diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index df8add4ef..3a45895f6 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
     participantUpdated
 } from './react/features/base/participants';
 import {
-    createLocalTracks,
+    createLocalTracksF,
     isLocalTrackMuted,
     replaceLocalTrack,
     trackAdded,
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ export default {
                         return [desktopStream];
                     }
 
-                    return createLocalTracks({ devices: ['audio'] }, true)
+                    return createLocalTracksF({ devices: ['audio'] }, true)
                         .then(([audioStream]) => {
                             return [desktopStream, audioStream];
                         })
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ export default {
                     logger.error('Failed to obtain desktop stream', error);
                     screenSharingError = error;
                     return requestedAudio
-                        ? createLocalTracks({ devices: ['audio'] }, true)
+                        ? createLocalTracksF({ devices: ['audio'] }, true)
                         : [];
                 }).catch(error => {
                     audioOnlyError = error;
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ export default {
             // Resolve with no tracks
             tryCreateLocalTracks = Promise.resolve([]);
         } else {
-            tryCreateLocalTracks = createLocalTracks(
+            tryCreateLocalTracks = createLocalTracksF(
                 { devices: initialDevices }, true)
                 .catch(err => {
                     if (requestedAudio && requestedVideo) {
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ export default {
                         // Try audio only...
                         audioAndVideoError = err;
 
-                        return createLocalTracks({devices: ['audio']}, true);
+                        return createLocalTracksF({devices: ['audio']}, true);
                     } else if (requestedAudio && !requestedVideo) {
                         audioOnlyError = err;
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ export default {
 
                     // Try video only...
                     return requestedVideo
-                        ? createLocalTracks({devices: ['video']}, true)
+                        ? createLocalTracksF({devices: ['video']}, true)
                         : [];
                 })
                 .catch(err => {
@@ -781,12 +781,14 @@ export default {
         }
 
         if (!this.localAudio && !mute) {
-            createLocalTracks({ devices: ['audio'] }, false)
+            const maybeShowErrorDialog = error => {
+                showUI && APP.UI.showMicErrorNotification(error);
+            };
+
+            createLocalTracksF({ devices: ['audio'] }, false)
                 .then(([audioTrack]) => audioTrack)
                 .catch(error => {
-                    if (showUI) {
-                        APP.UI.showMicErrorNotification(error);
-                    }
+                    maybeShowErrorDialog(error);
 
                     // Rollback the audio muted status by using null track
                     return null;
@@ -838,16 +840,14 @@ export default {
             return;
         }
 
-        const maybeShowErrorDialog = (error) => {
-            if (showUI) {
-                APP.UI.showCameraErrorNotification(error);
-            }
-        };
-
         // FIXME it is possible to queue this task twice, but it's not causing
         // any issues. Specifically this can happen when the previous
         // get user media call is blocked on "ask user for permissions" dialog.
         if (!this.localVideo && !mute) {
+            const maybeShowErrorDialog = error => {
+                showUI && APP.UI.showCameraErrorNotification(error);
+            };
+
             // Try to create local video if there wasn't any.
             // This handles the case when user joined with no video
             // (dismissed screen sharing screen or in audio only mode), but
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ export default {
             //
             // FIXME when local track creation is moved to react/redux
             // it should take care of the use case described above
-            createLocalTracks({ devices: ['video'] }, false)
+            createLocalTracksF({ devices: ['video'] }, false)
                 .then(([videoTrack]) => videoTrack)
                 .catch(error => {
                     // FIXME should send some feedback to the API on error ?
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ export default {
         let promise = null;
 
         if (didHaveVideo) {
-            promise = createLocalTracks({ devices: ['video'] })
+            promise = createLocalTracksF({ devices: ['video'] })
                 .then(([stream]) => this.useVideoStream(stream))
                 .then(() => {
                     JitsiMeetJS.analytics.sendEvent(
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ export default {
         const didHaveVideo = Boolean(this.localVideo);
         const wasVideoMuted = this.isLocalVideoMuted();
 
