** Description changed: When a web site uses WebRTC for video conferencing the webbrowser-app accesses the rear camera by default. The user can switch cameras via - Settings -> Privacy & permissions -> Camera & Microphone. Unfortunately, + Settings -> Privacy & Permissions -> Camera & Microphone. Unfortunately, changing this setting doesn't immediately have effect on the open web page. You have to reload the page first, which is not intuitive. - Tested / discovered with bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition, OTA-9.1 (vegeta, - latest stable as of today). + Tested with bq Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition, OTA-9.1 (vegeta). Additional question: How can switching cameras be handled in web apps (driven by the webapp-container binary)? The webapp-container does neither provide a feature to specify a (different) default camera nor an interactive possibility to do so. An API call to switch cameras would be awesome. Expected Behavior ----------------- - Switching cameras via the settings immediately has effect on the camera used by web sites open in the webbrowser-app. - Specifying a default camera (startup settings) is available with the webapp-container binary. - Switching cameras programmatically (via an API call) and/or interactively is possible in web apps driven by the webapp-container. How to Reproduce ---------------- 1.) Go to e.g. https://appear.in/test-drive on your Ubuntu phone (default webbrowser-app) 2.) When prompted for "Allow this domain access the camera and microphone" choose "Yes" 3.) Click away the chat window (touch the down-arrow at right lower corner) 4.) Touch the screen to dismiss the "help text" (the video captured by the rear camera is shown) - 5.) In the browser address bar got to Menu -> Settings -> Privacy & permissions -> Camera & Microphone, and switch to the front camera; go out of the menu going back the hierarchy; the rear camera video is still shown + 5.) In the browser address bar got to Menu -> Settings -> Privacy & Permissions -> Camera & Microphone, and switch to the front camera; go out of the menu going back the hierarchy; the rear camera video is still shown 6.) Tap the address bar, tap on the "Reload" icon to reload the page; the front camera video is finally shown Other Details ------------- - - https://github.com/bittner/appear-in/issues/1 (conversion + - https://github.com/bittner/appear-in/issues/1 (conversation demonstrating users are confused about browser behavior)
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