useRemoteAudio

The useRemoteAudio hook exposes primitives to interact with audio streams coming from other peers in the room.

Name	Description	Return Type
stream	Remote peer's audio stream. Null if not enabled yet.	MediaStream \| null
track	Remote peer's audio stream track. Null if not enabled yet.	MediaStreamTrack \| null
state	State of the remote peer's audio stream.	"playable" \| "unavailable" \| "stopped" \| "paused" \| "available"
isAudioOn	State of the remote peer's audio stream.	boolean

Example Usage

import { useRemoteAudio } from "@huddle01/react/hooks";
import { MediaStream, RTCView } from "react-native-webrtc";
 
const {
    state,
    track,
    stream,
    isAudioOn
  } = useRemoteAudio({
    peerId: "remote-peer-id",
     onPlayable(data:{
      stream:Mediastream,
      track:Mediatrack,
      label:"audio"
    }) {},
    onClose(reason:{
    code: number;
    tag: string;
    message: string;
    }) {},
  });
 
return (
  <View>
    <RTCView streamURL={(stream as MediaStream | null)?.toURL() ?? ""}/>
  </View>
)

Props

The useRemoteAudio hook accepts an object with the following fields as props.

peerId

Required

Description	Type
The peerId of the peer whose audio stream you want to consume.	string

Example Usage

const remoteAudio = useRemoteAudio({ peerId: "remote-peer-id" });

onPlayable

OptionalAdvanced

Description	Return Type
This function will be called when the other peer has enabled their audio stream and it can now be played on your end.	void

Parameter Name	Type	Description	Required
data	{track: MediaStreamTrack; stream: MediaStream; label: 'audio';}	The data object containing the audio stream and audio stream track that can be played.	Yes

Example Usage

const remoteAudio = useRemoteAudio({ peerId: "remote-peer-id", onPlayable: (data) => {
	console.log("Ready to play remote peer's audio stream!");
    // your code here
}});

onClose

OptionalAdvanced

Description	Return Type
This function will be called when the other peer disabled their microphone's audio stream.	void

Example Usage

const remoteAudio = useRemoteAudio({ peerId: "remote-peer-id", onClose: (reason) => {
	console.log("Remote audio stream has been closed!");
    // your code here
}});

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