lib-jitsi-meet/modules/browser/BrowserCapabilities.js

import { getLogger } from 'jitsi-meet-logger';
import { BrowserDetection } from 'js-utils';

const logger = getLogger(__filename);

// TODO: Move this code to js-utils.

// NOTE: Now we are extending BrowserDetection in order to preserve
// RTCBrowserType interface but maybe it worth exporting BrowserCapabilities
// and BrowserDetection as separate objects in future.

/**
 * Implements browser capabilities for lib-jitsi-meet.
 */
export default class BrowserCapabilities extends BrowserDetection {
    /**
     * Creates new BrowserCapabilities instance.
     */
    constructor() {
        super();
        logger.info(
            `This appears to be ${this.getName()}, ver: ${this.getVersion()}`);
    }

    /**
     * Tells whether or not the <tt>MediaStream/tt> is removed from
     * the <tt>PeerConnection</tt> and disposed on video mute (in order to turn
     * off the camera device).
     * @return {boolean} <tt>true</tt> if the current browser supports this
     * strategy or <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    doesVideoMuteByStreamRemove() {
        return !(
            this.isFirefox()
            || this.isEdge()
            || this.isSafariWithWebrtc()
        );
    }

    /**
     * Check whether or not the current browser support peer to peer connections
     * @return {boolean} <tt>true</tt> if p2p is supported or <tt>false</tt>
     * otherwise.
     */
    supportsP2P() {
        return !this.isEdge();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if current browser is a Safari and a version of Safari that
     * supports native webrtc.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    isSafariWithWebrtc() {
        return this.isSafari()
            && !this.isVersionLessThan('11');
    }

    /**
     * Checks if Temasys RTC plugin is used.
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    isTemasysPluginUsed() {
        // Temasys do not support Microsoft Edge:
        // http://support.temasys.com.sg/support/solutions/articles/
        // 5000654345-can-the-temasys-webrtc-plugin-be-used-with-microsoft-edge-
        return (
            (this.isSafari()
                && !this.isSafariWithWebrtc())
            || (this.isIExplorer()
                && this.isVersionLessThan('12'))
        );
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the current browser triggers 'onmute'/'onunmute' events when
     * user's connection is interrupted and the video stops playback.
     * @returns {*|boolean} 'true' if the event is supported or 'false'
     * otherwise.
     */
    supportsVideoMuteOnConnInterrupted() {
        return this.isChrome() || this.isElectron();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the current browser reports upload and download bandwidth
     * statistics.
     * @return {boolean}
     */
    supportsBandwidthStatistics() {
        // FIXME bandwidth stats are currently not implemented for FF on our
        // side, but not sure if not possible ?
        return !this.isFirefox() && !this.isEdge();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the current browser supports WebRTC datachannels.
     * @return {boolean}
     */
    supportsDataChannels() {
        // NOTE: Edge does not yet implement DataChannel.
        return !this.isEdge();
    }


    /**
     * Checks if the current browser supports the MediaStream constructor as
     * defined by https://www.w3.org/TR/mediacapture-streams/#constructors. In
     * cases where there is no support, it maybe be necessary to get audio
     * and video in two distinct GUM calls.
     * @return {boolean}
     */
    supportsMediaStreamConstructor() {
        return !this.isReactNative()
            && !this.isTemasysPluginUsed();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the current browser reports round trip time statistics for
     * the ICE candidate pair.
     * @return {boolean}
     */
    supportsRTTStatistics() {
        // Firefox does not seem to report RTT for ICE candidate pair:
        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
        // https://www.w3.org/TR/webrtc-stats/#dom-rtcicecandidatepairstats-currentroundtriptime
        // It does report mozRTT for RTP streams, but at the time of this
        // writing it's value does not make sense most of the time
        // (is reported as 1):
        // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241066
        // For Chrome and others we rely on 'googRtt'.
        return !this.isFirefox() && !this.isEdge();
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether the browser supports RTPSender.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    supportsRtpSender() {
        return this.isFirefox();
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether the browser supports RTX.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    supportsRtx() {
        return !this.isFirefox();
    }

    /**
     * Whether jitsi-meet supports simulcast on the current browser.
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    supportsSimulcast() {
        return this.isChrome()
            || this.isFirefox()
            || this.isElectron()
            || this.isNWJS()
            || this.isReactNative();
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether or not the current browser can support capturing video,
     * be it camera or desktop, and displaying received video.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    supportsVideo() {
        // FIXME: Check if we can use supportsVideoOut and supportsVideoIn. I
        // leave the old implementation here in order not to brake something.

        // Currently Safari using webrtc/adapter does not support video due in
        // part to Safari only supporting H264 and the bridge sending VP8.
        return !this.isSafariWithWebrtc();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the browser uses plan B.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    usesPlanB() {
        return !this.usesUnifiedPlan();
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the browser uses unified plan.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    usesUnifiedPlan() {
        return this.isFirefox();
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether or not the current browser should be using the new
     * getUserMedia flow, which utilizes the adapter shim. This method should
     * be temporary and used while migrating all browsers to use adapter and
     * the new getUserMedia.
     *
     * @returns {boolean}
     */
    usesNewGumFlow() {
        return (this.isChrome()
                && !this.isVersionLessThan('61'))
            || this.isFirefox()
            || this.isSafariWithWebrtc();

    }
}