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title: “Initialize SDK” description: “Initialize Gameball React Native SDK with your configuration”

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Initialize the SDK

Initialize Gameball at app startup, typically in your root component or App.tsx: 
import { GameballApp, GameballConfig } from 'react-native-gameball';
import { useEffect } from 'react';

function App() {
  useEffect(() => {
    const config: GameballConfig = {
      apiKey: 'your-api-key',             // Required
      lang: 'en',                         // Required
      shop: 'your-shop-id',               // Optional
      platform: 'your-platform-id',       // Optional
      sessionToken: 'your-session-token', // Optional - secure authentication
    };

    GameballApp.getInstance().init(config);
  }, []);

  return (
    // Your app components
  );
}

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Configuration Parameters

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apiKey
string
required
The client API key available in your Gameball dashboard (required).
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lang
string
required
Language code: ‘en’ or ‘ar’ (required).
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shop
string
Your Gameball shop identifier for multi-shop configurations.
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platform
string
Platform identifier (optional, set if you manage multiple platforms).
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sessionToken
string
Session Token for secure authentication (enables automatic v4.1 endpoint routing).

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Validation Rules

GameballConfig requires:
  • API key is required (cannot be null)
  • Language is required (cannot be null)

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Using Async/Await

You can use async/await for initialization if needed: 
import { GameballApp } from 'react-native-gameball';

async function initializeGameball() {
  try {
    const config: GameballConfig = {
      apiKey: 'your-api-key',
      lang: 'en',
      shop: 'your-shop-id',
      platform: 'your-platform-id',
      sessionToken: 'your-session-token',
    };

    await GameballApp.getInstance().init(config);
    console.log('Gameball SDK initialized successfully');
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to initialize Gameball:', error);
  }
}
Initialize the SDK as early as possible in your app’s lifecycle to ensure it’s ready when you need to track events or show the profile widget.
Make sure to use your actual API key from the Gameball dashboard. Test keys are for development, production keys are for live deployment.

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Next Steps