From af9958ad66c25d49c0548de286d8e8dc73a5ed38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Bumbu <alex.bumbu@8x8.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 12:53:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ios) support for destroying & reinitializing the react
 native bridge

---
 ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.h | 10 ++++++++++
 ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.m | 15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.h b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.h
index 0b5b7f430..d9e6ddd16 100644
--- a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.h
+++ b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.h
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@
 
 #pragma mark - Utility methods
 
+/**
+ * Once  the react native bridge is destroyed you are responsible for reinstantiating it back. Use this method to do so.
+ */
+- (void)instantiateReactNativeBridge;
+
+/**
+ * Helper method to destroy the react native bridge, cleaning up resources in the process. Once the react native bridge is destroyed you are responsible for reinstantiating it back using `instantiateReactNativeBridge` method.
+ */
+- (void)destroyReactNativeBridge;
+
 - (JitsiMeetConferenceOptions *_Nonnull)getInitialConferenceOptions;
 
 - (BOOL)isCrashReportingDisabled;
diff --git a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.m b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.m
index a7e4b8848..34b37e1d1 100644
--- a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.m
+++ b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeet.m
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #import <RNGoogleSignin/RNGoogleSignin.h>
 #import <WebRTC/RTCLogging.h>
 
-
 @implementation JitsiMeet {
     RCTBridgeWrapper *_bridgeWrapper;
     NSDictionary *_launchOptions;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
 
 - (instancetype)init {
     if (self = [super init]) {
-        // Initialize the on and only bridge for interfacing with React Native.
+        // Initialize the one and only bridge for interfacing with React Native.
         _bridgeWrapper = [[RCTBridgeWrapper alloc] init];
         
         // Initialize the listener for handling start/stop screensharing notifications.
@@ -119,6 +118,18 @@
 
 #pragma mark - Utility methods
 
+- (void)instantiateReactNativeBridge {
+    if (_bridgeWrapper != nil) {
+        return;
+    };
+    
+    _bridgeWrapper = [[RCTBridgeWrapper alloc] init];
+}
+
+- (void)destroyReactNativeBridge {
+    _bridgeWrapper = nil;
+}
+
 - (JitsiMeetConferenceOptions *)getInitialConferenceOptions {
     if (_launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey]) {
         NSURL *url = _launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey];