React Native CallKeep utilises a brand new iOS 10 framework CallKit and Android ConnectionService to make the life easier for VoIP developers using React Native.
For more information about CallKit on iOS, please see Official CallKit Framework Document or Introduction to CallKit by Xamarin
For more information about ConnectionService on Android, please see Android Documentation and Build a calling app
A demo of react-native-callkeep
is available in the wazo-react-native-demo repository.
npm install --save react-native-callkeep
# or
yarn add react-native-callkeep
import RNCallKeep from 'react-native-callkeep';
const options = {
ios: {
appName: 'My app name',
},
android: {
alertTitle: 'Permissions required',
alertDescription: 'This application needs to access your phone accounts',
cancelButton: 'Cancel',
okButton: 'ok',
imageName: 'phone_account_icon',
additionalPermissions: [PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.example],
// Required to get audio in background when using Android 11
foregroundService: {
channelId: 'com.company.my',
channelName: 'Foreground service for my app',
notificationTitle: 'My app is running on background',
notificationIcon: 'Path to the resource icon of the notification',
},
}
};
RNCallKeep.setup(options).then(accepted => {});
iOS only.
Alternative on iOS you can perform setup in AppDelegate.m
. Doing this allows capturing events prior to the react native event bridge being up. Please be aware that calling setup in AppDelegate.m
will ignore any subsequent calls to RNCallKeep.setup();
.
@implementation AppDelegate
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
self.bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithDelegate:self launchOptions:launchOptions];
[RNCallKeep setup:@{
@"appName": @"Awesome App",
@"maximumCallGroups": @3,
@"maximumCallsPerCallGroup": @1,
@"supportsVideo": @NO,
}];
RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBridge:self.bridge
moduleName:@"App"
initialProperties:nil];
// ======== OTHER CODE REDACTED ==========
return YES;
}
options
: Objectios
: objectappName
: string (required) It will be displayed on system UI when incoming calls receivedimageName
: string (optional) If provided, it will be displayed on system UI during the callringtoneSound
: string (optional) If provided, it will be played when incoming calls received; the system will use the default ringtone if this is not providedincludesCallsInRecents
: boolean (optional) If provided, calls will be shown in the recent calls when true and not when false (ios 11 and above) (Default: true)maximumCallGroups
: string (optional) If provided, the maximum number of call groups supported by this application (Default: 3)maximumCallsPerCallGroup
: string (optional) If provided, the maximum number of calls in a single group, used for conferencing (Default: 1, no conferencing)supportsVideo
: boolean (optional) If provided, whether or not the application supports video calling (Default: true)
android
: objectalertTitle
: string (required) When asking for phone account permission, we need to provider a title for theAlert
to ask the user for italertDescription
: string (required) When asking for phone account permission, we need to provider a description for theAlert
to ask the user for itcancelButton
: string (required) Cancel button labelokButton
: string (required) Ok button labelimageName
: string (optional) The image to use in the Android Phone application's native UI for enabling/disabling calling accounts. Should be a 48x48 HDPI grayscale PNG image. Must be in your drawable resources for the parent application. Must be lowercase and underscore (_) characters only, as Java doesn't like capital letters on resources.additionalPermissions
: [PermissionsAndroid] (optional) Any additional permissions you'd like your app to have at first launch. Can be used to simplify permission flows and avoid multiple popups to the user at different times.selfManaged
: boolean (optional) When set to true, call keep will configure itself to run as a self managed connection service. This is an advanced topic, and it's best to refer to Googles Documentation on the matter.
setup
calls internally registerPhoneAccount
and registerEvents
.
To make passing the right integer into methods easier, there are constants that are exported from the module.
const CONSTANTS = {
END_CALL_REASONS: {
FAILED: 1,
REMOTE_ENDED: 2,
UNANSWERED: 3,
ANSWERED_ELSEWHERE: 4,
DECLINED_ELSEWHERE: 5,
MISSED: 6
}
};
const { CONSTANTS as CK_CONSTANTS, RNCallKeep } from 'react-native-callkeep';
console.log(CK_CONSTANTS.END_CALL_REASONS.FAILED) // outputs 1
This feature is available only on Android.
