Invite Guest on Stage - React Native

In this guide, we will see how you can request a viewer to join your livestream by using the changeMode().

note

Before going forward in this guide, do make sure all the attendees join the meeting with mode as VIEWER and the host joins with mode as CONFERENCE

Let's first have a look at how we will be using the PubSub mechanism to acheive the requesting and switching of the participant's mode.

Step 1: Loading Viewer List

The host will see a list of participants who have joined as VIEWER along with a button that, when selected, will invite that user to join the livestream.

import { useMeeting, useParticipant } from "@videosdk.live/react-native-sdk";
import { SafeAreaView, TouchableOpacity, Text, View } from "react-native";

function MeetingView() {
  return (
    <>
      <Text>Viewer List</Text>
      <ViewerList />
    </>
  );
}
function ViewerList() {
  const { participants } = useMeeting();

  //Filtering only viewer participant
  const viewers = [...participants.values()].filter((participant) => {
    return participant.mode == Constants.modes.VIEWER;
  });

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      {viewers.map((participant) => {
        return <ViewerListItem participantId={participant.id} />;
      })}
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}
function ViewerListItem({ participantId }) {
  const { displayName } = useParticipant(participantId);
  return (
    <View
      style={{
        flexDirection: "row",
        justifyContent: "center",
        alignItems: "center",
        marginVertical: 8,
      }}
    >
      <Text>{displayName}</Text>
      <TouchableOpacity
        style={{
          marginLeft: 12,
          borderWidth: 1,
          borderRadius: 12,
          padding: 12,
        }}
      >
        <Text>Request to join Livestream</Text>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    </View>
  );
}

Step 2: Requesting a Viewer to Join Livestream

We have a Viewer list ready. Now, let us handle the click event for the Join Livestream button.

We will be using CHANGE_MODE_$participantId as the topic for PubSub.

import { usePubSub } from "@videosdk.live/react-native-sdk";

function ViewerListItem({ participantId }) {
  const { displayName } = useParticipant(participantId);
  const { publish } = usePubSub(`CHANGE_MODE_${participantId}`);

  //Publishing the pubsub message with new mode
  const onClickRequestJoinLiveStream = () => {
    publish({
      mode: "VIEWER",
    });
  };

  return (
    <View
      style={{
        flexDirection: "row",
        justifyContent: "center",
        alignItems: "center",
        marginVertical: 8,
      }}
    >
      <Text>{displayName}</Text>
      <TouchableOpacity
        onPress={() => {
          onClickRequestJoinLiveStream();
        }}
        style={{
          marginLeft: 12,
          borderWidth: 1,
          borderRadius: 12,
          padding: 12,
        }}
      >
        <Text>Request to join Livestream</Text>
      </TouchableOpacity>
    </View>
  );
}

Step 3: Showing Viewer Request Dialog

After implementing the Host requesting viewer to join the livestream, let's display the viewer's request dialogue and switch the VIEWER mode to CONFERENCE.

note

downstreamUrl is now depecated. Use playbackHlsUrl or livestreamUrl in place of downstreamUrl

import { usePubSub } from "@videosdk.live/react-native-sdk";
import Video from "react-native-video";
import { Alert } from "react-native";

function ViewerView({}) {
  const { hlsState, hlsUrls, localParticipantId, changeMode } = useMeeting();

  usePubSub(`CHANGE_MODE_${localParticipantId}`, {
    onMessageReceived: (data) => {
      const { message, senderName } = data;
      if (message.mode === "CONFERENCE") {
        showAlert(senderName);
      }
    },
  });

  const showAlert = (senderName) => {
    Alert.alert(
      "Permission",
      `${senderName} has requested you to join as a speaker`,
      [
        {
          text: "Reject",
          onPress: () => console.log("Cancel Pressed"),
          style: "cancel",
        },
        {
          text: "Accept",
          onPress: () => {
            changeMode("CONFERENCE");
          },
        },
      ]
    );
  };

  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      {hlsState == "HLS_PLAYABLE" ? (
        <>
          {/* Render VideoPlayer that will play `playbackHlsUrl`*/}
          <Video
            controls={true}
            source={{
              uri: hlsUrls.playbackHlsUrl,
            }}
            resizeMode={"stretch"}
            style={{
              flex: 1,
              backgroundColor: "black",
            }}
            onError={(e) => console.log("error", e)}
          />
        </>
      ) : (
        <SafeAreaView
          style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" }}
        >
          <Text style={{ fontSize: 20 }}>
            HLS is not started yet or is stopped
          </Text>
        </SafeAreaView>
      )}
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}

Step 4: Pin the participant

We need to pin the participant so that he/she can appears on the livestream. To achieve this, we will listen to the callback on the onParticipantModeChanged of useMeeting hook.

function MeetingView() {
  const mMeeting = useMeeting({});

  //We are using a reference to the meeting object because
  //While referencing it in the callbacks we want to use its latest state
  const mMeetingRef = useRef();

  useEffect(() => {
    mMeetingRef.current = mMeeting;
  }, [mMeeting]);

  const { localParticipant, changeMode } = useMeeting({
    onParticipantModeChanged: ({ participantId, mode }) => {
      const localParticipant = mMeetingRef.current?.localParticipant;

      if (participantId == localParticipant.id) {
        if (mode == "CONFERENCE") {
          localParticipant.pin();
        } else {
          localParticipant.unpin();
        }
      }
    },
  });

  return <>...</>;
}

tip

If you want complete source code, you can checkout our code sample

API Reference

The API references for all the methods utilized in this guide are provided below.

• useMeeting
• usePubSub
• useParticipant