Does webKit in iOS 11 (Beta) support WebRTC?

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Update: WebRTC Support is coming in iOS14.3 (Beta) 🎉

Learn more here: https://webkit.org/blog/11353/mediarecorder-api/

From iOS11+ :

WebRTC is partially supported in WKWebView,
and fully supported in the Safari App browser.

Explained:

WebRTC has three main JavaScript APIs:

  • MediaStream (aka getUserMedia)
  • RTCPeerConnection
  • RTCDataChannel

For apps running inside Safari App, iOS11+, all WebRTC APIs are supported. That includes getUserMedia. Be sure to use adapter.js library for best compatibility, since each browser – including Safari – uses a different name for its implementation. For example, in Safari it’s navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia().

But, when using WKWebView or SFSafariViewController, it’s a different story:

You can still stream video & audio from local storage or consume live media captured by a peer. Hopefully in iOS 12 we’ll see some progress…

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