Camera Controls - Android

Whenever any participant wants to start/stop broadcasting their video to other participant in a meeting, they can simply do it with VideoSDK Meeting.

This guide will provide an overview of how to implement enable, disable and switch webcam features in a meeting.

1. Enable Camera - By using enableWebcam() function, a participant can publish camera stream to other participants.
2. Disable Camera - By using disableWebcam() function, a participant can stop publishing camera stream to other participants.
3. Switch Camera - By using changeWebcam() function, a participant can stream from front / rear camera during the meeting.This function is only applicable for Mobile devices.

Enable, Disable And Switch Webcam

Kotlin

  btnWebcam!!.setOnClickListener {

    // Toggle participant webcam in meeting
    if (webcamEnabled) {
      meeting!!.disableWebcam()
    } else {
      meeting!!.enableWebcam()
    }

    // Change Webcam in Meeting
    meeting!!.changeWebcam()
  }

Java

  btnWebcam.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {

        // Toggle participant webcam in meeting
        if (webcamEnabled) {
          meeting.disableWebcam();
        } else {
          meeting.enableWebcam();
        }

         // Change Webcam in Meeting
        meeting.changeWebcam();
      }
  });

Events

Event associated with enableWebcam():

• Every Participant will receive a callback on onStreamEnabled() of the Participant with Stream object.

Event associated with disableWebcam():

• Every Participant will receive a callback on onStreamDisabled() of the Participant with Stream object.

Kotlin

  meeting!!.localParticipant.addEventListener(object : ParticipantEventListener() {
    override fun onStreamEnabled(stream: Stream) {
        //

        if(stream.getKind().equals("video")){
          //participant turned on video
          //Render participant video
        }
    }

    override fun onStreamDisabled(stream: Stream) {
        //

        if(stream.getKind().equals("video")){
          //participant turned off video
          //remove participant video
        }
    }
  });

Java

  participant.addEventListener(new ParticipantEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onStreamEnabled(Stream stream) {
        //
        if(stream.getKind().equals("video")){
          //participant turned on video
          //Render participant video
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onStreamDisabled(Stream stream) {
        //
        if(stream.getKind().equals("video")){
          //participant turned off video
          //remove participant video
        }
    }
  });