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If you’re using Amazon Chime SDK and want to share audio along with your screen, it’s important to understand what’s possible depending on your platform.
For Android users, the SDK allows you to share your screen content, but there are some limitations. Specifically, it only supports sharing the visual part of your screen—you cannot share audio from other apps or system sounds during this process. The Android SDK supports sending mono audio at up to 48kHz with a bitrate of 64kbps, and receiving stereo audio at 48kHz, but this applies mainly to microphone input during the meeting, not to the shared screen’s sound.
When sharing content, you can include audio that is mixed into the shared stream. This content audio can be stereo (two channels) at sample rates up to 48kHz and encoded with bitrates up to 128kbps using the Opus codec. However, whether this audio can be captured and shared depends on the capabilities of your SDK version.
Since you are using the Android SDK and not the JavaScript SDK, there are restrictions. The Android library only supports sharing your screen visually, but it does not support capturing system audio or audio from other apps while sharing your screen. The JavaScript and React SDKs have more options for sharing different types of audio sources, but these aren’t available in your current setup.
In this case, the best solution is to share your screen content visually and communicate your audio separately if possible. Keep an eye on updates from Amazon Chime SDK, as they continue to improve their support for audio sharing features across platforms.
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