Digital Pre-Certification Checklist App SDK

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Note: Due to the variable and unique nature of each application, there may be additional testing required by Nielsen that is not listed here. These tests are completed to ensure the quality of data collected. Please speak with your account manager if you have any questions.

Pre-certification Checklist

Before starting the certification process, please verify the following steps have been completed.

• Your Client Service representative should have already discussed a reporting hierarchy with you -- along with a Parent, Brand, and Sub-brand/Channel
• Your Technical Account Manager should have:
  • provided you with an AppID
  • informed you of our Opt-Out requirement for your App/Play Store description
  • informed you of our Opt-Out requirement for a WebView inside your apps
• Retrieving AppSDK logs
  • 'nol_devDebug' : 'DEBUG' should be present in initialization call (see below)
  • Android: use adb logcat (note: requires Android Studio)
  • iOS: idevicesyslog (note: requires XCode)

Initialization

The first step in the Certification process is to ensure that the Nielsen SDK is initializing at app startup, and that the global metadata values are present.

Keys	Value
appid	XXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
appname	example app name
appversion	2.0
nol_devDebug	debug

iOS Example

NSDictionary* appInformation = @
{ // AppID is Nielsen-supplied
	 @"appid": @"XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
 	 @"appname": @"Sample App Name",
 	 @"appversion": @"2.0",
 	 @"nol_devDebug": @"DEBUG" // required for testing only
}

Android Example

JSONObject appSdkConfig = new JSONObject()
          .put("appid", "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX")
          .put("appname", "Sample App Name")
          .put("appversion","2.0")
          .put("nol_devDebug", "DEBUG"); // required for testing only
// Pass appSdkConfig to the AppSdk constructor
mAppSdk = new AppSdk(appContext, appSdkConfig, appSdkListener);

Test Cases

The following lists the test cases along with the Expected results:

Test Case	Param	Expected Result	Pass/Fail
SDK Initialized	appid	Correct app id
	appname	Player name
	appversion	Correct build
	nol_devDebug	"DEBUG"

play()

• The play() call is required only once per viewing session (until app is killed)
• Called just before playback commences for first piece of content

Test Case	Param	Expected Result	Pass/Fail
Play	channelname	Name of Channel

loadMetadata() - Content

• Called at beginning of content, or when resuming content from interruption

Test	Param	Example Value	Accepted Values	Pass/Fail
loadMetadata	type	"content"	"content"
	assetid	"unique_id_500291"	(unique per asset, no Special Characters)
	length	"600"	length in seconds (int or float)
	title	"Episode Title"	(any non-empty value)
	program	"Show Name"	(any non-empty value)
	segB	"Primetime"	(any value), used for optional breakdown
	segC	"Comedy"	(any value), used for optional breakdown
	crossId1	"EP018S9S290015"	Gracenote ID
	crossId2	"ABC"	Network Name
	isfullepisode	"y"	("y" or "n") ("Y" or "N")
	airdate	"20160206 23:00:00"	"YYYYMMDD[space]HH:MM:SS" -- note: HH=24 hour time
	adloadtype	"1"	"1" for linear ads, "2" for DAI
	hasAds	"1"	"0" for no ads, "1" for has ads

loadMetadata() - ad

• Called at beginning of ad, or when resuming ad from interruption

Test	Param	Example Value	Accepted Values	Pass/Fail
loadMetadata	assetid	"ad_2201343201"	(any non-empty value)
	type	"midroll"	"preroll", "midroll", "postroll"	Example

setPlayheadPosition() - Preroll ad

• Track current position of playhead
• Starts at 0 at the beginning of ad
• Updated at least once per second
• Separate playhead position for ads and content, should accurately reflect current position in either ads or content
• Final playhead position for content must equal the length specified in loadMetadata(), followed by end() call

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
setPlayehadPosition	Called every second
stop()	Called at the end of Ad

loadMetadata() - Content

• Test is to validate Content metadata is the same as original metadata passed during initial loadMetadata call.

Test	Param	Example Value	Accepted Values	Pass/Fail
loadMetadata	type	"content"	"content"
	assetid	"unique_id_500291"	(unique per asset)
	length	"600"	length in seconds (int or float)
	title	"Episode Title"	(any non-empty value)
	program	"Show Name"	(any non-empty value)
	segB	"Primetime"	(any value), used for optional breakdown
	segC	"Comedy"	(any value), used for optional breakdown
	crossId1	"EP018S9S290015"	Gracenote ID
	crossId2	"ABC"	Network Name
	isfullepisode	"y"	("y" or "n") ("Y" or "N")
	airdate	"20160206 23:00:00"	"YYYYMMDD[space]HH:MM:SS" -- note: HH=24 hour time
	adloadtype	"1"	"1" for linear ads, "2" for DAI
	hasAds	"1"	"0" for no ads, "1" for has ads

setPlayheadPosition() - Content

• Track current position of playhead
• Starts at 0 at the beginning of content
• Updated at least once per second
• Separate playhead position for ads and content, should accurately reflect current position in either ads or content
• Final playhead position for content must equal the length specified in loadMetadata(), followed by end() call

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
setPlayehadPosition	Called every second
stop()	Called at the end of Content

stop()

• Indicates one of the following:
• Playback of content or ad was interrupted
• Reached end of ad (no parameters or metadata)

end()

• Reached the end of content (no parameters or metadata)

Interruptions

• All interruptions to playback of content or ads should trigger a call to stop(). Once the interruption is over, loadMetadata() with the same metadata should be called, followed by playheadPosition resuming from where it left off.

• Interruptions include:
  • user-induced pause
  • screen turned off
  • app sent to background
  • headphones removed (note, if app simply switches audio output from headphones to speaker without pausing, there is no need to call stop())
  • alarm/call interruption
  • internet connection lost (n.b. cached playback plays as normal until it expires)

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
user-induced pause	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
screen turned off	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
app sent to background	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
headphones removed	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
alarm/call interruption	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
internet connection lost	stop(), loadMetadata() & playheadPosition
content paused	playheadPosition is not passed
resume content	loadMetadata() is called for content
	loadMetadataM is the same as original
	playheadPosition continues from resumed position

Expected SDK behavior for all interruptions:

1. interruption triggers stop() call
2. when content resumes, loadMetadata() is called with the same metadata that was playing previously (ad or content)
3. playheadPosition() resumes from the same position before the interruption

Example session:

• 5 minutes of content played, call interruption, content resumes until end of 15 min video

Scrubbing

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
Scrub Backward	new playhead position is accurate
	new playhead continues from new position
Scrub Forward	new playhead position is accurate
	new playhead continues from new position
Scrub to end	final playhead position is passed
	end event called at completion of content playback
Scrub past midroll	Playhead for content stops

Midroll & Postroll Ads

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
loadMetadata()	Called for each Ad
	Required Metadata is accurate
playheadPosition	Passed every second
stop()	called for each ad
loadMetadata(), playheadPosition, stop()	correct sequence for each ad

Opt-Out

Users must have access to "About Nielsen Measurement" page. User can click this page from app settings screen.

• URL to this web page should be called from SDK by invoking optOutURL and opened in 'WebView' / External browser.
• If the App SDK returns NULL as Opt-Out URL, handle the exception gracefully and retry later.
• To retrieve the current Opt-Out status of a device, use the optOutStatus method.

Test Case	Test Condition	Pass/Fail
optOutView	User can Opt-Out