Android supports calling apps running in what's called "Self Managed". This means the apps are able (and required) to provide their own UI for managing calls. This includes both in call UI elements and incoming call notification UI. This method is all or nothing. You can't mix partial elements, such as having a custom in call view, but use the default incoming call UI.
To implement a self managed calling app, the following steps are necessary:
- Set
selfManaged: true
in setup. - On an incoming call, from react native, call
RNCallKeep.displayIncomingCall
- CallKeep will then fire the
showIncomingCallUi
event. - When
showIncomingCallUi
is fired, you must show an incoming call UI. This would be a high priority notification (Android: Display time-sensitive notifications). - If the user answers the call, you call the appropriate RNCallKeep actions such as
answerCall
orendCall
Self Managed calling apps are an advanced topic, and there are many steps involved in implementing them, but here are some things to keep in mind:
- React Native Headless Tasks are a great way to execute React Native code. Remember to start up the headless task as a Foreground Service.
- Android will deprioritize your high priority FCM notifications if you fail to show an incoming call ui when receiving them.
- You can avoid getting flooded with sticky foreground service notifications by not defining a Foreground Service for CallKeep, and instead managing this on your own.
This feature is available only on iOS.
If there were some actions performed by user before JS context has been created, this method would return early fired events. This is alternative to "didLoadWithEvents" event.
RNCallKeep.getInitialEvents();
This feature is available only on Android.
Tell ConnectionService that the device is ready to make outgoing calls via the native Phone app.
If not the user will be stuck in the build UI screen without any actions.
Eg: Call it with false
when disconnected from the sip client, when your token expires, when your user log out ...
Eg: When your used log out (or the connection to your server is broken, etc..), you have to call setAvailable(false)
so CallKeep will refuse the call and your user will not be stuck in the native UI.
RNCallKeep.setAvailable(true);
This feature is available only on Android.
Configures the Foreground Service used for Android 11 to get microphone access on background.
Similar to set the foregroundService
key in the setup()
method.
RNCallKeep.setForegroundServiceSettings({
channelId: 'com.company.my',
channelName: 'Foreground service for my app',
notificationTitle: 'My app is running on background',
notificationIcon: 'Path to the resource icon of the notification',
});
This feature is available only on Android.
Disable the "Add call" button in ConnectionService UI.
RNCallKeep.canMakeMultipleCalls(false); // Enabled by default
active
: boolean- Tell whether the app is ready or not
This feature is available only on Android.
Mark the current call as active (eg: when the callee has answered). Necessary to set the correct Android capabilities (hold, mute) once the call is set as active. Be sure to set this only after your call is ready for two way audio; used both incoming and outgoing calls.
RNCallKeep.setCurrentCallActive(uuid);
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
This feature is available only on IOS.
Returns true if the UUID passed matches an existing and answered call. This will return true ONLY if the call exists and the user has already answered the call. It will return false if the call does not exist or has not been answered. This is exposed to both React Native and Native sides. This was exposed so a call can be canceled if ringing and the user answered on a different device.
RNCallKeep.isCallActive(uuid);
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
This feature is available only on IOS.
Returns a Promise. The result will be an array with all current calls and their states.
RNCallKeep.getCalls();
response:
[{
callUUID: "E26B14F7-2CDF-48D0-9925-532199AE7C48"
hasConnected: true
hasEnded: false
onHold: false
outgoing: false
}]
Display system UI for incoming calls
RNCallKeep.displayIncomingCall(uuid, handle, localizedCallerName);
uuid
: string- An
uuid
that should be stored and re-used forstopCall
.
