Jitsi Meet Capacitor Plugin for Ionic Apps

This plugin is used to make video calls using Jitsi video platform (https://meet.jit.si) on iOS and Android using Capacitor.

iOS Compatible Versions

See the plugin changelog for plugin versions that are compatible to your local Xcode.

Upgrade to Capacitor 2.0

Follow the official Capacitor doc to upgrade to 2.0+.

For android deployment, ensure you follow step 6 in README.

Embedding in web applications

This plugin does not currently support web implementation. We recommend using the Jitsi iFrame API (https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/dev-guide/dev-guide-iframe) for full web implementation.

Usage

1. npm install capacitor-jitsi-meet

2. use it as a Capacitor Plugin

import { Plugins } from '@capacitor/core';
import 'capacitor-jitsi-meet';

const { Jitsi } = Plugins;
const result = await Jitsi.joinConference({
   roomName: 'room1', // room identifier for the conference
   url: 'https://meet.jit.si' // endpoint of the Jitsi Meet video bridge,
   token: string; // jwt authentication token
   displayName: string; // user's display name
   email: string; // user's email
   avatarURL: string; // user's avatar url
   channelLastN: string; // last N participants allowed to join
   startWithAudioMuted: true, // start with audio muted
   startWithVideoMuted: false // start with video muted
   chatEnabled: false, // enable Chat feature
   inviteEnabled: false // enable Invitation feature
});

window.addEventListener('onConferenceJoined', () => {
    // do things here
});
window.addEventListener('onConferenceLeft', () => {
    // do things here
});

3. Build the project

4. Follow the deployment instructions for Android and iOS.

Acknowledgements

This plugin uses the Jitsi Meet SDK. It was originally developed by then ESTOS' developer Philipp Hancke who then contributed it to the community where development continues with joint forces!