UNOFFICIAL VERSION NOTICE
My unofficial releases are synced against upstream/master branch. Also, this releases are tested & contains the latest changes from upstream AND can contain new features/fixes that are not yet merged or released in the upstream/master branch.
You can install this plugin as any other cordova plugin, via CLI, using its name or git url:
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera-unofficial--media-options
cordova plugin add https://github.com/thebrainbot/cordova-plugin-camera-unofficial--media-options.git
You have to remove the original plugin, before installing this one.
Consider this branch & its releases as a bleeding-edge version. Contributions are welcomed! Enjoy!
cordova-plugin-camera
This plugin defines a global navigator.camera
object, which provides an API for taking pictures and for choosing images from
the system's image library.
Although the object is attached to the global scoped navigator
, it is not available until after the deviceready
event.
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
console.log(navigator.camera);
}
Installation
This requires cordova 5.0+
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera
Older versions of cordova can still install via the deprecated id
cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.camera
It is also possible to install via repo url directly ( unstable )
cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera.git
How to Contribute
Contributors are welcome! And we need your contributions to keep the project moving forward. You can report bugs, improve the documentation, or contribute code.
There is a specific contributor workflow we recommend. Start reading there. More information is available on our wiki.
Have a solution? Send a Pull Request.
In order for your changes to be accepted, you need to sign and submit an Apache ICLA (Individual Contributor License Agreement). Then your name will appear on the list of CLAs signed by non-committers or Cordova committers.
And don't forget to test and document your code.
This documentation is generated by a tool
npm install
in the plugin repo to enable automatic docs generation if you plan to send a PR.
jsdoc-to-markdown is used to generate the docs.
Documentation consists of template and API docs produced from the plugin JS code and should be regenerated before each commit (done automatically via husky, running npm run gen-docs
script as a precommit
hook - see package.json
for details).
API Reference
-
- .getPicture(successCallback, errorCallback, options)
- .cleanup()
-
.onError :
function
-
.onSuccess :
function
-
.CameraOptions :
Object
-
-
.DestinationType :
enum
-
.EncodingType :
enum
-
.MediaType :
enum
-
.PictureSourceType :
enum
-
.PopoverArrowDirection :
enum
-
.Direction :
enum
-
.DestinationType :
camera
camera.getPicture(successCallback, errorCallback, options)
Takes a photo using the camera, or retrieves a photo from the device's
image gallery. The image is passed to the success callback as a
base64-encoded String
, or as the URI for the image file.
The camera.getPicture
function opens the device's default camera
application that allows users to snap pictures by default - this behavior occurs,
when Camera.sourceType
equals Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA
.
Once the user snaps the photo, the camera application closes and the application is restored.
If Camera.sourceType
is Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY
or
Camera.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM
, then a dialog displays
that allows users to select an existing image. The
camera.getPicture
function returns a CameraPopoverHandle
object,
which can be used to reposition the image selection dialog, for
example, when the device orientation changes.
The return value is sent to the cameraSuccess
callback function, in
one of the following formats, depending on the specified
cameraOptions
:
-
A
String
containing the base64-encoded photo image. -
A
String
representing the image file location on local storage (default).
You can do whatever you want with the encoded image or URI, for example:
-
Render the image in an
<img>
tag, as in the example below -
Save the data locally (
LocalStorage
, Lawnchair, etc.) -
Post the data to a remote server
NOTE: Photo resolution on newer devices is quite good. Photos
selected from the device's gallery are not downscaled to a lower
quality, even if a quality
parameter is specified. To avoid common
memory problems, set Camera.destinationType
to FILE_URI
rather
than DATA_URL
.
Supported Platforms
Kind: static method of camera
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
successCallback | onSuccess |
|
errorCallback | onError |
|
options | CameraOptions |
CameraOptions |
Example
navigator.camera.getPicture(cameraSuccess, cameraError, cameraOptions);
camera.cleanup()
Removes intermediate image files that are kept in temporary storage
after calling camera.getPicture
. Applies only when the value of
Camera.sourceType
equals Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA
and the
Camera.destinationType
equals Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
.
Supported Platforms
Kind: static method of camera
Example
navigator.camera.cleanup(onSuccess, onFail);
function onSuccess() {
console.log("Camera cleanup success.")
}
function onFail(message) {
alert('Failed because: ' + message);
}
function
camera.onError : Callback function that provides an error message.
Kind: static typedef of camera
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
message | string |
The message is provided by the device's native code. |
function
camera.onSuccess : Callback function that provides the image data.
Kind: static typedef of camera
Param | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
imageData | string |
Base64 encoding of the image data, or the image file URI, depending on cameraOptions in effect. |
Example
// Show image
//
function cameraCallback(imageData) {
var image = document.getElementById('myImage');
image.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + imageData;
}
Object
camera.CameraOptions : Optional parameters to customize the camera settings.
