.io to sign up and get the app id, client token and channel id. Please consult with Agora documentation about account management to find out exactly how mentioned IDs are created.

2. Activate the Banuba Face AR SDK extension. Our sales representatives will provide you the license token used by extension. Please check out the extension integration documentation if you have any questions regarding this step.

Dependencies

	Version	Description
AgoraRtcEngine_iOS/RtcBasic	4.6.2	Agora RTC dependency
BanubaSdk	1.17.7	Banuba Face AR dependency for applying AR filters
BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension	2.6.0	Banuba Extension for Agora

Installation

1. Open Terminal and run the following command to clone the project to your computer:

git clone https://github.com/Banuba/agora-plugin-filters-ios.git

2. In the terminal open the project directory and run the 'pod install' command to get the Banuba and Agora SDKs and plugin framework:

cd agora-plugin-filters-ios/
pod install --repo-update

3. Open the BanubaAgoraFilters.xcworkspace file in Xcode.

4. Copy and paste your Agora token, app and chanel ID to the appropriate section of /BanubaAgoraFilters/Token.swift with “ ” symbols. For example:

internal let agoraAppID = "Agora App ID"
internal let agoraClientToken = "Agora Token"
internal let agoraChannelId = "Agora Channel ID"

5. Copy and Paste your Banuba license token received from the sales representative to the appropriate section of /BanubaAgoraFilters/Token.swift with “ ” symbols. For example:

let banubaLicenseToken = "Banuba Extension License Token"

6. The sample includes a few basic AR effects, however you can download additional effects from here. This guarantees, that you will use the up-to-date version of the effects. The effects must be copied to the agora-plugin-filters-ios -> BanubaAgoraFilters -> effects folder.

7. Run the BanubaAgoraFilters target.

Integrating Banuba SDK and AgoraRtcKit in your own project

Integrating Banuba SDK to your project is similar to the steps in the Getting Started section.

BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension

The BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension plugin and Banuba SDK can be installed with Cocoapods. Simply add the following lines to your Podfile:

pod 'BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension', '2.6.0'
pod 'BanubaSdk', '1.17.7'

Please make sure that you have also added our custom Podspecs source to your Podfile:

source 'https://github.com/sdk-banuba/banuba-sdk-podspecs.git'

Alternatively you can also install the extension by downloading the prebuilt xcframework from here and manually linking it to your project.

AgoraRtcKit

Add the following line to your Podfile:

pod 'AgoraRtcEngine_iOS', '4.6.0'

How to use BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension

To control BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension with Agora libs use the following keys from BanubaPluginKeys.h file:

extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyVendorName;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyExtensionName;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyLoadEffect;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyUnloadEffect;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeySetBanubaLicenseToken;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeySetEffectsPath;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyEvalJSMethod;
extern NSString * __nonnull const BNBKeyRelease;

To enable/disable BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension use the following method:

import BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension

agoraKit?.enableExtension(
    withVendor: BNBKeyVendorName,
    extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
    enabled: true
)

Before applying an effect to your video you have to initialize BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension with the path to effects and extension license token. Look at how it can be achieved:

agoraKit?.setExtensionPropertyWithVendor(BNBKeyVendorName,
                                         extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
                                         key: BNBKeySetEffectsPath,
                                         value: BanubaEffectsManager.effectsURL.path)
                                         
agoraKit?.setExtensionPropertyWithVendor(BNBKeyVendorName,
                                         extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
                                         key: BNBKeySetBanubaLicenseToken,
                                         value: banubaLicenseToken)

After those steps you can tell BanubaFiltersAgoraExtension to enable or disable the mask:

agoraKit?.setExtensionPropertyWithVendor(
    BNBKeyVendorName,
    extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
    key: BNBKeyLoadEffect,
    value: "put_effect_name_here"
)
  
agoraKit?.setExtensionPropertyWithVendor(
    BNBKeyVendorName,
    extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
    key: BNBKeyUnloadEffect,
    value: " "
)

If the mask has parameters and you want to change them, you can do it the next way:

agoraKit?.setExtensionPropertyWithVendor(
    BNBKeyVendorName,
    extension: BNBKeyExtensionName,
    key: BNBKeyEvalJSMethod,
    value: string
)      

string must be a string with method’s name and parameters. You can find an example in our documentation.

Effects managing

To retrieve effects list use the following code:

let effectsPath = BanubaEffectsManager.effectsURL.path
let effectsService = EffectsService(effectsPath: effectsPath)
let effectViewModels = effectsService
    .getEffectNames()
    .sorted()
    .compactMap { effectName in
        guard let effectPreviewImage = effectsService.getEffectPreview(effectName) else {
          return nil
        }

        let effectViewModel = EffectViewModel(image: effectPreviewImage, effectName: effectName)
        return effectViewModel
      }

EffectViewModel has the following properties:

class EffectViewModel {
    let image: UIImage
    let effectName: String?
    var cancelEffectModel: Bool {
        return effectName == nil
    }
}