- An
handle
: string- Phone number of the caller
localizedCallerName
: string (optional)- Name of the caller to be displayed on the native UI
handleType
: string (optional, iOS only)generic
number
(default)email
hasVideo
: boolean (optional, iOS only)false
(default)true
(you know... when not false)
options
: object (optional)ios
: objectsupportsHolding
: boolean (optional, default true)supportsDTMF
: boolean (optional, default true)supportsGrouping
: boolean (optional, default true)supportsUngrouping
: boolean (optional, default true)
android
: object (currently no-op)
Use this to tell the sdk a user answered a call from the app UI.
RNCallKeep.answerIncomingCall(uuid)
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
When you make an outgoing call, tell the device that a call is occurring. The argument list is slightly different on iOS and Android:
iOS:
RNCallKeep.startCall(uuid, handle, contactIdentifier, handleType, hasVideo);
Android:
RNCallKeep.startCall(uuid, handle, contactIdentifier);
uuid
: string- An
uuid
that should be stored and re-used forstopCall
.
- An
handle
: string- Phone number of the callee
contactIdentifier
: string- The identifier is displayed in the native call UI, and is typically the name of the call recipient.
handleType
: string (optional, iOS only)generic
number
(default)email
hasVideo
: boolean (optional, iOS only)false
(default)true
(you know... when not false)
Use this to update the display after an outgoing call has started.
RNCallKeep.updateDisplay(uuid, displayName, handle)
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
displayName
: string (optional)- Name of the caller to be displayed on the native UI
handle
: string- Phone number of the caller
options
: object (optional)ios
: objecthasVideo
: boolean (optional)supportsHolding
: boolean (optional)supportsDTMF
: boolean (optional)supportsGrouping
: boolean (optional)supportsUngrouping
: boolean (optional)
android
: object (currently no-op)
When finish an incoming/outgoing call.
(When user actively chooses to end the call from your app's UI.)
RNCallKeep.endCall(uuid);
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
End all ongoing calls.
RNCallKeep.endAllCalls();
When you reject an incoming call.
RNCallKeep.rejectCall(uuid);
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
Report that the call ended without the user initiating.
(Not ended by user, is usually due to the following reasons)
RNCallKeep.reportEndCallWithUUID(uuid, reason);
uuid
: string- The
uuid
used forstartCall
ordisplayIncomingCall
- The
reason
: int- Reason for the end call
- Call failed: 1
- Remote user ended call: 2
- Remote user did not answer: 3
- Call Answered elsewhere: 4
- Call declined elsewhere: 5 (on Android this will map to Remote user ended call if you use the constants)
- Missed: 6 (on iOS this will map to remote user ended call)
- Access reasons as constants
const { CONSTANTS as CK_CONSTANTS, RNCallKeep } from 'react-native-callkeep'; RNCallKeep.reportEndCallWithUUID(uuid, CK_CONSTANTS.END_CALL_REASONS.FAILED);
- Reason for the end call
Switch the mic on/off.
RNCallKeep.setMutedCall(uuid, true);
uuid
: string- uuid of the current call.
muted
: boolean
Set a call on/off hold.
RNCallKeep.setOnHold(uuid, true)
uuid
: string- uuid of the current call.
hold
: boolean
Checks if there are any active calls on the device and returns a promise with a boolean value (true
if there're active calls, false
otherwise).
This feature is available only on iOS.
RNCallKeep.checkIfBusy();
Checks if the device speaker is on and returns a promise with a boolean value (true
if speaker is on, false
otherwise).
This feature is available only on iOS.
RNCallKeep.checkSpeaker();
Update the audio route of Audio Service on Android with a routeSpeaker
boolean value (true
if speaker need on, false
otherwise).
When Phone call is active, Android control the audio via connection service. so this function help to toggle the audio to Speaker or wired/ear-piece or vice-versa
This feature is available only on Android.
RNCallKeep.toggleAudioRouteSpeaker(uuid, true);
uuid
: string- uuid of the current call.
routeSpeaker
: boolean
Tells if ConnectionService
is available on the device (returns a boolean).
This feature is available only on Android.
