Publisher connecting as a subscriber without video

[hash-bud]

Bug Report

When connected from ios( ionic 3, cordova-ios 4.5.5, iphone 6, ios 12.1.2, Cordova Plugin for OpenTok 3.4.4

Current behavior

When you open the playground, Publisher comes under subscribers, but with no audio or video (Just like if a user with subscriber role).

Iphone 6 after clicking start call(Don't mind the white screen. Laptop camera has a tape over it)

How playground shows the iphone stream

Steps to reproduce

Connect as a publisher (valid session id and publisher token) this.publisher = OT.initPublisher('publisher-div'); this.session.publish(this.publisher);

Example Project

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https://github.com/opentok/opentok-ionic-samples

What is the current bug behavior?

When you open the playground, Publisher comes under subscribers, but with no audio or video (Just like if a user with subscriber role).

What is the expected correct behavior?

Should come under subscriber with audio and video(Has given the needed permissions)

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

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[msach22]

@hash-bud Can you please share some more code on how you're running this? Are you seeing an error when you initialize the publisher? Are you calling publish after the session has connected or before?

[voxiel]

@msach22 I'm having the same issue, I'm running the Basic Video Example that is provided.

When I try to join a session in the playground, it joins but as a subscriber without video and audio.

The weird thing is that iOS prompt for camera access and shows video in the app, but is not publishing to the session.

The code is the same as the example:

startCall() {
    this.session = OT.initSession(this.apiKey, this.sessionId);

    this.session.on({
      streamCreated: (event) => {
        this.session.subscribe(event.stream, 'subscriber');
        OT.updateViews();
      },
      streamDestroyed: (event) => {
        console.log(`Stream ${event.stream.name} ended because ${event.reason}`);
        OT.updateViews();        
      }
    });

    this.session.connect(this.token, () => {
      this.publisher = OT.initPublisher('publisher');
      this.session.publish(this.publisher);
    });
  }

I would appreciate your help! Thank you!

[msach22]

@hash-bud Thanks for sharing the code. I think the following comment should fix your issue. Please see: https://github.com/opentok/cordova-plugin-opentok/issues/138#issuecomment-466090152

[msach22]

I've updated the Ionic samples with the best practices. Please let me know if you have any questions! https://github.com/opentok/opentok-ionic-samples/pull/33