-        return createLocalTracks({
+        return createLocalTracksF({
             desktopSharingSources: options.desktopSharingSources,
             devices: ['desktop'],
             desktopSharingExtensionExternalInstallation: {
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ export default {
             UIEvents.VIDEO_DEVICE_CHANGED,
             (cameraDeviceId) => {
                 JitsiMeetJS.analytics.sendEvent('settings.changeDevice.video');
-                createLocalTracks({
+                createLocalTracksF({
                     devices: ['video'],
                     cameraDeviceId: cameraDeviceId,
                     micDeviceId: null
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ export default {
             (micDeviceId) => {
                 JitsiMeetJS.analytics.sendEvent(
                     'settings.changeDevice.audioIn');
-                createLocalTracks({
+                createLocalTracksF({
                     devices: ['audio'],
                     cameraDeviceId: null,
                     micDeviceId: micDeviceId
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ export default {
 
         promises.push(
             mediaDeviceHelper.createLocalTracksAfterDeviceListChanged(
-                    createLocalTracks,
+                    createLocalTracksF,
                     newDevices.videoinput,
                     newDevices.audioinput)
                 .then(tracks =>
diff --git a/react/features/app/middleware.js b/react/features/app/middleware.js
index 589f2410b..e154bb138 100644
--- a/react/features/app/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/app/middleware.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
     SET_LOCATION_URL
 } from '../base/connection';
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../base/redux';
-import { createInitialLocalTracks, destroyLocalTracks } from '../base/tracks';
+import { createLocalTracksA, destroyLocalTracks } from '../base/tracks';
 
 MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     switch (action.type) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function _navigate({ dispatch, getState }) {
         } else {
             // Create the local tracks if they haven't been created yet.
             state['features/base/tracks'].some(t => t.local)
-                || dispatch(createInitialLocalTracks());
+                || dispatch(createLocalTracksA());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
index eabaa57c7..54bd89261 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/actions.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { getLocalParticipant } from '../participants';
 
 import { TRACK_ADDED, TRACK_REMOVED, TRACK_UPDATED } from './actionTypes';
-import { createLocalTracks } from './functions';
+import { createLocalTracksF } from './functions';
 
 /**
  * Request to start capturing local audio and/or video. By default, the user
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { createLocalTracks } from './functions';
  * @param {Object} [options] - For info @see JitsiMeetJS.createLocalTracks.
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-export function createInitialLocalTracks(options = {}) {
+export function createLocalTracksA(options = {}) {
     return (dispatch, getState) => {
         const devices
             = options.devices || [ MEDIA_TYPE.AUDIO, MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO ];
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function createInitialLocalTracks(options = {}) {
 
         // The following executes on React Native only at the time of this
         // writing. The effort to port Web's createInitialLocalTracksAndConnect
-        // is significant and that's where the function createLocalTracks got
+        // is significant and that's where the function createLocalTracksF got
         // born. I started with the idea a porting so that we could inherit the
         // ability to getUserMedia for audio only or video only if getUserMedia
         // for audio and video fails. Eventually though, I realized that on
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function createInitialLocalTracks(options = {}) {
         // to implement them) and the right thing to do is to ask for each
         // device separately.
         for (const device of devices) {
-            createLocalTracks(
+            createLocalTracksF(
                 {
                     cameraDeviceId: options.cameraDeviceId,
                     devices: [ device ],
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function createInitialLocalTracks(options = {}) {
                 store)
             .then(localTracks => dispatch(_updateLocalTracks(localTracks)));
 
-            // TODO The function createLocalTracks logs the rejection reason of
+            // TODO The function createLocalTracksF logs the rejection reason of
             // JitsiMeetJS.createLocalTracks so there is no real benefit to
             // logging it here as well. Technically though,
             // _updateLocalTracks may cause a rejection so it may be nice to log
diff --git a/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js b/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
index 3a44d84b5..925b00500 100644
--- a/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/tracks/functions.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const logger = require('jitsi-meet-logger').getLogger(__filename);
  * is to execute and from which state such as {@code config} is to be retrieved.
  * @returns {Promise<JitsiLocalTrack[]>}
  */
-export function createLocalTracks(
+export function createLocalTracksF(
         options,
         firePermissionPromptIsShownEvent,
         store) {