ApiRTC on Apache Cordova

Our tutorial will guide you through the steps of developing and implementing our ApiRTC Basic Call feature on an Android and/or iOS device.

But if you want to skip to the code, clone our repo right here on Github.

What is Cordova?

Apache Cordova is an open-source mobile development framework. By using Cordova and our ApiRTC technology, you will be able to develop cross-platform applications even on iOS devices.

iOS?

ApiRTC can be used on Safari and you can also develop an hybrid app through Cordova to use apiRTC on iOS devices. As you will see later on in this tutorial, some additional plugins will be required to allow full webRTC compliance.

On with the project!

Environment and requirements

• Android SDK : Link
• XCode (for Mac users)
• NodeJS
• NPM

The last step of setting your environment will be to install Cordova:

        npm install -g cordova ios-deploy
    

Cordova project

Now let’s create a brand-new Cordova project and upload our ApiRTC basic call feature on both platforms: iOS and Android

        cordova create [nameOfYourProject]
        cd [nameOfYourProject]
        git clone https://github.com/apizee/ApiRTC-mobile.git
        cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-console
        cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config
        cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-device
        cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-iosrtc
        cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-media
        cordova plugin add android-camera-permission
        cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-android-permissions@0.10.0
        cordova platform add ios
        cordova platform add android
    

The index file

Edit the index.html file in your "www" folder to customize your apiRTC integration

Then, run an emulator or on a phone like this :

        cordova build ios
        cordova run ios
    

        cordova build android
        cordova run android --device
    

Let's test the application :

Open this link with Chrome to exchange with your mobile over webrtc. You will be able to establish a webRTC call between your app and your computer using the number that has been automatically assigned to your apiRTC Client.

Troubleshooting

Getting building errors? Have some questions? Check out explanation right here on Github.