How to access the camera from within a Webview?

Question

In my android app, I am trying to load a webpage (that must access the camera) on WebView. On my laptop, when I load the webpage, I could access the camera.

Answer 1

Up on meuser07's answer, here is what worked for me. Other than permission in the Manifest.xml, You need to check/grant on run time as well.

I hope it helps.

            override fun onPermissionRequest(request: PermissionRequest) {
                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
                    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this@YourActivity, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                                                RxPermissions(this@YourActivity).request(Manifest.permission.CAMERA).subscribe({
                            if (it) request.grant(request.resources)
                        }, {
                            Timber.e(it, "Error requesting camera")
                        }).addSubscription()
                    } else {
                        request.grant(request.resources)
                    }
                }
            }

I am using RxPermission to grant the permissions. Also, you need to add this configuration.

webView.settings.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture = false