Not able to connect a Video Call - Agora.io - android-studio

Question

I am trying to make a video calling app for the first time. I am using Agora.io in android studio for video calling. The problem I am facing is I am not able to see the video of the person I am calling. I am perfectly getting my own from the front camera.
I am stuck on this issue for days.
Here is the code of Dashboard.java.
public class Dashboard extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final String TAG = "1";
private static final int PERMISSION_REQ_ID = 22;
// Permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is not mandatory
// for Agora RTC SDK, just in case if you wanna save
// logs to external sdcard.
private static final String[] REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS = {
Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE,
Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO,
Manifest.permission.CAMERA,
Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
};
private RtcEngine mRtcEngine;
private boolean mCallEnd;
private boolean mMuted;
private FrameLayout mLocalContainer;
private RelativeLayout mRemoteContainer;
private SurfaceView mLocalView;
private SurfaceView mRemoteView;
private ImageView mCallBtn;
private ImageView mMuteBtn;
private ImageView mSwitchCameraBtn;
/**
* Event handler registered into RTC engine for RTC callbacks.
* Note that UI operations needs to be in UI thread because RTC
* engine deals with the events in a separate thread.
*/
private final IRtcEngineEventHandler mRtcEventHandler = new IRtcEngineEventHandler() {
#Override
public void onJoinChannelSuccess(String channel, final int uid, int elapsed) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
}
});
}
#Override
public void onFirstRemoteVideoDecoded(final int uid, int width, int height, int elapsed) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
setupRemoteVideo(uid);
}
});
}
#Override
public void onUserOffline(final int uid, int reason) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
onRemoteUserLeft();
}
});
}
};
private void setupRemoteVideo(int uid) {
// Only one remote video view is available for this
// tutorial. Here we check if there exists a surface
// view tagged as this uid.
int count = mRemoteContainer.getChildCount();
View view = null;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
View v = mRemoteContainer.getChildAt(i);
if (v.getTag() instanceof Integer && ((int) v.getTag()) == uid) {
view = v;
}
}
if (view != null) {
return;
}
mRemoteView = RtcEngine.CreateRendererView(getBaseContext());
mRemoteContainer.addView(mRemoteView);
mRtcEngine.setupRemoteVideo(new VideoCanvas(mRemoteView, VideoCanvas.RENDER_MODE_HIDDEN, uid));
mRemoteView.setTag(uid);
}
private void onRemoteUserLeft() {
removeRemoteVideo();
}
private void removeRemoteVideo() {
if (mRemoteView != null) {
mRemoteContainer.removeView(mRemoteView);
}
mRemoteView = null;
}
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_dashboard);
initUI();
// Ask for permissions at runtime.
// This is just an example set of permissions. Other permissions
// may be needed, and please refer to our online documents.
if (checkSelfPermission(REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS[0], PERMISSION_REQ_ID) &&
checkSelfPermission(REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS[1], PERMISSION_REQ_ID) &&
checkSelfPermission(REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS[2], PERMISSION_REQ_ID) &&
checkSelfPermission(REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS[3], PERMISSION_REQ_ID)) {
initEngineAndJoinChannel();
}
}
private void initUI() {
mLocalContainer = findViewById(R.id.local_video_view_container);
mRemoteContainer = findViewById(R.id.remote_video_view_container);
mCallBtn = findViewById(R.id.btn_call);
mMuteBtn = findViewById(R.id.btn_mute);
mSwitchCameraBtn = findViewById(R.id.btn_switch_camera);
}
private boolean checkSelfPermission(String permission, int requestCode) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission) !=
PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, REQUESTED_PERMISSIONS, requestCode);
return false;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
#NonNull String[] permissions, #NonNull int[] grantResults) {
if (requestCode == PERMISSION_REQ_ID) {
if (grantResults[0] != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ||
