Install the Teak SDK in Android

It’s time to add the Teak SDK to your Android project and give it your game’s credentials.

Teak supports Android 5.0 (API level 21) or newer.
Your project is connected to a Firebase project (from the previous step).

Add the Teak AAR

The latest Teak Android SDK is always available as an AAR at sdks.teakcdn.com/android/teak.aar.

Download it and add it to your project’s libs/ directory, then reference it from your app-level build.gradle:

dependencies {
  implementation files('libs/teak.aar')
  // ... your other dependencies
}

Add Teak’s Dependencies

Teak relies on the following libraries. Add them to your app-level build.gradle if they aren’t already present.

dependencies {
  implementation 'org.greenrobot:eventbus:3.3.1'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:16+'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16+'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:16+'
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:21+'
  implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.0.+'
  implementation 'androidx.work:work-runtime:2.5.+'

  // Optional: enables install-attribution reporting
  implementation 'com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer:2.2+'
}

Configure Teak Credentials

Teak needs your Teak App ID and Teak API Key to talk to the Teak service. You provide these through a res/values/teak.xml resource file.

Create res/values/teak.xml in your app module:

res/values/teak.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <string name="io_teak_app_id">YOUR_TEAK_APP_ID</string>
  <string name="io_teak_api_key">YOUR_TEAK_API_KEY</string>
</resources>

Replace YOUR_TEAK_APP_ID and YOUR_TEAK_API_KEY with your game’s values. You’ll find both in Settings General for your app on the Teak dashboard.

The Teak SDK is now installed and has its credentials. Next, we’ll add the code that brings it to life.