RNCallKeep.supportConnectionService();
Checks if the user has enabled the phone account for your application. A phone account must be enable to be able to display UI screen on incoming call and make outgoing calls from native Contact application.
Returns a promise of a boolean.
This feature is available only on Android.
await RNCallKeep.hasPhoneAccount();
This feature is available only on Android, useful when waking up the application for an outgoing call.
When waking up the Android application in background mode (eg: when the application is killed and the user make a call from the native Phone application).
The user can hang up the call before your application has been started in background mode, and you can lost the RNCallKeepPerformEndCallAction
event.
To be sure that the outgoing call is still here, you can call hasOutgoingCall
when you app waken up.
const hasOutgoingCall = await RNCallKeep.hasOutgoingCall();
Checks if the user has set a default phone account. If the user has not set a default they will be prompted to do so with an alert.
This is a workaround for an issue affecting some Samsung devices.
This feature is available only on Android.
const options = {
alertTitle: 'Default not set',
alertDescription: 'Please set the default phone account'
};
RNCallKeep.hasDefaultPhoneAccount(options);
Checks if the user has set a default phone account and it's enabled.
It's useful for custom permission prompts. It should be used in pair with registerPhoneAccount
Similar to hasDefaultPhoneAccount
but without trigering a prompt if the user doesn't have a phone account.
This feature is available only on Android.
RNCallKeep.checkPhoneAccountEnabled();
Check if the device support ConnectionService.
This feature is available only on Android.
RNCallKeep.checkPhoneAccountEnabled();
This feature is available only on Android.
Use this to display the application in foreground if the application was in background state. This method will open the application if it was closed.
RNCallKeep.backToForeground();
Device sends this event once it decides the app is allowed to start a call, either from the built-in phone screens (iOS/Recents, Android/Contact),
or by the app calling RNCallKeep.startCall
.
Try to start your app call action from here (e.g. get credentials of the user by data.handle
and/or send INVITE to your SIP server)
Note: on iOS callUUID
is not defined as the call is not yet managed by CallKit. You have to generate your own and call startCall
.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didReceiveStartCallAction', ({ handle, callUUID, name }) => {
});
handle
(string)- Phone number of the callee
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call that is to be answered
name
(string)- Name of the callee
User answer the incoming call
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('answerCall', ({ callUUID }) => {
// Do your normal `Answering` actions here.
});
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call that is to be answered.
User finish the call.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('endCall', ({ callUUID }) => {
// Do your normal `Hang Up` actions here
});
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call that is to be ended.
The AudioSession
has been activated by RNCallKeep.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didActivateAudioSession', () => {
// you might want to do following things when receiving this event:
// - Start playing ringback if it is an outgoing call
});
Callback for RNCallKeep.displayIncomingCall
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didDisplayIncomingCall', ({ error, callUUID, handle, localizedCallerName, hasVideo, fromPushKit, payload }) => {
// you might want to do following things when receiving this event:
// - Start playing ringback if it is an outgoing call
});
error
(string)- iOS only.
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call.
handle
(string)- Phone number of the caller
localizedCallerName
(string)- Name of the caller to be displayed on the native UI
hasVideo
(string)1
(video enabled)0
(video not enabled)
fromPushKit
(string)1
(call triggered from PushKit)0
(call not triggered from PushKit)
payload
(object)- VOIP push payload.
A call was muted by the system or the user:
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didPerformSetMutedCallAction', ({ muted, callUUID }) => {
});
muted
(boolean)callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call.
A call was held or unheld by the current user
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didToggleHoldCallAction', ({ hold, callUUID }) => {
});
hold
(boolean)callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call.
Used type a number on his dialer
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didPerformDTMFAction', ({ digits, callUUID }) => {
});
digits
(string)- The digits that emit the dtmf tone
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call.
iOS only.
Called as soon as JS context initializes if there were some actions performed by user before JS context has been created.
