Add usePersistentUserChoices hook to save device settings and username to local storage

.changeset/lemon-chairs-check.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@livekit/components-core': minor
+'@livekit/components-react': minor
+---
+
+Add `usePersistentUserChoices` hook to save user choices saving functionality.

packages/core/etc/components-core.api.md

@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ export function isTrackReferencePlaceholder(trackReference?: TrackReferenceOrPla
 // @internal (undocumented)
 export function isWeb(): boolean;
 
+// @alpha
+export function loadUserChoices(defaults?: Partial<UserChoices>,
+preventLoad?: boolean): UserChoices;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const log: loglevel.Logger;
 
@@ -334,6 +338,10 @@ export function roomInfoObserver(room: Room): Observable<{
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function roomObserver(room: Room): Observable<Room>;
 
+// @alpha
+export function saveUserChoices(deviceSettings: UserChoices,
+preventSave?: boolean): void;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function screenShareObserver(room: Room): Observable<ScreenShareTrackMap>;
 
@@ -556,6 +564,15 @@ export type TrackSourceWithOptions = {
 // @public
 export function updatePages<T extends UpdatableItem>(currentList: T[], nextList: T[], maxItemsOnPage: number): T[];
 
+// @public
+export type UserChoices = {
+    videoInputEnabled: boolean;
+    audioInputEnabled: boolean;
+    videoInputDeviceId: string;
+    audioInputDeviceId: string;
+    username: string;
+};
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type VideoSource = Track.Source.Camera | Track.Source.ScreenShare;
 

packages/core/src/index.ts

@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ export * from './observables/track';
 export * from './observables/dataChannel';
 export * from './observables/dom-event';
 
+export * from './persistent-storage';
+
 export { log, setLogLevel } from './logger';

packages/core/src/persistent-storage/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { saveUserChoices, loadUserChoices, type UserChoices } from './user-choices';

packages/core/src/persistent-storage/local-storage-helpers.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { log } from '../logger';
+
+/**
+ * Set an object to local storage by key
+ * @param key - the key to set the object to local storage
+ * @param value - the object to set to local storage
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function setLocalStorageObject<T extends object>(key: string, value: T): void {
+  if (typeof localStorage === 'undefined') {
+    log.error('Local storage is not available.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value));
+  } catch (error) {
+    log.error(`Error setting item to local storage: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get an object from local storage by key
+ * @param key - the key to retrieve the object from local storage
+ * @returns the object retrieved from local storage, or null if the key does not exist
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function getLocalStorageObject<T extends object>(key: string): T | undefined {
+  if (typeof localStorage === 'undefined') {
+    log.error('Local storage is not available.');
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const item = localStorage.getItem(key);
+    if (!item) {
+      log.warn(`Item with key ${key} does not exist in local storage.`);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return JSON.parse(item);
+  } catch (error) {
+    log.error(`Error getting item from local storage: ${error}`);
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}

packages/core/src/persistent-storage/user-choices.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { cssPrefix } from '../constants';
+import { getLocalStorageObject, setLocalStorageObject } from './local-storage-helpers';
+
+const USER_CHOICES_KEY = `${cssPrefix}-device-settings` as const;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the user's choices for video and audio input devices,
+ * as well as their username.
+ */
+export type UserChoices = {
+  /**
+   * Whether video input is enabled.
+   * @defaultValue `true`
+   */
+  videoInputEnabled: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether audio input is enabled.
+   * @defaultValue `true`
+   */
+  audioInputEnabled: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The device ID of the video input device to use.
+   * @defaultValue `''`
+   */
+  videoInputDeviceId: string;
+  /**
+   * The device ID of the audio input device to use.
+   * @defaultValue `''`
+   */
+  audioInputDeviceId: string;
+  /**
+   * The username to use.
+   * @defaultValue `''`
+   */
+  username: string;
+};
+
+const defaultUserChoices: UserChoices = {
+  videoInputEnabled: true,
+  audioInputEnabled: true,
+  videoInputDeviceId: '',
+  audioInputDeviceId: '',
+  username: '',
+} as const;
+
+/**
+ * Saves user choices to local storage.
+ * @param deviceSettings - The device settings to be stored.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export function saveUserChoices(
+  deviceSettings: UserChoices,
+  /**
+   * Whether to prevent saving user choices to local storage.
+   */
+  preventSave: boolean = false,
+): void {
+  if (preventSave === true) {
+    return;
+  }
+  setLocalStorageObject(USER_CHOICES_KEY, deviceSettings);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reads the user choices from local storage, or returns the default settings if none are found.
+ * @param defaults - The default device settings to use if none are found in local storage.
+ * @defaultValue `defaultUserChoices`
+ *
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export function loadUserChoices(
+  defaults?: Partial<UserChoices>,
+  /**
+   * Whether to prevent loading from local storage and return default values instead.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
+  preventLoad: boolean = false,
+): UserChoices {
+  const fallback: UserChoices = {
+    videoInputEnabled: defaults?.videoInputEnabled ?? defaultUserChoices.videoInputEnabled,
+    audioInputEnabled: defaults?.audioInputEnabled ?? defaultUserChoices.audioInputEnabled,
+    videoInputDeviceId: defaults?.videoInputDeviceId ?? defaultUserChoices.videoInputDeviceId,
+    audioInputDeviceId: defaults?.audioInputDeviceId ?? defaultUserChoices.audioInputDeviceId,
+    username: defaults?.username ?? defaultUserChoices.username,
+  };
+
+  if (preventLoad) {
+    return fallback;
+  } else {
+    return getLocalStorageObject(USER_CHOICES_KEY) ?? fallback;
+  }
+}

packages/react/etc/components-react.api.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import { TrackPublication } from 'livekit-client';
 import type { TrackReference } from '@livekit/components-core';
 import { TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder } from '@livekit/components-core';
 import type { TrackSourceWithOptions } from '@livekit/components-core';
+import type { UserChoices } from '@livekit/components-core';
 import type { VideoCaptureOptions } from 'livekit-client';
 import type { VideoSource } from '@livekit/components-core';
 import type { WidgetState } from '@livekit/components-core';
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ export interface ConnectionStatusProps extends React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivEle
 }
 
