Will Google chrome for iOS support WebRTC

[Jonathan Ekwempu]

Does any body know if Google chrome for iOS will eventually support WebRTC? So that WebRTC will be available for iPhones. iPad etc.

Thanks.

Jonathan Ekwempu

[Serge Lachapelle]

The browser situation on iOS is different than other platforms. Until Apple lifts the ban on non-safari rendering engines, or add WebRTC to its platforms web based RTC will not be possible.

We are working hard on landing iOS Peer Connection libraries though, for people writing iOS apps that want to interop with Chrome.

/Serge

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[Mike K]

When will the iOS library be available is there already any beta project or code that we can try?

Dne petek, 04. oktober 2013 19:46:21 UTC+2 je oseba Serge Lachapelle napisala:

[Gerald Robert Quinones]

Wouldn't phonegap be the workaround to allow webrtc and iOS work?

[Giorgio Natili]

No, because PhoneGap uses a WebView and this uses the one provided by the operating system. 

[Michael Rumack]

There is a workaround available if you are building a native IOS application.  look up webrtc-ios on github.  

[Mark Lynch]

Hi Serge
I know this is an old thread but surely it is possible to add the additional APIs via JavaScript calling into native code. If chrome on iOS did this then it could patch webrtc support in? The bowser POC from erricson did this. http://labs.ericsson.com/apps/bowser

It would be awesome to get this into chrome on iOS.

Cheers
Mark

[Serge Lachapelle]

Great question.

We looked at this a while back and concluded that we could not do this easily and securely. Let me talk to the appropriate people so that I can give you a solid answer.

/Serge

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[Mark Lynch]

Hi Serge,

That would be brilliant - really interested to see what the challenges here might be, and if there is a way that I can help push this forward.

Thanks,

Mark

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[Justin Uberti]

Adding support for audio and data would be fairly straightforward - as you say, we could inject new JS APIs into WebKit. Adding support for video is a lot more complicated, since we wouldn't just need to add JS APIs, but we'd need to make the existing WebKit <video/> tag work for the external APIs we added.

It's certainly not impossible, but it's a lot of work. We've currently been focusing on making our native stack work great on iOS.

[Mark Lynch]

Hi Justin,

That's good and bad news from my perspective.   I'm currently focussed on the audio components of it and specifically the GetUserMedia function. 

See demo page here:

http://docs.learnosity.com/demos/products/questionsapi/webrtc/index.php

Even without the video component it would be a great step to have Audio working on Chrome on IOS, and would allow a lot of different functionality to recommend using Chrome on iOS instead of Safari.  I'm thinking things like SoundCloud,  TokBox, and our use case in Learnosity.

Do you have any suggestions as to how I could help get this integrated?  And would a partial implementation of it without Video be able to be released?

Regards,

Mark

[bryand...@gmail.com]

+1 for adding the "straightforward" parts (audio + data) even if the rest has to wait.

[Venkateswar Reddy Melachervu]

+1 for adding the "straightforward" parts (audio + data) in the browser, even if the rest has to wait.

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[Philippe Clavel]

+1 for that too and also interested in a Native iOS library ;)

[Tom Hartnett]

Audio WebRTC support in Chrome iOS would be very useful for me too.

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[Mark Lynch]

Hi Justin & Serge,

Is there anything I can do to help get this audio piece moving - would be interested in sponsoring this if it would help.  Or do you have any other suggestions on how I can help get this prioritised and moving.

Regards,

Mark

[Anthony Mayfield]

Agreed, as someone designing an app which is already audio-only, I think it would be a great first step ;)

[Justin Uberti]

We have discussed this a fair amount. I suggest filing a crbug on this and we can figure out the details there.

If someone built a proof-of-concept by wiring the WebRTC stack to a UIWebView, that would also be helpful.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Anthony Mayfield <antma...@gmail.com> wrote:

Agreed, as someone designing an app which is already audio-only, I think it would be a great first step ;)

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[Justin Uberti]

Once the bug is filed, if this support is important to you, please star the bug.

[Mark Lynch]

Thanks Justin - I'll get a bug filed for this.

