Don't restart video stream when turning flash off #205
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This reduces the "flickering" when turning the flash off.
The comment in the code that I removed indicates that the video stream was explicitly restarted, because a sentence in MDN indicates that this might be necessary.
However, I have tested this with multiple smartphones and found that it is not necessary and that you can toggle off the flash while the stream is active.
Tested with:
(iPhones never have flash available, Apple seems to think it is a good idea to keep their users safe from such useful features.)