Participant Events - React Native

VideoSDK provides multiple types of events which can be listened to know the about the participants in the meeting.

Here are the events specifically related to the participant:

onParticipantJoined()

• This event is triggered when someone joins the meeting, returning the Participant object as parameter.
• It can be subscribed to using the useMeeting hook.

onParticipantLeft()

• This event is triggered when someone leaves the meeting.
• It can be subscribed to using the useMeeting hook.

onWebcamRequested()

• This event is triggered for participant B, when another participant, A requests to enable their webcam.
• Upon accepting the request, participant B's webcam will be enabled.
• It can be subscribed to using the useMeeting hook.

onMicRequested()

• This event is triggered for participant B, when another participant, A requests to enable their mic.
• Upon accepting the request, participant B's mic will be enabled.
• It can be subscribed to using the useMeeting hook.

Example

Here is an example demonstrating the usage of all the events mentioned on this page.

function onMicRequested(data) {
  const { participantId, accept, reject } = data;

  // participantId, will be the id of participant who requested to enable mic

  // if accept request
  accept();

  // if reject request
  reject();
}

function onWebcamRequested(data) {
  const { participantId, accept, reject } = data;

  // participantId, will be the id of participant who requested to enable webcam

  // if accept request
  accept();

  // if reject request
  reject();
}

function onParticipantJoined(participant) {
  console.log(" onParticipantJoined", participant);
}

function onParticipantLeft(participant) {
  console.log(" onParticipantLeft", participant);
}

const {
  meetingId
  ...
} = useMeeting({
  onParticipantJoined,
  onParticipantLeft,
  onMicRequested,
  onWebcamRequested,
  ...
});

API Reference

The API references for all the methods and events utilised in this guide are provided below.

• onParticipantJoined()
• onParticipantLeft()
• onWebcamRequested()
• onMicRequested()