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# Live streams in mobile apps

## Capacitor and Ionic

Live streams work in the app as in a browser: the web view of the platform has WebRTC.

```js
const calls = await rt.calls();
const show = await calls.stream( 'show:mugs' );
show.watch( video );   // the picture and its sound
show.on( 'message', ( m ) => addLine( m.from.name, m.text ) );
```

- **Going live from the app** needs the camera and microphone, with the permission of the platform as for calls ([calls](calls.md)).
- **Who is who** is the `streams()` rule of your server ([live streams](../apps/streams.md#who-is-who)).
- **The room client** is among the files of the app, as for group calls (`npx wordplus-realtime copy www/`).

## React Native

Live streams in React Native come with calls, in a later version of the SDK: they need a WebRTC module (react-native-webrtc) the package does not bring yet. Until then, the app opens your page with the stream in a web view (react-native-webview).

## Swift and Kotlin

An app written in Swift or Kotlin watches and goes live natively: [iOS](../ios/streams.md) and [Android](../android/streams.md).