Since iOS 13, you must display incoming call on receiving PushKit push notification. But if app was killed, it takes some time to create JS context. If user answers the call (or ends it) before JS context has been initialized, user actions will be passed as events array of this event. Similar situation can happen if user would like to start a call from Recents or similar iOS app, assuming that your app was in killed state.
In order for this event to reliably fire, it's necessary to perform setup in AppDelegate.m
NOTE: You still need to subscribe / handle the rest events as usuall. This is just a helper whcih cache and propagate early fired events if and only if for "the native events which DID fire BEFORE js bridge is initialed", it does NOT mean this will have events each time when the app reopened.
// register `didLoadWithEvents` somewhere early in your app when it is ready to handle callkeep events.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didLoadWithEvents', (events) => {
// `events` is passed as an Array chronologically, handle or ignore events based on the app's logic
// see example usage in https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-callkeep/pull/169 or https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-callkeep/pull/205
});
events
Arrayname
: string Native event name like:RNCallKeepPerformAnswerCallAction
data
: object Object with data passed together with specific event so it can be handled in the same way like original event, for example({ callUUID })
foranswerCall
event ifname
isRNCallKeepPerformAnswerCallAction
Android only.
Only when CallKeep is setup to be in self managed mode. Signals that the app must show an incoming call UI. The implementor must either call displayIncomingCall
from react native or native android code to make this event fire.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('showIncomingCallUi', ({ handle, callUUID, name }) => {
});
The following values will match those initially passed to displayIncomingCall
handle
(string)- Phone number of the incoming caller.
callUUID
(string)- The UUID of the call.
name
(string)- Caller Name.
On Android when the application is in background, after a certain delay the OS will close every connection with informing about it. So we have to check if the application is reachable before making a call from the native phone application.
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('checkReachability', () => {
RNCallKeep.setReachable();
});
Allows to remove the listener on an event.
RNCallKeep.removeEventListener('checkReachability');
Registers Android phone account manually, useful for custom permission prompts when you don't want to call setup()
.
This method is called by setup
, if you already use setup you don't need it.
This feature is available only on Android.
On iOS you still have to call setup()
.
RNCallKeep.registerPhoneAccount();
Registers Android UI events, useful when you don't want to call setup()
.
This method is called by setup
, if you already use setup you don't need it.
This feature is available only on Android.
On iOS you still have to call setup()
.
RNCallKeep.registerAndroidEvents();
A full example is available in the example folder.
import React from 'react';
import RNCallKeep from 'react-native-callkeep';
import uuid from 'uuid';
class RNCallKeepExample extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.currentCallId = null;
// Add RNCallKeep Events
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didReceiveStartCallAction', this.didReceiveStartCallAction);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('answerCall', this.onAnswerCallAction);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('endCall', this.onEndCallAction);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didDisplayIncomingCall', this.onIncomingCallDisplayed);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didPerformSetMutedCallAction', this.onToggleMute);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didToggleHoldCallAction', this.onToggleHold);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didPerformDTMFAction', this.onDTMFAction);
RNCallKeep.addEventListener('didActivateAudioSession', this.audioSessionActivated);
}
// Initialise RNCallKeep
setup = () => {
const options = {
ios: {
appName: 'ReactNativeWazoDemo',
imageName: 'sim_icon',
supportsVideo: false,
maximumCallGroups: '1',
maximumCallsPerCallGroup: '1'
},
android: {
alertTitle: 'Permissions Required',
alertDescription:
'This application needs to access your phone calling accounts to make calls',
cancelButton: 'Cancel',
okButton: 'ok',
imageName: 'sim_icon',
additionalPermissions: [PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS]
}
};
try {
RNCallKeep.setup(options);
RNCallKeep.setAvailable(true); // Only used for Android, see doc above.
