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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We need a UX specification for the media permission request handling.

Whenever a website requests access to the camera and/or the microphone, oxide emits a signal with the following information:
 - isForAudio (boolean)
 - isForVideo (boolean)
 - origin (URL)
 - embedder (URL)

At this point the browser can either allow or deny access, and the
decision will be automatically remembered for the duration of the
session (as soon as the browser app is closed and re-opened, the
permissions will be requested again).

We can build in a persistent mechanism for remembering user decisions if they want to, but it should probably be opt-in, i.e. the user would choose between:
 - denying access for this session
 - permanently denying access
 - allowing access for this session
 - permanently allowing access

Additionally, we would need a UI (probably under settings) to allow the user to forget/modify persistent decisions. If a user chose to permanently authorize a given domain, they should be able to:
 - uncheck a checkbox to permanently deny access for that domain
 - delete the entry to ensure that next time that domain requests access the user will be prompted again

Oxide also gives us access to the list of audio/video capture devices
and allows setting the default device for audio and video. We might want
to have an extra piece of UI to allow the user to select the default
device for each media type, although that’s probably less urgent since
typically on a phone there will only be one device for each media type,
so nothing to choose from.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410996

Title:
  Add WebView.mediaAccessPermissionRequested API

Status in Oxide:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  New
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This keeps getting pushed aside by other tasks, but it's really about
  time we got this done (as it's required for sites to be able to access
  the camera / microphone)

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