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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 which specifically relate to the participants.

onParticipantJoined

  • This event is triggered when someone joins the meeting and return the Participant object as parameter.
  • This event can be subscribed from the useMeeting hook.

onParticipantLeft

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

onWebcamRequested

  • This event will be triggered to the participant B when any other participant A requests to enable webcam of participant B.
  • On accepting the request, webcam of participant B will be enabled.
  • This event can be subscribed from the useMeeting hook.

onMicRequested

  • This event will be triggered to the participant B when any other participant A requests to enable mic of participant B.
  • On accepting the request, mic of participant B will be enabled.
  • This event can be subscribed from the useMeeting hook.

Example

Here is the usage of all the events mentioned in 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.

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