Support "Take Photo" webcam functionality in mobile browsers

[PranaliPatel]

Hi Team,

I have a query related to the Change Profile Photo feature of BuddyPress.

I am seeing different options for uploading a photo with different browsers.

1) With Chrome and Safari [ Ref- Image-1 ]

I am getting two options with the Chrome browser [ Upload and Delete ]

2) With Firefox [ Ref- Image-2 ]

I am getting three options with the FireFox browser [ Upload, Take Photo and Delete ]

Doubt: Why the Take Photo option is available only with Firefox browser?

[PranaliPatel]

Attaching screenshot for Chrome -Safari Change Profile Photo screen.

[PranaliPatel]

Attaching screenshot for Safari Change Profile Photo Screen

[PranaliPatel]

Sorry for the wrong image description.
Please refer Image-2 for Firefox browser.

Browser version details:

FireFox - 62.0
Chrome - 62.0
Safari - 11.1.2

Thanks.

[DJPaul]

It's to do with the web browser support for certain media APIs to access a webcam.

[r-a-y]

See ​https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7676#comment:3 and on.

I'll quote the particulars from that thread:

Patch confirmed working in Firefox, Chrome and Opera. Chrome and Opera requires testing over HTTPS for the "Take Photo" tab to show up.

Your site needs to run over HTTPS for the "Take Photo" functionality to work on Chrome and Opera (and probably Safari as well, but needs verification). This is probably worth noting in the wiki somewhere.

we disable the webcam feature entirely for mobile devices

We don't currently support mobile browsers, but we should look to add this functionality in a future release.

Moving to Awaiting Contributions for now. Devs, feel free to move to 4.0 or Up Next.

[PranaliPatel]

Thank you very much for the details @DJPaul and @r-a-y .

Is there any document available which mentions this behavior?

Regards,
Pranali