[jitsi-dev] jitsi meet on mobile

#1

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout using native app.

Thanks. If the browser based version is embedded in a website of mine will that show on a mobile app or will it force the user of the native app?
Thanks

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On 02-May-2018 at 20:59:48 David Lieberman 'dblieberman@gmail.com' wrote:

On Wed, May 2, 2018, 11:25 AM Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <scorretge@atlassian.com (mailto:scorretge@atlassian.com)> wrote:

> On May 1, 2018, at 18:05, David Lieberman <dblieberman@gmail.com (mailto:dblieberman@gmail.com)> wrote:
>
> Saul, thanks. Yes some UI changes. Minor I believe.

Then you’d need to rebuild the apps.

> Do you know of anyone that works with Jitsi meet and might be up for doing a minor project for pay?
>

I don’t, sorry!

Cheers,

> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <scorretge@atlassian.com (mailto:scorretge@atlassian.com)> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> > On Apr 30, 2018, at 16:23, David Lieberman <dblieberman@gmail.com (mailto:dblieberman@gmail.com)> wrote:
> >
> > if I do some custom changes to Jitsi is there a way for it to be displayed on a mobile device or if I pull it up on a mobile device will it force me to the Jitsi native app (which I assume I can't customize at all)?
>
> What kind of changes? If you mean UI changes, they they won’t be visible because the mobile app doesn’t use the same UI as web. If you have deeper changes you can build the app yourself no problem, see: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/android/README.md and https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/ios/README.md
>
>
> Cheers,
>
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#2

You can request the desktop version of the site (in Chrome you have
it in the dropdown menu), although the user experience will be
suboptimal. The app works way better, but if there is no other way,
the desktop version is a way to get in the call.

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On Thu, 3 May 2018 09:09:55 +0530 ajaydata@rajasthan.in wrote:

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout
using native app.

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Yasen Pramatarov
Lindeas Ltd. https://lindeas.com
'working on GNU/Linux ideas'
Professional Jitsi Meet services

#3

Hi, Yasen.

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On 03/05/18 04:00, Yasen Pramatarov wrote:

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout
using native app.

You can request the desktop version of the site (in Chrome you have
it in the dropdown menu), although the user experience will be
suboptimal. The app works way better, but if there is no other way,
the desktop version is a way to get in the call.

I think it should be noted that for this to work, he will need to build
his own version of Jitsi Meet having made some changes to the code
previously, didn't it?

Kind regards,
Daniel

#4

If you request the desktop version, it just treats your browser as a
desktop one. No code changes, it's not related to asking for native app
usage -- it's just a desktop version, tucked into a small mobile
screen; that's why I said it's suboptimal experience and it's not nice
for everyday use.

OTOH if you want a mobile web version (not the desktop one), it's not
possible. On mobile one has two choices -- native app (vanilla or
customized) which works really nice and desktop version that can be
used in emergency when there is no other option. I strongly recommend
the former.

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On Thu, 3 May 2018 09:23:43 -0300 Daniel Bareiro wrote:

Hi, Yasen.

On 03/05/18 04:00, Yasen Pramatarov wrote:

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout
using native app.

You can request the desktop version of the site (in Chrome you have
it in the dropdown menu), although the user experience will be
suboptimal. The app works way better, but if there is no other way,
the desktop version is a way to get in the call.

I think it should be noted that for this to work, he will need to build
his own version of Jitsi Meet having made some changes to the code
previously, didn't it?

--

Yasen Pramatarov
Lindeas Ltd. https://lindeas.com
'working on GNU/Linux ideas'
Professional Jitsi Meet services

#5

Hi, Yasen.

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout
using native app.

You can request the desktop version of the site (in Chrome you have
it in the dropdown menu), although the user experience will be
suboptimal. The app works way better, but if there is no other way,
the desktop version is a way to get in the call.

I think it should be noted that for this to work, he will need to build
his own version of Jitsi Meet having made some changes to the code
previously, didn't it?

If you request the desktop version, it just treats your browser as a
desktop one. No code changes, it's not related to asking for native app
usage -- it's just a desktop version, tucked into a small mobile
screen; that's why I said it's suboptimal experience and it's not nice
for everyday use.

OTOH if you want a mobile web version (not the desktop one), it's not
possible. On mobile one has two choices -- native app (vanilla or
customized) which works really nice and desktop version that can be
used in emergency when there is no other option. I strongly recommend
the former.

The last time I tried to disable the use of the mobile application in
Jitsi Meet, when a user tried to access with the browser, s/he got a
screen saying "Video chat is not available on mobile".

This was a consequence of Jitsi Meet doing a check of the device that is
accessing and when finding that it was Android or iOS, it showed that
screen that made direct use impossible. That's why it was necessary to
modify the code in Jitsi Meet which does the checking of mobile devices.

I thought that the same behavior was still maintained.

Kind regards,
Daniel

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On 03/05/18 09:44, Yasen Pramatarov wrote:

#6

Hi Daniel,

You're not reading me right, what I mean is loading the
_desktop_version_ of the site.

In mobile Chrome (for example) you have the menu option to load the
desktop version, the browser pretends to be a desktop Chrome and loads
the _desktop_ version. It's not comfortable to use it on small screens,
that's why it's just a hack when one has no option to use the app.

You're right about everything else, it's just not what I was referring
to :slight_smile:

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On Thu, 3 May 2018 11:30:36 -0300 Daniel Bareiro wrote:

Hi, Yasen.

On 03/05/18 09:44, Yasen Pramatarov wrote:

Is it possible to have Browser based conference on mobile. Wirhout
using native app.

You can request the desktop version of the site (in Chrome you
have it in the dropdown menu), although the user experience will be
suboptimal. The app works way better, but if there is no other
way, the desktop version is a way to get in the call.

I think it should be noted that for this to work, he will need to
build his own version of Jitsi Meet having made some changes to the
code previously, didn't it?

If you request the desktop version, it just treats your browser as a
desktop one. No code changes, it's not related to asking for native
app usage -- it's just a desktop version, tucked into a small mobile
screen; that's why I said it's suboptimal experience and it's not
nice for everyday use.

OTOH if you want a mobile web version (not the desktop one), it's
not possible. On mobile one has two choices -- native app (vanilla or
customized) which works really nice and desktop version that can be
used in emergency when there is no other option. I strongly
recommend the former.

The last time I tried to disable the use of the mobile application in
Jitsi Meet, when a user tried to access with the browser, s/he got a
screen saying "Video chat is not available on mobile".

This was a consequence of Jitsi Meet doing a check of the device that
is accessing and when finding that it was Android or iOS, it showed
that screen that made direct use impossible. That's why it was
necessary to modify the code in Jitsi Meet which does the checking of
mobile devices.

I thought that the same behavior was still maintained.

--

Yasen Pramatarov
Lindeas Ltd. https://lindeas.com
'working on GNU/Linux ideas'
Professional Jitsi Meet services