} catch (err) {
console.error('initializeCallKeep error:', err.message);
}
}
// Use startCall to ask the system to start a call - Initiate an outgoing call from this point
startCall = ({ handle, localizedCallerName }) => {
// Your normal start call action
RNCallKeep.startCall(this.getCurrentCallId(), handle, localizedCallerName);
};
reportEndCallWithUUID = (callUUID, reason) => {
RNCallKeep.reportEndCallWithUUID(callUUID, reason);
}
// Event Listener Callbacks
didReceiveStartCallAction = (data) => {
let { handle, callUUID, name } = data;
// Get this event after the system decides you can start a call
// You can now start a call from within your app
};
onAnswerCallAction = (data) => {
let { callUUID } = data;
// Called when the user answers an incoming call
};
onEndCallAction = (data) => {
let { callUUID } = data;
RNCallKeep.endCall(this.getCurrentCallId());
this.currentCallId = null;
};
// Currently iOS only
onIncomingCallDisplayed = (data) => {
let { error } = data;
// You will get this event after RNCallKeep finishes showing incoming call UI
// You can check if there was an error while displaying
};
onToggleMute = (data) => {
let { muted, callUUID } = data;
// Called when the system or user mutes a call
};
onToggleHold = (data) => {
let { hold, callUUID } = data;
// Called when the system or user holds a call
};
onDTMFAction = (data) => {
let { digits, callUUID } = data;
// Called when the system or user performs a DTMF action
};
audioSessionActivated = (data) => {
// you might want to do following things when receiving this event:
// - Start playing ringback if it is an outgoing call
};
getCurrentCallId = () => {
if (!this.currentCallId) {
this.currentCallId = uuid.v4();
}
return this.currentCallId;
};
render() {
}
}
In some case your application can be unreachable :
- when the user kill the application
- when it's in background since a long time (eg: after ~5mn the os will kill all connections).
To be able to wake up your application to display the incoming call, you can use https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-voip-push-notification on iOS or BackgroundMessaging from react-native-firebase-(Optional)(Android-only)-Listen-for-FCM-messages-in-the-background).
You have to send a push to your application, like with Firebase for Android and with a library supporting PushKit pushes for iOS.
Since iOS 13, you'll have to report the incoming calls that wakes up your application with a VoIP push. Add this in your AppDelegate.m
if you're using VoIP pushes to wake up your application :
- (void)pushRegistry:(PKPushRegistry *)registry didReceiveIncomingPushWithPayload:(PKPushPayload *)payload forType:(PKPushType)type withCompletionHandler:(void (^)(void))completion {
// Process the received push
[RNVoipPushNotificationManager didReceiveIncomingPushWithPayload:payload forType:(NSString *)type];
// Retrieve information like handle and callerName here
// NSString *uuid = /* fetch for payload or ... */ [[[NSUUID UUID] UUIDString] lowercaseString];
// NSString *callerName = @"caller name here";
// NSString *handle = @"caller number here";
// NSDictionary *extra = [payload.dictionaryPayload valueForKeyPath:@"custom.path.to.data"]; /* use this to pass any special data (ie. from your notification) down to RN. Can also be `nil` */
[RNCallKeep reportNewIncomingCall: uuid
handle: handle
handleType: @"generic"
hasVideo: NO
localizedCallerName: callerName
supportsHolding: YES
supportsDTMF: YES
supportsGrouping: YES
supportsUngrouping: YES
fromPushKit: YES
payload: extra
withCompletionHandler: completion];
}
Since Android 11, your application requires to start a foregroundService in order to access the microphone in background.
You'll need to upgrade your compileSdkVersion
to 30
to be able to use this feature.
You have to set the foregroundService
key in the setup()
method and add a foregroundServiceType
in the AndroidManifest
file.
adb logcat *:S RNCallKeep:V
- Ensure that you construct a valid
uuid
by importing theuuid
library and runninguuid.v4()
as shown in the examples. If you don't do this and use a custom string, the incoming call screen will never be shown on iOS.
Any pull request, issue report and suggestion are highly welcome!
This work is dual-licensed under ISC and MIT. Previous work done by @ianlin on iOS is on ISC Licence. We choose MIT for the rest of the project.
SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC OR MIT