Regards,

Mark

[PhistucK]

And, please, post a link to it here. :)

☆PhistucK

[Mark Lynch]

As suggested by Justin, I have posted a bug on this issue:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416226

Please star it if it is important to you.

Thanks,

Mark

[Fred Clark]

Did the audio piece ever get added in?  This post has been inactive for a while.  I am interested in the audio only as well.

[Stefan]

An option is to use Bowser (and OpenWebRTC): http://www.openwebrtc.io/bowser

Stefan

[bryand...@gmail.com]

Bowser has never worked on my iPad, which is running the latest iOS version (8.1.3).  It freezes at startup every time.

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[Stefan]

That is fixed in version 0.4 currently in review. So if you can hold out for another day or two it may become useful for you :-)

[Stefan]

New version of Bowser is now out: https://itunes.apple.com/app/bowser/id560478358?mt=8

Let me know if you can run it on older devices now.

Thanks,

Stefan

[ak]

Stefan

Is there a Bowser/WebRTC compatibility/feature list?

Does Bowser support SRTP yet?

Thanks

[Stefan]

Yes, SRTP is absolutely supported. You can find a comprehensive list here:

http://iswebrtcreadyyet.com

Bowser (and other OpenWebRTC apps) is interoperable with both Chrome and Firefox.

Stefan

[ak]

Excellent. Thank you. And for that valuable comparison matrix. You should link to that from http://www.openwebrtc.io/bowser :)

[TEK Akateemiset]

Bowser crashes on startup: IOS 7.1.1, iPhone 5.

[Travis May]

BOUNTY:  $10,000 USD

Voice+Data must work reliably in Chrome for iOS7+ with both PCMU and OPUS.
Payable: upon release to public via standard iOS upgrade path.

Travis May, Founder & CEO
TollFreeForwarding.com

See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416226

[Travis May]

BOUNTY:  $25,000 USD

Voice+Data must work reliably in Chrome for iOS7+ with both PCMU and OPUS.
Payable: upon release to public via standard iOS upgrade path.

Travis May, Founder & CEO
TollFreeForwarding.com
9841 Airport Blvd
9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045

See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416226

[DevelopDaily]

Any updates on the bug "416226:Add WebRTC audio & data support on iOS (no video)"?

I watched your presentation "WebRTC for Android, iOS and Web" at Google I/O 2015 and thought the WebRTC had already been fully supported on iOS, but the Chrome for Mobile on my iPad with the latest iOS still does not work because it cannot get the media stream.

Could you please clarify the issue?

Thanks.

[Dag-Inge Aas]

IOS has native app support already. There are sources available on webrtc.org.

Support in the browser is not landed, and will not land properly until Apple figures it wants to support webrtc. There are certain browsers available, such as Bowser, which do support a subset of WebRTC, but I'm not updated on how that is going.

For a guide (though somewhat outdated) on developing native apps for WebRTC on iOS and Android, please see:

https://tech.appear.in/2015/05/25/Getting-started-with-WebRTC-on-iOS/

https://tech.appear.in/2015/05/25/Getting-started-with-WebRTC-on-iOS/

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[Alexandre GOUAILLARD]

chrome on iOS is but a wrapper around (apple-provided, not webrtc-supporting) webkit. As long as webkit is not supporting webrtc, it would be very difficult to bypass that.

the webrtcinwebkit.com project, co-lead by Ericson research, which developed bowser and openWebRTC, is making progress in that direction. While apple has not made any official statement, they recently opened some webrtc positions, are contributing safari-specific webrtc code to webkit, and are reviewing the work of webrtcinwebkit. Nightly developers versions of safari and another linux browser based on webkit can already both interoperate with Chrome.

On a side note, the code is now complete, and the main things left is to port it into mainstream webkit. the webrtcinwebkit project is leveraging igalia expertise for that to fasten the process, sponsored by a few companies. We are still looking for a couple of additional sponsors. Contact me if you;re interested.

Latest commit pushed by Ericsson, reviewed and accepted by apple:

https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/194968

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