Question
Do Video SDKs support screen sharing on mobile devices?
Applies To
- Video API
- Screen Sharing
Answer
JS SDK: Screensharing isn't supported by the JS SDK on any mobile devices, including tablets and iPads. OT.checkScreenSharingCapability method will return false when checking the screen-sharing support on mobile devices.
iOS SDK: Screensharing is supported by iOS SDK on the iOS devices.
Android SDK: Screensharing is supported by Android SDK on the Android devices.
React native SDK: Screensharing is supported by the React Native SDK on Android and iOS devices.
Additional Information
For more information on the Screensharing, please refer to our developer docs:
ScreenSharing Opentok Environment
ScreenSharing Unified Environment
For information on browser support for Screensharing, please refer to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/getDisplayMedia#browser_compatibility
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