RemotePlayback: connecting event

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The connecting event of the RemotePlayback interface fires when the user agent initiates remote playback.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("connecting", (event) => { })

onconnecting = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Example

In the following example the value of RemotePlayback.state is printed to the console when the user agent initiates a connection.

js
RemotePlayback.onconnecting = () => {
  console.log(RemotePlayback.state);
};

Specifications

Specification
Remote Playback API
# dom-remoteplayback-onconnecting

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
connecting event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 121 (Release date: 2024-01-23)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 121 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 107 (Release date: 2024-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

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