Missing 'Start Recording' Ability for Newly Assigned Moderator in Jitsi Meet (iOS/Android)

[AniketKadia]

What happened?

We are using the Jitsi Meet SDK across iOS, Android, and Web platforms. The issue we are encountering is specific to iOS and Android when a participant, starts a meeting with certain feature flags enabled and the participant is granted with moderator rights by the meeting host in the running meeting.

iOS Swift Code:

// Create and configure jitsiMeet view
var jitsiMeetView = JitsiMeetView()
        let options = JitsiMeetConferenceOptions.fromBuilder { builder in
            builder.serverURL = URL(string: “serverURL”)
            builder.room = “roomId”
            builder.token = “JWTToken”
            builder.userInfo = JitsiMeetUserInfo(displayName: “displayName”,
                                                 andEmail: “email”,
                                                 andAvatar: nil)
            builder.setVideoMuted(self.jitsiMeetConfigureModel?.isVideoMuted ?? true)
            builder.setAudioMuted(self.jitsiMeetConfigureModel?.isAudioMuted ?? true)
            builder.setFeatureFlag(“ios.recording.enabled”, withBoolean: true)
            builder.setFeatureFlag(“live-streaming.enabled”, withBoolean: true)
        }
jitsiMeetView?.join(options) // Join Jitsi Meeting

Once the meeting moderator grants moderator rights, the participant’s role is updated to a moderator, unlocking additional abilities with basic abilities, such as:

• Start live stream
• Show whiteboard
• Subtitles

However, the ability to "Start Recording" is not visible to the newly assigned moderator in iOS/Android. but In the web version a person who is granted as a moderator, gets the 'Start Recording' ability. it’s automatically handled by JitsiMeet.

Expected Behavior:

• The newly assigned moderator should have the "Start Recording" option available.

Is there any additional configuration or feature flag required to resolve this issue? Also, is there a way to observe when a participant is granted moderator rights on iOS/Android, and we dynamically set or update feature flag values at runtime from our end?

Platform

• Chrome (or Chromium based)
• Firefox
• Safari
• Other desktop browser
• Android browser
• iOS browser
• Electron app
• Android mobile app
• iOS mobile app
• Custom app using a mobile SDK

Browser / app / sdk version

10.3.0

Relevant log output

Reproducibility

• The problem is reproducible on meet.jit.si

More details?

No response

[Calinteodor]

Hello. Can you try latest SDK? 11.1.2. Thanks.

[AniketKadia]

Hello @Calinteodor, I tested with the latest SDK version 11.1.3, but the issue still persists.

[saghul]

Does your deployment have Jibris available? Recording won't work and will thus not be visible otherwise.

[AniketKadia]

Yes, it is available for recording. The 'Start Recording' option is shown to the pre-assigned moderator for that meeting and works fine. However, it doesn't work in dynamic cases where a moderator grants moderator rights to a normal participant in the ongoing meeting. In such cases, the "Start Recording" option does not appear for the newly assigned moderator.

[saghul]

Thanks for the report!

[AniketKadia]

Is there a way to observe when a participant is granted with moderator rights by the host during an ongoing meeting on iOS/Android and we dynamically update feature flag values in real-time from our side?

[saghul]

That's not possible.

We should be updating the state ourselves.

@Calinteodor can you PTAL?

[AniketKadia]

Hello @Calinteodor, any updates on this? Could you please take a look when you get a chance?

[Calinteodor]

No updates. Until I manage to take a look, please try to reproduce this by using our android and ios sample apps right here.
https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-sdk-samples

Let me know how it goes.

[Shruti-lab]

I observed in the android app of Jitsi Meet that recording (local) isn't available as an option as it is on the web. Is it not there for a purpose?

[saghul]

Local recordings are not available on mobile, no.

[aaronkvanmeerten]

I observed in the android app of Jitsi Meet that recording (local) isn't available as an option as it is on the web. Is it not there for a purpose?

Specifically, the local recording feature is implemented via Chrome desktop-specific calls, which are not present on other platforms.

[Shruti-lab]

Thank you for replying @saghul @aaronkvanmeerten ! I'm a beginner android developer, and I've been working on a project to create a VoIP dialer app using Jitsi Meet. I wanted to add call/meeting recording functionality, but I found out that this feature isn't available for android apps.

I looked into possible workarounds, like using low-level APIs from Jitsi Meet or modifying the config.js file to enable "local recording" when setting up the room or using broad cast actions as given here: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/dev-guide/dev-guide-android-sdk#broadcasting-actions

Unfortunately, above methods didn't work so now I'm considering using a Jibri setup for recording the calls. Is there anything I might be overlooking?

[saghul]

You didn't overlook anything, it's not possible to do on mobile currently, so Jibri is the right approach indeed.

[Shruti-lab]

Ohh Thanks again @saghul !