Kind: static typedef of camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
quality | number |
50 |
Quality of the saved image, expressed as a range of 0-100, where 100 is typically full resolution with no loss from file compression. (Note that information about the camera's resolution is unavailable.) |
destinationType | DestinationType |
FILE_URI |
Choose the format of the return value. |
sourceType | PictureSourceType |
CAMERA |
Set the source of the picture. |
allowEdit | Boolean |
true |
Allow simple editing of image before selection. |
encodingType | EncodingType |
JPEG |
Choose the returned image file's encoding. |
targetWidth | number |
Width in pixels to scale image. Must be used with targetHeight . Aspect ratio remains constant. |
|
targetHeight | number |
Height in pixels to scale image. Must be used with targetWidth . Aspect ratio remains constant. |
|
mediaType | MediaType |
PICTURE |
Set the type of media to select from. Only works when PictureSourceType is PHOTOLIBRARY or SAVEDPHOTOALBUM . |
correctOrientation | Boolean |
Rotate the image to correct for the orientation of the device during capture. | |
saveToPhotoAlbum | Boolean |
Save the image to the photo album on the device after capture. | |
popoverOptions | CameraPopoverOptions |
iOS-only options that specify popover location in iPad. | |
cameraDirection | Direction |
BACK |
Choose the camera to use (front- or back-facing). |
localOnly | Boolean |
FALSE |
Camera
enum
Camera.DestinationType : Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
DATA_URL | number |
0 |
Return base64 encoded string |
FILE_URI | number |
1 |
Return file uri (content://media/external/images/media/2 for Android) |
NATIVE_URI | number |
2 |
Return native uri (eg. asset-library://... for iOS) |
enum
Camera.EncodingType : Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
JPEG | number |
0 |
Return JPEG encoded image |
PNG | number |
1 |
Return PNG encoded image |
enum
Camera.MediaType : Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PICTURE | number |
0 |
Allow selection of still pictures only. DEFAULT. Will return format specified via DestinationType |
VIDEO | number |
1 |
Allow selection of video only, ONLY RETURNS URL |
ALLMEDIA | number |
2 |
Allow selection from all media types |
IMAGEORVIDEO | number |
3 |
Allow selection of only mime types image/* and video/* (Android only). |
enum
Camera.PictureSourceType : Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PHOTOLIBRARY | number |
0 |
Choose image from picture library (same as SAVEDPHOTOALBUM for Android) |
CAMERA | number |
1 |
Take picture from camera |
SAVEDPHOTOALBUM | number |
2 |
Choose image from picture library (same as PHOTOLIBRARY for Android) |
enum
Camera.PopoverArrowDirection : Matches iOS UIPopoverArrowDirection constants to specify arrow location on popover.
Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default |
---|---|---|
ARROW_UP | number |
1 |
ARROW_DOWN | number |
2 |
ARROW_LEFT | number |
4 |
ARROW_RIGHT | number |
8 |
ARROW_ANY | number |
15 |
enum
Camera.Direction : Kind: static enum property of Camera
Properties
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
BACK | number |
0 |
Use the back-facing camera |
FRONT | number |
1 |
Use the front-facing camera |
CameraPopoverOptions
iOS-only parameters that specify the anchor element location and arrow direction of the popover when selecting images from an iPad's library or album. Note that the size of the popover may change to adjust to the direction of the arrow and orientation of the screen. Make sure to account for orientation changes when specifying the anchor element location.
Param | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
[x] | Number |
0 |
x pixel coordinate of screen element onto which to anchor the popover. |
[y] | Number |
32 |
y pixel coordinate of screen element onto which to anchor the popover. |
[width] | Number |
320 |
width, in pixels, of the screen element onto which to anchor the popover. |
[height] | Number |
480 |
height, in pixels, of the screen element onto which to anchor the popover. |
[arrowDir] | PopoverArrowDirection |
ARROW_ANY |
Direction the arrow on the popover should point. |
CameraPopoverHandle
A handle to an image picker popover.
Supported Platforms
Example
var cameraPopoverHandle = navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail,
{
destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY,
popoverOptions: new CameraPopoverOptions(300, 300, 100, 100, Camera.PopoverArrowDirection.ARROW_ANY)
});
// Reposition the popover if the orientation changes.
window.onorientationchange = function() {
var cameraPopoverOptions = new CameraPopoverOptions(0, 0, 100, 100, Camera.PopoverArrowDirection.ARROW_ANY);
cameraPopoverHandle.setPosition(cameraPopoverOptions);
}
camera.getPicture
Errata
Example
Take a photo and retrieve it as a base64-encoded image:
navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail, { quality: 50,
destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL
});
function onSuccess(imageData) {
var image = document.getElementById('myImage');
image.src = "data:image/jpeg;base64," + imageData;
}
function onFail(message) {
alert('Failed because: ' + message);
}
Take a photo and retrieve the image's file location:
navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail, { quality: 50,
destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI });
function onSuccess(imageURI) {
var image = document.getElementById('myImage');
image.src = imageURI;
}
function onFail(message) {
alert('Failed because: ' + message);
}
Preferences (iOS)
-
CameraUsesGeolocation (boolean, defaults to false). For capturing JPEGs, set to true to get geolocation data in the EXIF header. This will trigger a request for geolocation permissions if set to true.
