jitsi_meet

Jitsi Meet Plugin for Flutter. Supports Android and iOS platforms.

"Jitsi Meet is an open-source (Apache) WebRTC JavaScript application that uses Jitsi Videobridge to provide high quality, secure and scalable video conferences."

Find more information about Jitsi Meet here

Table of Contents

• Configuration
  • IOS
  • Android
• Join A Meeting
• JitsiMeetingOptions
• FeatureFlags
• JitsiMeetingResponse
• Listening to Meeting Events
• Closing a Meeting Programmatically
• Contributing

Configuration

IOS

Podfile

Ensure in your Podfile you have an entry like below declaring platform of 11.0 or above.

platform :ios, '11.0'

Info.plist

Add NSCameraUsageDescription and NSMicrophoneUsageDescription to your Info.plist.

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) MyApp needs access to your camera for meetings.</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>$(PRODUCT_NAME) MyApp needs access to your microphone for meetings.</string>

Android

Gradle

Set dependencies of build tools gradle to minimum 3.6.3:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.3' <!-- Upgrade this -->
    classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
}

Set distribution gradle wrapper to minimum 5.6.4.

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-all.zip <!-- Upgrade this -->

Add Java 1.8 compatibility support to your project by adding the following lines into your build.gradle file:

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}

AndroidManifest.xml

Jitsi Meet's SDK AndroidManifest.xml will conflict with your project, namely the application:label field. To counter that, go into android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml and add the tools library and tools:replace="android:label" to the application tag.

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="yourpackage.com"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"> <!-- Add this -->
    <application 
        tools:replace="android:label"  
        android:name="your.application.name"
        android:label="My Application"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
        ...
    </application>
...
</manifest>

Minimum SDK Version 21

Update your minimum sdk version to 21 in android/app/build.gradle

defaultConfig {
    // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
    applicationId "com.gunschu.jitsi_meet_example"
    minSdkVersion 21 //Required for Jitsi
    targetSdkVersion 28
    versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
    versionName flutterVersionName
}

Proguard

Jitsi's SDK enables proguard, but without a proguard-rules.pro file, your release apk build will be missing the Flutter Wrapper as well as react-native code. In your Flutter project's android/app/build.gradle file, add proguard support

buildTypes {
    release {
        // TODO: Add your own signing config for the release build.
        // Signing with the debug keys for now, so `flutter run --release` works.
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        
        // Add below 3 lines for proguard
        minifyEnabled true
        useProguard true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Then add a file in the same directory called proguard-rules.pro. See the example app's proguard-rules.pro file to know what to paste in.

Note
If you do not create the proguard-rules.pro file, then your app will crash when you try to join a meeting or the meeting screen tries to open but closes immediately. You will see one of the below errors in logcat.

## App crashes ##
java.lang.RuntimeException: Parcel android.os.Parcel@8530c57: Unmarshalling unknown type code 7536745 at offset 104
    at android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2747)
    at android.os.Parcel.readSparseArrayInternal(Parcel.java:3118)
    at android.os.Parcel.readSparseArray(Parcel.java:2351)
    .....

## Meeting won't open and you go to previous screen ##
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater: Could not find generated setter for class com.BV.LinearGradient.LinearGradientManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater: Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.uimanager.g
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater: Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.ARTGroupViewManager
W/unknown:ViewManagerPropertyUpdater: Could not find generated setter for class com.facebook.react.views.art.a
.....

Join A Meeting

_joinMeeting() async {
    try {
      var options = JitsiMeetingOptions()
        ..room = "myroom" // Required, spaces will be trimmed
        ..serverURL = "https://someHost.com"
        ..subject = "Meeting with Gunschu"
        ..userDisplayName = "My Name"
        ..userEmail = "myemail@email.com"
        ..audioOnly = true
        ..audioMuted = true
        ..videoMuted = true;

      await JitsiMeet.joinMeeting(options);
    } catch (error) {
      debugPrint("error: $error");
    }
  }

JitsiMeetingOptions

Field	Required	Default	Description
room	Yes	N/A	Unique room name that will be appended to serverURL. Valid characters: alphanumeric, dashes, and underscores.
subject	No	$room	Meeting name displayed at the top of the meeting. If null, defaults to room name where dashes and underscores are replaced with spaces and first characters are capitalized.
userDisplayName	No	"Fellow Jitster"	User's display name
userEmail	No	none	User's email address
audioOnly	No	false	Start meeting without video. Can be turned on in meeting.
audioMuted	No	false	Start meeting with audio muted. Can be turned on in meeting.
videoMuted	No	false	Start meeting with video muted. Can be turned on in meeting.
serverURL	No	meet.jitsi.si	Specify your own hosted server. Must be a valid absolute URL of the format <scheme>://<host>[/path], i.e. https://someHost.com. Defaults to Jitsi Meet's servers.
userAvatarURL	N/A	none	Not yet implemented. User's avatar URL.
token	N/A	none	JWT token used for authentication.
iosAppBarRGBAColor	No	"00000000"	only IOS, only RGBA values accepted
featureFlags	No	see below	Map of feature flags and their values (true/false), used to enable/disable features of the Jitsi Meet SDK

A new param has been added iosAppBarRGBAColor . This will change the AppBar color of the View in IOS only. Please note : the ioaAppBarRGBAColor param takes RGBA color format only .. for example Black - "00000000".

