Re: [rtcweb] When are ICE candidates added to the SDP

[Iñaki Baz Castillo <[e-mail]>]

2014-05-12 1:51 GMT+02:00 Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>:
> 0. pc = new RTCPeerConnection();
> 1. pc.AddStream(stream);
> 2. pc.CreateOffer();
> 3. CreateOffer callback fires with offer A, and you call
> SetLocalDescription();
> 4. onicecandidate fires with candidate X.
> 5. pc.CreateOffer()
> 6. CreateOffer callback fires with offer B.
> 7. onicecandidate fires with null.
>
> So, in London, I think we agreed that offer A would have no candidates.
> The above text implies that if you were to examine localdescription prior
> to step #5 or at step #7 it would contain candidate X, and probably that
> offer B would also contain candidate X.
>
> Note that it's quite inconvenient for non-trickle applications to never
> have any candidates in the SDP, especially after gathering is completed
> at step #7. However it also seems kind of inconsistent to only update the
> candidates after SetLocal() has been called.

Well, ugly problem due to ugly design, so ugly solution:

- var myDesc = pc.localDescription;
+ var myDesc = pc.getLocalDescription({candidates: true});



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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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