RemotePlayback: state property

Limited availability

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

The state read-only property of the RemotePlayback interface returns the current state of the RemotePlayback connection.

Value

One of:

"connecting"

The user agent is attempting to initiate remote playback with the selected device.

"connected"

The transition from local to remote playback has happened. All commands will now take place on the remote device.

"disconnected"

The remote playback has not been initiated, has failed to initiate, or has been stopped.

Examples

In the following example the value of RemotePlayback.state is printed to the console when the user agent successfully connects.

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

Specifications

Specification
Remote Playback API
# dom-remoteplayback-state

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
state

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Full support
Full support
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