Remove the switch camera button

src/room/InCallView.module.css

@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 
 @media (max-width: 340px) {
   .invite,
-  .switchCamera,
   .shareScreen {
     display: none;
   }

src/room/InCallView.tsx

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import {
   ShareScreenButton,
   SettingsButton,
   ReactionToggleButton,
-  SwitchCameraButton,
 } from "../button";
 import { Header, LeftNav, RightNav, RoomHeaderInfo } from "../Header";
 import { type HeaderStyle, useUrlParams } from "../UrlParams";
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ import {
   useReactionsSender,
 } from "../reactions/useReactionsSender";
 import { ReactionsAudioRenderer } from "./ReactionAudioRenderer";
-import { useSwitchCamera } from "./useSwitchCamera";
 import { ReactionsOverlay } from "./ReactionsOverlay";
 import { CallEventAudioRenderer } from "./CallEventAudioRenderer";
 import {
@@ -311,7 +309,6 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
   const showFooter = useObservableEagerState(vm.showFooter$);
   const earpieceMode = useObservableEagerState(vm.earpieceMode$);
   const audioOutputSwitcher = useObservableEagerState(vm.audioOutputSwitcher$);
-  const switchCamera = useSwitchCamera(vm.localVideo$);
 
   // Ideally we could detect taps by listening for click events and checking
   // that the pointerType of the event is "touch", but this isn't yet supported
@@ -672,15 +669,6 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
       data-testid="incall_videomute"
     />,
   );
-  if (switchCamera !== null)
-    buttons.push(
-      <SwitchCameraButton
-        key="switch_camera"
-        className={styles.switchCamera}
-        onClick={switchCamera}
-        onTouchEnd={onControlsTouchEnd}
-      />,
-    );
   if (canScreenshare && !hideScreensharing) {
     buttons.push(
       <ShareScreenButton

src/room/LobbyView.tsx

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import {
   type LocalVideoTrack,
   Track,
 } from "livekit-client";
-import { useObservable, useObservableEagerState } from "observable-hooks";
-import { map } from "rxjs";
+import { useObservableEagerState } from "observable-hooks";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import inCallStyles from "./InCallView.module.css";
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ import {
   EndCallButton,
   MicButton,
   SettingsButton,
-  SwitchCameraButton,
   VideoButton,
 } from "../button/Button";
 import { SettingsModal, defaultSettingsTab } from "../settings/SettingsModal";
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ import { E2eeType } from "../e2ee/e2eeType";
 import { Link } from "../button/Link";
 import { useMediaDevices } from "../MediaDevicesContext";
 import { useInitial } from "../useInitial";
-import { useSwitchCamera as useShowSwitchCamera } from "./useSwitchCamera";
 import {
   useTrackProcessor,
   useTrackProcessorSync,
@@ -195,12 +192,6 @@ export const LobbyView: FC<Props> = ({
   }, [devices, videoInputId, videoTrack]);
 
   useTrackProcessorSync(videoTrack);
-  const showSwitchCamera = useShowSwitchCamera(
-    useObservable(
-      (inputs$) => inputs$.pipe(map(([video]) => video)),
-      [videoTrack],
-    ),
-  );
 
   // TODO: Unify this component with InCallView, so we can get slick joining
   // animations and don't have to feel bad about reusing its CSS
@@ -257,9 +248,6 @@ export const LobbyView: FC<Props> = ({
               onClick={onVideoPress}
               disabled={muteStates.video.setEnabled === null}
             />
-            {showSwitchCamera && (
-              <SwitchCameraButton onClick={showSwitchCamera} />
-            )}
             <SettingsButton onClick={openSettings} />
             {!confineToRoom && <EndCallButton onClick={onLeaveClick} />}
           </div>

src/room/useSwitchCamera.ts

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
-Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
-*/
-
-import {
-  fromEvent,
-  map,
-  merge,
-  type Observable,
-  of,
-  startWith,
-  switchMap,
-} from "rxjs";
-import {
-  facingModeFromLocalTrack,
-  type LocalVideoTrack,
-  TrackEvent,
-} from "livekit-client";
-import { useObservable, useObservableEagerState } from "observable-hooks";
-import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger";
-
-import { useMediaDevices } from "../MediaDevicesContext";
-import { platform } from "../Platform";
-import { useLatest } from "../useLatest";
-
-/**
- * Determines whether the user should be shown a button to switch their camera,
- * producing a callback if so.
- */
-export function useSwitchCamera(
-  video$: Observable<LocalVideoTrack | null>,
-): (() => void) | null {
-  const mediaDevices = useMediaDevices();
-  const setVideoInput = useLatest(mediaDevices.videoInput.select);
-
-  // Produce an observable like the input 'video' observable, except make it
-  // emit whenever the track is muted or the device changes
-  const videoTrack$: Observable<LocalVideoTrack | null> = useObservable(
-    (inputs$) =>
-      inputs$.pipe(
-        switchMap(([video$]) => video$),
-        switchMap((video) => {
-          if (video === null) return of(null);
-          return merge(
-            fromEvent(video, TrackEvent.Restarted).pipe(
-              startWith(null),
-              map(() => video),
-            ),
-            fromEvent(video, TrackEvent.Muted).pipe(map(() => null)),
-          );
-        }),
-      ),
-    [video$],
-  );
-
-  const switchCamera$: Observable<(() => void) | null> = useObservable(
-    (inputs$) =>
-      platform === "desktop"
-        ? of(null)
-        : inputs$.pipe(
-            switchMap(([track$]) => track$),
-            map((track) => {
-              if (track === null) return null;
-              const facingMode = facingModeFromLocalTrack(track).facingMode;
-              // If the camera isn't front or back-facing, don't provide a switch
-              // camera shortcut at all
-              if (facingMode !== "user" && facingMode !== "environment")
-                return null;
-              // Restart the track with a camera facing the opposite direction
-              return (): void =>
-                void track
-                  .restartTrack({
-                    facingMode: facingMode === "user" ? "environment" : "user",
-                  })
-                  .then(() => {
-                    // Inform the MediaDeviceContext which camera was chosen
-                    const deviceId =
-                      track.mediaStreamTrack.getSettings().deviceId;
-                    if (deviceId !== undefined) setVideoInput.current(deviceId);
-                  })
-                  .catch((e) =>
-                    logger.error("Failed to switch camera", facingMode, e),
-                  );
-            }),
-          ),
-    [videoTrack$],
-  );
-
-  return useObservableEagerState(switchCamera$);
-}