Pause/Resume Video Stream - Android

To stop or resume receiving a participant's streams (webcam, screen share and mic), use the pause() and resume() methods.

note

• pause() and resume() are suspend functions. Call them from a coroutine, such as lifecycleScope.launch (from androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx), and catch the VideoSDKException they throw when a call is refused or fails.
• They work only on the streams of a remote participant that this device receives. Calling them on your own streams throws.

Pause video stream

• pause() pauses a stream (webcam, screen share or mic) of a particular participant.

  btnPause!!.setOnClickListener { _: View? ->
    lifecycleScope.launch {
      // Copy the streams: the map changes as streams start and stop
      for (stream in participant.streams.values.toList()) {
        try {
          stream.pause()
        } catch (e: VideoSDKException) {
          Log.e("VideoSDK", "pause() failed for ${stream.kind}: ${e.code} ${e.name}")
        }
      }
    }
  }

Resume video stream

• resume() resumes a stream (webcam, screen share or mic) of a particular participant.

  btnResume!!.setOnClickListener { _: View? ->
    lifecycleScope.launch {
      for (stream in participant.streams.values.toList()) {
        try {
          stream.resume()
        } catch (e: VideoSDKException) {
          Log.e("VideoSDK", "resume() failed for ${stream.kind}: ${e.code} ${e.name}")
        }
      }
    }
  }