Native WebRTC Mobile App Development: Tools & Tips

Native WebRTC Mobile App Development: Tools & Tips

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  Native WebRTC MobileApp Development Tools and Tips
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  WebRTC on mobileapps is no longer a fantasy
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  WebRTC is awesomeand it is considered as future of internet based communication. It has gone stronger and have crossed boundaries.
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  Challenges in using WebRTC forMobile! Challenges
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  BROWSER BASED CHALLENGES Challenges
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  Even if wefocus on developing a browser based WebRTC app, not all mobile browsers supported WebRTC features like PeerConnection or MediaStream API. Since not all devices support all web browsers, and not all web browser support WebRTC, clashes are bound to occur. Challenges
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  DEVICE BASED CHALLENGES Challenges
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  Different devices, evenin the same Operating system family, have different implementation for the microphone, speaker, and Bluetooth builds. These require some special handling from developer point of view. AUDIO HARDWARE Challenges
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  WebRTC is aprocessor intensive API. Also most WebRTC internal APIs are supposed to be supported by at least ARMv7 CPU architecture with its NEON extension. Though Audio can be processed in CPU with NEON, video cannot. Since the old Android devices, iPhone 3G and other previous devices do not have ARMv7 CPU architecture, WebRTC’s reach becomes limited. PROCESSOR LIMITATIONS Challenges
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  Once again sinceiPhone is a CPU- intensive application, it drains a lot of battery. Advancement in technology will also eventually remove these limitations, for example Audio Acceleration feature remarkably cuts on a lot of CPU processing and thus saves a lot of battery. BATTERY PROBLEMS Challenges
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  Tools to implementWebRTC on Mobile Tools
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  The biggest … isthe fact that Apple does not support WebRTC on its own. You would need to create your own custom SDK for iOS support or you can use third party SDKs and significantly reduce your app development time. Tools
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  Tokbox and itsAPI platform OpenTok are currently among the most used WebRTC SDKs The platform is robust, full of features, and most importantly comes with plug-ins to make it compatible with internet explorer(the bane of web developers). Tokbox is used by major brands like Bridgestone Golf, Major League Baseball’s website MLB.com, and Universal Music Group. Tools
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  Tools
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  HookFlash offers aservice level agreement (SLA) for premium accounts. Only WebRTC SDK that first provided support for iOS app development, which was followed by Android and JavaScript support. It offers commercial pricing at one tenth of one cent per API call for high quality messaging, voice and video chat for developers and enterprise customers. Tools
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  Android SDK iscurrently in The company already has its mobile app available for both iOS and Android, so an iOS SDK should definitely be more than a vaporware promise. Tools
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  Open Clove offerstwo options for WebRTC support, with a large number of demos and sample code with the pay option. FreeMAD offers free source code for two-way communication. Peer-to-peer communications, with video the default voice and messaging options are available by adjusting flags in the template. Tools
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  The company providesWebRTC SDKs for both Lists Airbnb, the Democratic National Committee, eBay, Intuit, and Hulu among its users Make every device a phone, is Twilio’s Tools
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  WebRTC is oneof the most worked upon technology. It is still a growing field and we are going to see a lot of improvement in it in coming days. However the technology is viable even in the present scenario. So if you are thinking about using WebRTC for your communication solution, you are going in the right direction! :)
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  sales@algoworks.com Toll Free: +1-877-284-1028 Author Director Rachit is leading the mobility business development function, mobility strategy and consulting practice at Algoworks. He is an expert of all mobile technologies and has experience in managing teams involved in the development of custom iPhone/iPad/Android apps. Rachit Agarwal Write to me at rachit.agarwal@algoworks.com
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  Mail us at: sales@algoworks.com OfficialBlog Link: http://www.algoworks.com/blog/webrtc-mobile-app-development/