Initialization

V2TIMManager is a core class and also an entry class of the IM SDK. It implements features such as IM SDK initialization and login, message sending/receiving, group creation, and group leaving. To complete initialization, call the initSDK API.

// 1. Obtain the SDKAppID of the application from the IM console. For more information, see SDKAppID.
// 2. Initialize the `config` object.
V2TIMSDKConfig config = new V2TIMSDKConfig();
// 3. Specify the log output level. For more information, see SDKConfig.
config.setLogLevel(V2TIMSDKConfig.V2TIM_LOG_INFO);
// 4. Initialize the SDK and set the listening object of `V2TIMSDKListener`.
// After you call `initSDK`, the SDK automatically connects to the network. The network connection status can be listened to in the `V2TIMSDKListener` callback.
V2TIMManager.getInstance().initSDK(context, sdkAppID, sdkConfig, new V2TIMSDKListener() {
    // 5. Listen to the `V2TIMSDKListener` callback.
    @Override
    public void onConnecting() {
        // The SDK is connecting to the Tencent CVM instance.
    }
    @Override
    public void onConnectSuccess() {
        // The SDK is successfully connected to the Tencent CVM instance.
    }
    @Override
    public void onConnectFailed(int code, String error) {
        // The SDK fails to connect to the Tencent CVM instance.
    }
});

The initialization API initSDK contains three required parameters, SDKAppID, SDKConfig, and listener.

SDKAppID

SDKAppID is a unique ID that the IM service uses to identify a customer account. We recommend that you apply for a new SDKAppID for every independent app to automatically isolate messages between SDKAppIDs.
You can view all SDKAppIDs in the IM console or click Add Application to create an SDKAppID.

SDKConfig

The V2TIMSDKConfig parameter is used for SDK initialization configuration. It is often used to set the log level, that is, the setLogLevel API. The following table lists the log levels:

• IM SDK logs are stored by default in the /sdcard/tencenet/imsdklogs/<application package name> directory for versions earlier than 4.8.50 and in the /sdcard/Android/data/<package name>/files/log/tencent/imsdk directory for version 4.8.50 or later.
• Starting from v4.7.1, the xlog module of the WeChat team is used to output IM SDK logs. The xlogs are decompressed by default and must be decompressed using the Python script.
  • To obtain the script for decompression, click Decode Log 27 if you are using Python 2.7, or click Decode Log 30 if you are using Python 3.0.
  • In the Windows or Mac console, you can run the following command to decompress the log files. After decompression, the file names end with "xlog.log", and you can use the text editor to open these files.

    python decode_mars_nocrypt_log_file.py imsdk_yyyyMMdd.xlog

Listener

V2TIMSDKListener is used to listen to the network status and changes to user information.

Note：

If you receive the onUserSigExpired callback, the UserSig that you use for login has expired. In this case, you need to update the UserSig and then log in again. If you continue to use the expired UserSig, the SDK falls into an endless login loop.

Login

You can call the login(userID, userSig) function of V2TIMManager to log in to the SDK. The features of the IM SDK are available to you only after you successfully log in to the SDK.

• UserID: you are advised to enter only letters (a-z and A-Z), digits (0-9), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). Its length cannot exceed 32 bytes.
• UserSig: login ticket of the IM SDK. It is calculated by your business server to ensure security. For more information on the calculation method, see Generating UserSig.

  Note：

  After you log in successfully by calling IM SDK Login, DAU will be calculated. Please use IM SDK Login appropriately according to the business scenario to avoid an excessively high DAU.

  Login scenarios

  You need to call the login function in the following scenarios:
• When you need to use features of the IM SDK for the first time after the app is started.
• When the IM SDK triggers an onUserSigExpired callback. That is, when the UserSig expires, you need to use the new UserSig for login.
• When the IM SDK triggers an onKickOffline callback. That is, when the current user is kicked offline, the "You have already logged in to the SDK on another device using the current account. Are you sure you want to log in again?" message can be displayed on the UI. In this case, you can select "Yes" to log in again.

You do not need to call the login function in the following scenarios:

• When your network is disconnected and then reconnected, you do not need to call the login function as the SDK automatically goes online.
• When a login process is running, you do not need to log in to the SDK again.

Multi-device login

You cannot use the same account to log in on two mobile phones of the same model. For example, you cannot use the same account for login on two Apple mobile phones. However, one Android mobile phone and one Apple mobile phone will be considered as two different devices, and you can use the same account to log in on these two devices. For more information on configurations related to multi-device login, see the Login settings section in Feature Configuration.

Logout

To log out of the SDK, call the logout function.