grantResults[1] != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ||
grantResults[2] != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ||
grantResults[3] != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
showLongToast("Need permissions " + Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO +
"/" + Manifest.permission.CAMERA + "/" + Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
+ "/" + Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE);
finish();
return;
}
// Here we continue only if all permissions are granted.
// The permissions can also be granted in the system settings manually.
initEngineAndJoinChannel();
}
}
private void showLongToast(final String msg) {
this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
}
private void initEngineAndJoinChannel() {
// This is our usual steps for joining
// a channel and starting a call.
initializeEngine();
setupVideoConfig();
setupLocalVideo();
joinChannel();
}
private void initializeEngine() {
try {
mRtcEngine = RtcEngine.create(getBaseContext(), getString(R.string.app_id_agora), mRtcEventHandler);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, Log.getStackTraceString(e));
throw new RuntimeException("NEED TO check rtc sdk init fatal error\n" + Log.getStackTraceString(e));
}
}
private void setupVideoConfig() {
// In simple use cases, we only need to enable video capturing
// and rendering once at the initialization step.
// Note: audio recording and playing is enabled by default.
mRtcEngine.enableVideo();
// Please go to this page for detailed explanation
// https://docs.agora.io/en/Video/API%20Reference/java/classio_1_1agora_1_1rtc_1_1_rtc_engine.html#af5f4de754e2c1f493096641c5c5c1d8f
mRtcEngine.setVideoEncoderConfiguration(new VideoEncoderConfiguration(
VideoEncoderConfiguration.VD_640x360,
VideoEncoderConfiguration.FRAME_RATE.FRAME_RATE_FPS_15,
VideoEncoderConfiguration.STANDARD_BITRATE,
VideoEncoderConfiguration.ORIENTATION_MODE.ORIENTATION_MODE_FIXED_PORTRAIT));
}
private void setupLocalVideo() {
// This is used to set a local preview.
// The steps setting local and remote view are very similar.
// But note that if the local user do not have a uid or do
// not care what the uid is, he can set his uid as ZERO.
// Our server will assign one and return the uid via the event
// handler callback function (onJoinChannelSuccess) after
// joining the channel successfully.
mLocalView = RtcEngine.CreateRendererView(getBaseContext());
mLocalView.setZOrderMediaOverlay(true);
mLocalContainer.addView(mLocalView);
mRtcEngine.setupLocalVideo(new VideoCanvas(mLocalView, VideoCanvas.RENDER_MODE_HIDDEN, 0));
}
private void joinChannel() {
// 1. Users can only see each other after they join the
// same channel successfully using the same app id.
// 2. One token is only valid for the channel name that
// you use to generate this token.
String token = "12312323123123wedsa";
mRtcEngine.joinChannel(token, "brolChannelbrobro", "Extra Optional Data", 0);
}
#Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if (!mCallEnd) {
leaveChannel();
}
RtcEngine.destroy();
}
private void leaveChannel() {
mRtcEngine.leaveChannel();
}
public void onLocalAudioMuteClicked(View view) {
mMuted = !mMuted;
mRtcEngine.muteLocalAudioStream(mMuted);
int res = mMuted ? R.drawable.btn_mute : R.drawable.btn_unmute;
mMuteBtn.setImageResource(res);
}
public void onSwitchCameraClicked(View view) {
mRtcEngine.switchCamera();
}
public void onCallClicked(View view) {
if (mCallEnd) {
startCall();
mCallEnd = false;
mCallBtn.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn_endcall);
} else {
endCall();
mCallEnd = true;
mCallBtn.setImageResource(R.drawable.btn_startcall);
}
showButtons(!mCallEnd);
}
private void startCall() {
setupLocalVideo();
joinChannel();
}
private void endCall() {
removeLocalVideo();
removeRemoteVideo();
leaveChannel();
}
private void removeLocalVideo() {
if (mLocalView != null) {
mLocalContainer.removeView(mLocalView);
}
mLocalView = null;
}
private void showButtons(boolean show) {
int visibility = show ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE;
mMuteBtn.setVisibility(visibility);
mSwitchCameraBtn.setVisibility(visibility);
}
}

Answer 1

I had the same issue. In my case it was a layout problem, as I wasn't making the local video view gone and remote video view visible. I don't know if it still helps after all these years.