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Screen sharing over QuickBlox Javascript SDK

I would like to use screen sharing with the JavaScript SDK of QuickBlox. The Android and the iOS QB-SDKs support already this feature, but I can’t find any hints for JavaScript support in the current version (2.5.0).

Are there some plans for screen sharing with JavaScript in the future?

Solution

  • You can do this with QuickBlox JS SDK, but it needs some additional logic. WebRTC API does not provide a way to natively share your screen, so Chrome/Firefox browsers plugins are needed here.

    For example, I tried some time ago this logic https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/#7396622660871782

    so you just pass another object to QuickBlox 'session.getUserMedia':

    session.getUserMedia({ audio: true, video: {mozMediaSource: 'screen'}).
then(successCallback).
catch(errorCallback);

    https://quickblox.com/developers/Sample-webrtc-web#Access_local_media_stream

    and that's all

    BUT

    it needs to install Chrome/Firefox screen sharing plugin.

    The normal way here is that each developer has its own plugin, with own App/Company name. So you can use the source code of that plugin for Chrome/Firefox from link above and build your own.