Safari and iOS Safari - Implement Screen Capture API

[aogilvie]

This is to track screen sharing in Appleland.

Current status of getDisplayMedia() - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen_Capture_API

However, tested Safari Technical Preview v99 Jan 20th on Mac 10.14, and seems like it is all there!

So this is a ticket to chase implementing screen sharing on Safari products ✨

[aogilvie]

Ticket closed means it is shipped?
What version of Safari is needed?
What version of bigbluebutton is needed?
Thanks.

[prlanzarin]

@aogilvie it has been integrated into the v2.2.x branch. Next release should have it (we're now on 2.2.11, so 2.2.12 I believe).

What version of Safari is needed?

Safari 13+, macOS. I don't think Apple implemented screen capture on iOS. If they didn't, the code should be ready for it once they do their stuff.

[ffdixon]

Can you try it out on https://test.bigbluebutton.org/ with Safari and let us know if you can share your screen.

[aogilvie]

@prlanzarin thanks!
Thanks Fred, I'll test.

[christmart]

I just tested it on my iPad with iPad-OS 13.5 and screensharing with Safari is not working.

[ffdixon]

The mobile browsers -- Chrome Mobile and Safari Mobile -- do not implement the screen sharing APIs.

That means you won't be able to share your screen using Safari Mobile on your iPad or iPhone. The latest updates should enable screen sharing on Safari desktop.

[snack753]

Hi all,
stumbled upon this today.
I am also having issues sharing my screen through BBB on an iPad. currently on iOS 13.6.1 with latest BBB test-system.
The corresponding button shows up, shower shows me that screen sharing is not supported in the browser.

Any update?

[matiasilva]

That's probably because Safari on iPadOS makes websites think it's a desktop but since iPadOS is just an extension of iOS it uses the same mobile Safari.

[snack753]

Is there any solution ahead?

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[prlanzarin]

No. You'll have to ask the webkit developers on that.
It's not up to us to make iOS/iPadOS Safari support getDisplayMedia. It's up to the browser vendors.

Only way around that right now is making a native app which uses the native WebRTC library and does
screen capture on its own (via ReplayKit), which we don't have (and is not on the roadmap AFAIK).

[snack753]

Okay, thanks for your replies.

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[sakeenashahid]

I'm facing a similar issue. BBB does not let me share my iPad screen (iOS 14.2). Any updates?

[ffdixon]

See comment above -- as soon as Apple supports the webRTC calls for getDisplayMedia, we can provide support for screen sharing on iPad. Believe us, we want to do it.

[dluschan]

Somewhere you can sign a petition about it?

[aogilvie]

We still here with sad faces in 2023, but I thought I would share this link for those also waiting/hoping...
https://caniuse.com/?search=getDisplayMedia