 // @public
-export function ControlBar({ variation, controls, ...props }: ControlBarProps): React_2.JSX.Element;
+export function ControlBar({ variation, controls, saveUserChoices, ...props }: ControlBarProps): React_2.JSX.Element;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type ControlBarControls = {
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@ export type ControlBarControls = {
 export interface ControlBarProps extends React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
     // (undocumented)
     controls?: ControlBarControls;
+    // @alpha
+    saveUserChoices?: boolean;
     // (undocumented)
     variation?: 'minimal' | 'verbose' | 'textOnly';
 }
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ export interface LiveKitRoomProps extends Omit<React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivEle
 // @internal (undocumented)
 export const LKFeatureContext: React_2.Context<FeatureFlags | undefined>;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type LocalUserChoices = {
     username: string;
     videoEnabled: boolean;
@@ -424,9 +427,9 @@ export interface ParticipantTileProps extends React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElem
 }
 
 // @public
-export function PreJoin({ defaults, onValidate, onSubmit, onError, debug, joinLabel, micLabel, camLabel, userLabel, showE2EEOptions, ...htmlProps }: PreJoinProps): React_2.JSX.Element;
+export function PreJoin({ defaults, onValidate, onSubmit, onError, debug, joinLabel, micLabel, camLabel, userLabel, showE2EEOptions, persistUserChoices, ...htmlProps }: PreJoinProps): React_2.JSX.Element;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public
 export interface PreJoinProps extends Omit<React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, 'onSubmit' | 'onError'> {
     // (undocumented)
     camLabel?: string;
@@ -440,6 +443,8 @@ export interface PreJoinProps extends Omit<React_2.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement
     onError?: (error: Error) => void;
     onSubmit?: (values: LocalUserChoices) => void;
     onValidate?: (values: LocalUserChoices) => boolean;
+    // @alpha
+    persistUserChoices?: boolean;
     // (undocumented)
     showE2EEOptions?: boolean;
     // (undocumented)
@@ -825,6 +830,22 @@ export interface UseParticipantTileProps<T extends HTMLElement> extends React_2.
     trackRef?: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder;
 }
 
+// @alpha
+export function usePersistentUserChoices(options?: UsePersistentUserChoicesOptions): {
+    userChoices: UserChoices;
+    saveAudioInputEnabled: (isEnabled: boolean) => void;
+    saveVideoInputEnabled: (isEnabled: boolean) => void;
+    saveAudioInputDeviceId: (deviceId: string) => void;
+    saveVideoInputDeviceId: (deviceId: string) => void;
+};
+
+// @alpha
+export interface UsePersistentUserChoicesOptions {
+    defaults?: Partial<UserChoices>;
+    preventLoad?: boolean;
+    preventSave?: boolean;
+}
+
 // @public
 export function usePinnedTracks(layoutContext?: LayoutContextType): TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder[];
 

packages/react/src/hooks/index.ts

@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ export { UseVisualStableUpdateOptions, useVisualStableUpdate } from './useVisual
 export { UseTrackOptions, useTrack } from './useTrack';
 export { useTrackByName } from './useTrackByName';
 export { useChat } from './useChat';
+export {
+  usePersistentUserChoices,
+  type UsePersistentUserChoicesOptions,
+} from './usePersistentUserChoices';

packages/react/src/hooks/usePersistentUserChoices.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import type { UserChoices } from '@livekit/components-core';
+import { loadUserChoices, saveUserChoices } from '@livekit/components-core';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+/**
+ * Options for the `usePersistentDeviceSettings` hook.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export interface UsePersistentUserChoicesOptions {
+  /**
+   * The default value to use if reading from local storage returns no results or fails.
+   */
+  defaults?: Partial<UserChoices>;
+  /**
+   * Whether to prevent saving to persistent storage.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
+  preventSave?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether to prevent loading user choices from persistent storage and use `defaults` instead.
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
+  preventLoad?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A hook that provides access to user choices stored in local storage, such as
+ * selected media devices and their current state (on or off), as well as the user name.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export function usePersistentUserChoices(options: UsePersistentUserChoicesOptions = {}) {
+  const [userChoices, setSettings] = React.useState<UserChoices>(
+    loadUserChoices(options.defaults, options.preventLoad ?? false),
+  );
+
+  const saveAudioInputEnabled = React.useCallback((isEnabled: boolean) => {
+    setSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, audioInputEnabled: isEnabled }));
+  }, []);
+  const saveVideoInputEnabled = React.useCallback((isEnabled: boolean) => {
+    setSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, videoInputEnabled: isEnabled }));
+  }, []);
+  const saveAudioInputDeviceId = React.useCallback((deviceId: string) => {
+    setSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, audioInputDeviceId: deviceId }));
+  }, []);
+  const saveVideoInputDeviceId = React.useCallback((deviceId: string) => {
+    setSettings((prev) => ({ ...prev, videoInputDeviceId: deviceId }));
+  }, []);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    saveUserChoices(userChoices, options.preventSave ?? false);
+  }, [userChoices, options.preventSave]);
+
+  return {
+    userChoices,
+    saveAudioInputEnabled,
+    saveVideoInputEnabled,
+    saveAudioInputDeviceId,
+    saveVideoInputDeviceId,
+  };
+}