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
• FeatureFlag
• JitsiMeetingResponse
• Listening to Meeting Events
• Closing a Meeting Programmatically
• Contributing
• Feature Requests
• Issues

Configuration

IOS

• Note: Example compilable with XCode 12.2 & Flutter 1.22.4.

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 23

Update your minimum sdk version to 23 in android/app/build.gradle

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.gunschu.jitsi_meet_example"
    minSdkVersion 23 //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 {
	  FeatureFlag featureFlag = FeatureFlag();
	  featureFlag.welcomePageEnabled = false;
	  featureFlag.resolution = FeatureFlagVideoResolution.MD_RESOLUTION; // Limit video resolution to 360p
	  
      var options = JitsiMeetingOptions()
        ..room = "myroom" // Required, spaces will be trimmed
        ..serverURL = "https://someHost.com"
        ..subject = "Meeting with Gunschu"
        ..userDisplayName = "My Name"
        ..userEmail = "[email protected]"
        ..userAvatarURL = "https://someimageurl.com/image.jpg" // or .png
        ..audioOnly = true
        ..audioMuted = true
        ..videoMuted = true
        ..featureFlag = featureFlag;

      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	User's avatar URL.
token	N/A	none	JWT token used for authentication.
featureFlag	No	see below	Object of FeatureFlag class used to enable/disable features and set video resolution of Jitsi Meet SDK.

FeatureFlag

Feature flag allows you to limit video resolution and enable/disable few features of Jitsi Meet SDK mentioned in the list below.
If you don't provide any flag to JitsiMeetingOptions, default values will be used.

We are using the official list of flags, taken from the Jitsi Meet repository

Flag	Default (Android)	Default (iOS)	Description
addPeopleEnabled	true	true	Enable the blue button "Add people", show up when you are alone in a call. Required for flag inviteEnabled to work.
calendarEnabled	true	auto	Enable calendar integration.
callIntegrationEnabled	true	true	Enable call integration (CallKit on iOS, ConnectionService on Android). SEE REMARK BELOW
closeCaptionsEnabled	true	true	Enable close captions (subtitles) option in menu.
conferenceTimerEnabled	true	true	Enable conference timer.
chatEnabled	true	true	Enable chat (button and feature).
inviteEnabled	true	true	Enable invite option in menu.
iOSRecordingEnabled	N/A	false	Enable recording in iOS.
kickOutEnabled	true	true	Enable kick-out option in video thumb of participants.
liveStreamingEnabled	auto	auto	Enable live-streaming option in menu.
meetingNameEnabled	true	true	Display meeting name.
meetingPasswordEnabled	true	true	Display meeting password option in menu (if a meeting has a password set, the dialog will still show up).
pipEnabled	auto	auto	Enable Picture-in-Picture mode.
raiseHandEnabled	true	true	Enable raise hand option in menu.
recordingEnabled	auto	N/A	Enable recording option in menu.
resoulution	N/A	N/A	Set local and (maximum) remote video resolution. Overrides server configuration. Accepted values are: LD_RESOLUTION for 180p, MD_RESOLUTION for 360p, SD_RESOLUTION for 480p(SD), HD_RESOLUTION for 720p(HD) .
serverURLChangeEnabled	true	true	Enable server URL change.
tileViewEnabled	true	true	Enable tile view option in menu.
toolboxAlwaysVisible	true	true	Toolbox (buttons and menus) always visible during call (if not, a single tap displays it).
videoShareButtonEnabled	true	true	Enable video share button.
welcomePageEnabled	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.
onPictureInPictureWillEnter	User entered PIP mode.
onPictureInPictureTerminated	User exited PIP mode.
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: $message");
  }, onPictureInPictureWillEnter: ({message}) {
	debugPrint("${options.room} entered PIP mode with message: $message");
  }, onPictureInPictureTerminated: ({message}) {
	debugPrint("${options.room} exited PIP mode 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,
    onPictureInPictureWillEnter: _onPictureInPictureWillEnter,
    onPictureInPictureTerminated: _onPictureInPictureTerminated,
    onError: _onError));
}

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

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

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

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

_onPictureInPictureWillEnter({message}) {
debugPrint("_onPictureInPictureWillEnter broadcasted with message: $message");
}

_onPictureInPictureTerminated({message}) {
debugPrint("_onPictureInPictureTerminated broadcasted with message: $message");
}

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

Closing a Meeting Programmatically

JitsiMeet.closeMeeting();

Contributing

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

Feature Requests

First, this plugin uses Jitsi Meet's mobile SDK, so if their SDK does not support a feature, this plugin will probably not be able to do so either. Check if Jitsi Meet supports your requests. If not, open a feature request with Jitsi Meet team rather than here.

If the new feature is available in Jitsi Meet's SDK, but not available in this plugin, or the new feature is unrelated to the SDK, open a request with the following template:

New Feature Request

Use case: Describe the use case for the feature request, from a user or 
developer point of view. For example, "As a user, I would like to be able
to close the meeting using a voice command." or "As a developer, I would like
to detect when a user winks." Include as much detail as possible.

Include examples, like screenshots, UX design, story boards, another app or code
of what the feature could look like. 

Issues

Open an issue here. Use the following template:

Platform: specify one or both: [iOS, Android] 
Device Physical or Simulator: [Physical, Simulator]
Device Model: specify model
Device OS Version: specify Android or iOS version

Flutter Doctor: run flutter doctor and paste results below:
--- flutter doctor results here ---

Steps to recreate: detailed step by step on how to recreate below:
1. Step 1
2. Step 2
...

Error logs:
--- paste error logs here if any ---