FeatureFlags

Feature flags allow you to enable or disable any feature of the Jitsi Meet SDK.
If you don't provide any flag to JitsiMeetingOptions, default values will be used.
If you don't provide a flag in featureFlags in JitsiMeetingOptions, its default value will be used.
We are using the official list of flags, taken from the Jitsi Meet repository

Flag	Default (Android)	Default (iOS)	Description
ADD_PEOPLE_ENABLED	true	true	Enable the blue button "Add people", showing up when you are alone in a call. Requires flag INVITE_ENABLED to work.
CALENDAR_ENABLED	true	auto	Enable calendar integration.
CALL_INTEGRATION_ENABLED	true	true	Enable call integration (CallKit on iOS, ConnectionService on Android). SEE REMARK BELOW
CLOSE_CAPTIONS_ENABLED	true	true	Enable close captions (subtitles) option in menu.
CHAT_ENABLED	true	true	Enable chat (button and feature).
INVITE_ENABLED	true	true	Enable invite option in menu.
IOS_RECORDING_ENABLED	N/A	false	Enable recording in iOS.
LIVE_STREAMING_ENABLED	auto	auto	Enable live-streaming option in menu.
MEETING_NAME_ENABLED	true	true	Display meeting name.
MEETING_PASSWORD_ENABLED	true	true	Display meeting password option in menu (if a meeting has a password set, the dialog will still show up).
PIP_ENABLED	auto	auto	Enable Picture-in-Picture mode.
RAISE_HAND_ENABLED	true	true	Enable raise hand option in menu.
RAISE_HAND_ENABLED	true	true	Enable raise hand option in menu.
RECORDING_ENABLED	auto	N/A	Enable recording option in menu.
TILE_VIEW_ENABLED	true	true	Enable tile view option in menu.
TILE_VIEW_ENABLED	true	true	Toolbox (buttons and menus) always visible during call (if not, a single tap displays it).
WELCOME_PAGE_ENABLED	false	false	Enable welcome page. "The welcome page lists recent meetings and calendar appointments and it's meant to be used by standalone applications."

REMARK about Call integration Call integration on Android (known as ConnectionService) has been disabled on the official Jitsi Meet app because it creates a lot of issues. You should disable it too to avoid these issues.

JitsiMeetingResponse

Field	Type	Description
isSuccess	bool	Success indicator.
message	String	Success message or error as a String.
error	dynamic	Optional, only exists if isSuccess is false. The error object.

Listening to Meeting Events

Events supported

Name	Description
onConferenceWillJoin	Meeting is loading.
onConferenceJoined	User has joined meeting.
onConferenceTerminated	User has exited the conference.
onError	Error has occurred with listening to meeting events.

Per Meeting Events

To listen to meeting events per meeting, pass in a JitsiMeetingListener in joinMeeting. The listener will automatically be removed when an
onConferenceTerminated event is fired.

await JitsiMeet.joinMeeting(options,
  listener: JitsiMeetingListener(onConferenceWillJoin: ({message}) {
    debugPrint("${options.room} will join with message: $message");
  }, onConferenceJoined: ({message}) {
    debugPrint("${options.room} joined with message: $message");
  }, onConferenceTerminated: ({message}) {
    debugPrint("${options.room} terminated with message: $message");
  }));

Global Meeting Events

To listen to global meeting events, simply add a JitsiMeetListener with
JitsiMeet.addListener(myListener). You can remove listeners using
JitsiMeet.removeListener(listener) or JitsiMeet.removeAllListeners().

@override
void initState() {
  super.initState();
  JitsiMeet.addListener(JitsiMeetingListener(
    onConferenceWillJoin: _onConferenceWillJoin,
    onConferenceJoined: _onConferenceJoined,
    onConferenceTerminated: _onConferenceTerminated,
    onError: _onError));
}

@override
void dispose() {
  super.dispose();
  JitsiMeet.removeAllListeners();
}

_onConferenceWillJoin({message}) {
  debugPrint("_onConferenceWillJoin broadcasted");
}

_onConferenceJoined({message}) {
  debugPrint("_onConferenceJoined broadcasted");
}

_onConferenceTerminated({message}) {
  debugPrint("_onConferenceTerminated broadcasted");
}

_onError(error) {
  debugPrint("_onError broadcasted");
}

Closing a Meeting Programmatically

JitsiMeet.closeMeeting();

Title bar

When Jitsi Meet is opening, the title bar will reflect:

• For Android: the android:label tag in the AndroidManifest.xml in
• For iOS: the Bundle name in Info.plist For IOS - Support added for Xcode 11.4 Ensure in your Podfile you have an entry like below declaring platform of 11.0 or above. platform :ios, '11.0'

Contributing

Send a pull request with as much information as possible clearly describing the issue or feature. Try to keep changes small and for one issue at a time.