<preference name="CameraUsesGeolocation" value="false" />
Amazon Fire OS Quirks
Amazon Fire OS uses intents to launch the camera activity on the device to capture images, and on phones with low memory, the Cordova activity may be killed. In this scenario, the image may not appear when the cordova activity is restored.
Android Quirks
Android uses intents to launch the camera activity on the device to capture
images, and on phones with low memory, the Cordova activity may be killed. In this
scenario, the result from the plugin call will be delivered via the resume event.
See the Android Lifecycle guide
for more information. The pendingResult.result
value will contain the value that
would be passed to the callbacks (either the URI/URL or an error message). Check
the pendingResult.pluginStatus
to determine whether or not the call was
successful.
If the user selects an image from Google Docs, the app will crash. Setting localOnly to true will hide Google Docs. This also helps as selections from Google Docs aren't processible anyway.
Browser Quirks
Can only return photos as base64-encoded image.
Firefox OS Quirks
Camera plugin is currently implemented using Web Activities.
iOS Quirks
Including a JavaScript alert()
in either of the callback functions
can cause problems. Wrap the alert within a setTimeout()
to allow
the iOS image picker or popover to fully close before the alert
displays:
setTimeout(function() {
// do your thing here!
}, 0);
Windows Phone 7 Quirks
Invoking the native camera application while the device is connected via Zune does not work, and triggers an error callback.
Tizen Quirks
Tizen only supports a destinationType
of
Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
and a sourceType
of
Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY
.
CameraOptions
Errata
Amazon Fire OS Quirks
-
Any
cameraDirection
value results in a back-facing photo. -
Ignores the
allowEdit
parameter. -
Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY
andCamera.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM
both display the same photo album.
Android Quirks
-
Any
cameraDirection
value results in a back-facing photo. -
allowEdit
is unpredictable on Android and it should not be used! The Android implementation of this plugin tries to find and use an application on the user's device to do image cropping. The plugin has no control over what application the user selects to perform the image cropping and it is very possible that the user could choose an incompatible option and cause the plugin to fail. This sometimes works because most devices come with an application that handles cropping in a way that is compatible with this plugin (Google Plus Photos), but it is unwise to rely on that being the case. If image editing is essential to your application, consider seeking a third party library or plugin that provides its own image editing utility for a more robust solution. -
Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY
andCamera.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM
both display the same photo album. -
Ignores the
encodingType
parameter if the image is unedited (i.e.quality
is 100,correctOrientation
is false, and notargetHeight
ortargetWidth
are specified). TheCAMERA
source will always return the JPEG file given by the native camera and thePHOTOLIBRARY
andSAVEDPHOTOALBUM
sources will return the selected file in its existing encoding.
BlackBerry 10 Quirks
-
Ignores the
quality
parameter. -
Ignores the
allowEdit
parameter. -
Camera.MediaType
is not supported. -
Ignores the
correctOrientation
parameter. -
Ignores the
cameraDirection
parameter.
Firefox OS Quirks
-
Ignores the
quality
parameter. -
Camera.DestinationType
is ignored and equals1
(image file URI) -
Ignores the
allowEdit
parameter. -
Ignores the
PictureSourceType
parameter (user chooses it in a dialog window) -
Ignores the
encodingType
-
Ignores the
targetWidth
andtargetHeight
-
Camera.MediaType
is not supported. -
Ignores the
correctOrientation
parameter. -
Ignores the
cameraDirection
parameter.
iOS Quirks
-
When using
destinationType.FILE_URI
, photos are saved in the application's temporary directory. The contents of the application's temporary directory is deleted when the application ends. -
When using
destinationType.NATIVE_URI
andsourceType.CAMERA
, photos are saved in the saved photo album regardless on the value ofsaveToPhotoAlbum
parameter.
Tizen Quirks
-
options not supported
-
always returns a FILE URI
Windows Phone 7 and 8 Quirks
-
Ignores the
allowEdit
parameter. -
Ignores the
correctOrientation
parameter. -
Ignores the
cameraDirection
parameter. -
Ignores the
saveToPhotoAlbum
parameter. IMPORTANT: All images taken with the wp7/8 cordova camera API are always copied to the phone's camera roll. Depending on the user's settings, this could also mean the image is auto-uploaded to their OneDrive. This could potentially mean the image is available to a wider audience than your app intended. If this a blocker for your application, you will need to implement the CameraCaptureTask as documented on msdn : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh394006.aspx You may also comment or up-vote the related issue in the issue tracker -
Ignores the
mediaType
property ofcameraOptions
as the Windows Phone SDK does not provide a way to choose videos from PHOTOLIBRARY.