---
title: "Intro"
canonical_url: "https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/intro"
markdown_url: "https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/intro.md"
last_updated: "2026-04-16T10:19:11Z"
---

# Intro

The Virtual Stadium Data SDK provides a set of services and providers that allow you to interact with the Virtual Stadium platform.
These services are designed to handle various aspects of the user experience, from authentication to chat management.

Services related to chat functionality available in the project are:

- `LoginManager` is used to handle login to the SDK with JWT. Without it usage of SDK is basically impossible. (check [Login Manager section](https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/loginAndUserState.md#login-manager))
- `UserProvider` provides current state of the user (check [User Status section](https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/loginAndUserState.md#user-status))
- `SettingsProvider` provides settings for the channel e.g. message limitation, list of available reactions (check [Settings section](https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/chatSettings.md#settings-provider))
- `OddsFormatProvider` offers the possibility to get UK formats for the odds in the betslips (check [Odds provider section](https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/chatSettings.md#odds-format-provider))
- `ChatManager` serves as a central management point for chat channels within the Virtual Stadium Data SDK. It is designed to handle the lifecycle and organization of chat channels (check [Chat Manager section](https://apidocs.sportradar.com/resources/virtual-stadium/docs/sdk/chatChannel.md#chat-manager))

### Android

The SDK uses Koin for dependency handling internally. To use all mentioned providers in Android, you can inject them via Koin in your ViewModel or any other class where you need them. If you don't want to rely on Koin
you can also use a KoinHelper which is available as the part of SDK and provides getters for all mentioned providers.

```kotlin
import ag.sportradar.virtualstadium.datasdk.services.ChatManager
import ag.sportradar.virtualstadium.datasdk.services.LoginManager
import ag.sportradar.virtualstadium.datasdk.services.OddsFormatProvider
import ag.sportradar.virtualstadium.datasdk.services.SettingsProvider
import ag.sportradar.virtualstadium.datasdk.services.UserProvider
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
import org.koin.core.component.KoinComponent
import org.koin.core.component.get

class ExampleViewModel :
    ViewModel(),
    KoinComponent {

    private val loginManager: LoginManager by inject()
    private val userProvider: UserProvider by inject()
    private val settingsProvider: SettingsProvider by inject()
    private val oddsFormatProvider: OddsFormatProvider by inject()
    private val chatManager: ChatManager by inject()
    ...
}

```

### iOS

To use all mentioned providers in iOS, you must get them via `KoinHelper` getters.

```swift
import VirtualStadiumDataSDK

class ExampleViewModel {

    private let loginManager = KoinHelper().getLoginManager()
    private let userProvider = KoinHelper().getUserProvider()
    private let settingsProvider = KoinHelper().getSettingsProvider()
    private let oddsFormatProvider = KoinHelper().getOddsFormatProvider()
    private let chatManager = KoinHelper().getChatManager()

	...
}
```