Screen sharing
What's screen sharing?
Screen sharing refers to the process of broadcasting the contents of one screen to another device or multiple devices in a video call or interactive video scene.
| Starts screen sharing | Screen shared by mobile apps | Screen shared by web apps | Landscape mode |
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Implementation
Add Permissions
To enable the screen sharing feature, navigate to the "app/src/main" directory, open the "AndroidManifest.xml" file, and add the following permissions:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION" />Share the screen
Screen sharing is only supported in the gallery layout. To share your screen, you will need to set the layout inside the ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig to Gallery first.
To decide whether to use the full-screen mode by default during screen sharing, you will need to configure the showNewScreenSharingViewInFullscreenMode inside the ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig. Set it to true, meaning that the shared screen will automatically be in full screen when the screen sharing starts.
Meanwhile, the full-screen mode button is customizable, you can decide the way how it shows. To set it, configure the showScreenSharingFullscreenModeToggleButtonRules inside the ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig:
SHOW_WHEN_SCREEN_PRESSED: show the full-screen mode button when clicking the shared screen.ALWAYS_SHOW: always shows the full-screen mode button.ALWAYS_HIDE: always hides the full-screen mode button.
To start the screen sharing, add the ZegoMenuBarButtonName.SCREEN_SHARING_TOGGLE_BUTTON config to the bottomMenuBarConfig or topMenuBarConfig to let the screen sharing button show.
Here is the reference code:
public class CallActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_call);
long appID = YourAppID;
String appSign = YourAppSign;
String userID = "userID";
String userName = "userName";
String callID = "callID";
ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig config = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig.groupVideoCall();
config.bottomMenuBarConfig.buttons = Arrays.asList(ZegoMenuBarButtonName.TOGGLE_CAMERA_BUTTON,
ZegoMenuBarButtonName.SWITCH_CAMERA_BUTTON, ZegoMenuBarButtonName.HANG_UP_BUTTON,
ZegoMenuBarButtonName.TOGGLE_MICROPHONE_BUTTON, ZegoMenuBarButtonName.SCREEN_SHARING_TOGGLE_BUTTON);
ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig galleryConfig = new ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig();
galleryConfig.removeViewWhenAudioVideoUnavailable = true;
galleryConfig.showNewScreenSharingViewInFullscreenMode = true;
galleryConfig.showScreenSharingFullscreenModeToggleButtonRules = ZegoShowFullscreenModeToggleButtonRules.SHOW_WHEN_SCREEN_PRESSED;
config.zegoLayout = new ZegoLayout(ZegoLayoutMode.GALLERY, galleryConfig);
ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallFragment fragment = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallFragment.newInstance(appID,appSign, userID, userName, callID, config);
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(R.id.fragment_container, fragment).commitNow();You can set galleryLayout in ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallInvitationConfig for call-invitation:
ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallInvitationConfig callInvitationConfig = new ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallInvitationConfig();
callInvitationConfig.notifyWhenAppRunningInBackgroundOrQuit = false;
callInvitationConfig.provider = new ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfigProvider() {
@Override
public ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig requireConfig(ZegoCallInvitationData invitationData) {
ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig config = ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallConfig.groupVideoCall();
config.bottomMenuBarConfig.buttons = Arrays.asList(ZegoMenuBarButtonName.TOGGLE_CAMERA_BUTTON,ZegoMenuBarButtonName.SWITCH_CAMERA_BUTTON, ZegoMenuBarButtonName.HANG_UP_BUTTON,ZegoMenuBarButtonName.TOGGLE_MICROPHONE_BUTTON, ZegoMenuBarButtonName.SCREEN_SHARING_TOGGLE_BUTTON);
ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig galleryConfig = new ZegoLayoutGalleryConfig();
galleryConfig.removeViewWhenAudioVideoUnavailable = true;
galleryConfig.showNewScreenSharingViewInFullscreenMode = true;
galleryConfig.showScreenSharingFullscreenModeToggleButtonRules = ZegoShowFullscreenModeToggleButtonRules.SHOW_WHEN_SCREEN_PRESSED;
config.layout = new ZegoLayout(ZegoLayoutMode.GALLERY, galleryConfig);
return config;
}
};
ZegoUIKitPrebuiltCallService.init(getApplication(), appID, appSign, userID, userName, callInvitationConfig);Screen rotation
To support screen rotation, do the following:
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Turn off the rotation lock function in the phone settings.
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Add the
android:configChanges="locale|keyboardHidden|fontScale|orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|layoutDirection|density|uiMode"attribute to themanifestfile configuration of theActivitythat adds the fragment. TakingCallActivityas an example:
<activity
android:name=".CallActivity"
android:configChanges="locale|keyboardHidden|fontScale|orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|layoutDirection|density|uiMode"
android:exported="false" />



