navigator.getUserMedia not working on Android / Chrome

Question

do you have any idea of why the following code doesn\'t work on Android/Chrome?

It works well on Desktop/Chrome.

Answer 1

According to MDN, navigator.getUserMedia() is deprecated and isn't supported on Android/Chrome and some newer browser versions. Use navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia() instead. You can check browser compatibility below.

MDN Navigator.getUserMedia browser check

Here's a partial example I've used to access the camera for video streaming in a past project. The browser should ask the user for access on the device.

if(navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
  navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: false, video:  cameraOrientation })
    .then(function(stream) {
      if ("srcObject" in video) {
          video.srcObject = stream;
        } else {
          video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
        }
        video.onloadedmetadata = function(e) {
          video.play();
        };
    });
};