cameraOptions

Optional parameters to customize the camera settings.

{ quality : 75,
  destinationType : Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL,
  sourceType : Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
  allowEdit : true,
  encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG,
  targetWidth: 100,
  targetHeight: 100,
  popoverOptions: CameraPopoverOptions,
  saveToPhotoAlbum: false };

Options

  • quality: Quality of saved image. Range is [0, 100]. (Number)

  • destinationType: Choose the format of the return value. Defined in navigator.camera.DestinationType (Number)

      Camera.DestinationType = {
      DATA_URL : 0,                // Return image as base64 encoded string
      FILE_URI : 1,                // Return image file URI
      NATIVE_URI : 2               // Return image native URI (eg. assets-library:// on iOS or content:// on Android)
  };

  • sourceType: Set the source of the picture. Defined in nagivator.camera.PictureSourceType (Number)

      Camera.PictureSourceType = {
      PHOTOLIBRARY : 0,
      CAMERA : 1,
      SAVEDPHOTOALBUM : 2
  };

  • allowEdit: Allow simple editing of image before selection. (Boolean)

  • encodingType: Choose the encoding of the returned image file. Defined in navigator.camera.EncodingType (Number)

      Camera.EncodingType = {
      JPEG : 0,               // Return JPEG encoded image
      PNG : 1                 // Return PNG encoded image
  };
  • targetWidth: Width in pixels to scale image. Must be used with targetHeight. Aspect ratio is maintained. (Number)

  • targetHeight: Height in pixels to scale image. Must be used with targetWidth. Aspect ratio is maintained. (Number)

  • mediaType: Set the type of media to select from. Only works when PictureSourceType is PHOTOLIBRARY or SAVEDPHOTOALBUM. Defined in nagivator.camera.MediaType (Number)

      Camera.MediaType = {
      PICTURE: 0,             // allow selection of still pictures only. DEFAULT. Will return format specified via DestinationType
      VIDEO: 1,               // allow selection of video only, WILL ALWAYS RETURN FILE_URI
      ALLMEDIA : 2            // allow selection from all media types };
  • correctOrientation: Rotate the image to correct for the orientation of the device during capture. (Boolean)
  • saveToPhotoAlbum: Save the image to the photo album on the device after capture. (Boolean)
  • popoverOptions: iOS only options to specify popover location in iPad. Defined in CameraPopoverOptions.

  • cameraDirection: Choose the camera to use (front- or back-facing). Defined in navigator.camera.Direction (Number)

      Camera.Direction = {
      BACK : 0,           // Use the back-facing camera
      FRONT : 1           // Use the front-facing camera
  };

Android Quirks

  • Ignores the allowEdit parameter.
  • Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY and Camera.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM both display the same photo album.

BlackBerry Quirks

  • Ignores the quality parameter.
  • Ignores the sourceType parameter.
  • Ignores the allowEdit parameter.
  • Application must have key injection permissions to close native Camera application after photo is taken.
  • Using Large image sizes may result in inability to encode image on later model devices with high resolution cameras (e.g. Torch 9800).
  • Camera.MediaType is not supported.
  • Ignores the correctOrientation parameter.
  • Ignores the cameraDirection parameter.

webOS Quirks

  • Ignores the quality parameter.
  • Ignores the sourceType parameter.
  • Ignores the allowEdit parameter.
  • Camera.MediaType is not supported.
  • Ignores the correctOrientation parameter.
  • Ignores the saveToPhotoAlbum parameter.
  • Ignores the cameraDirection parameter.

iOS Quirks

  • Set quality below 50 to avoid memory error on some devices.
  • When destinationType.FILE_URI is used, photos are saved in the application's temporary directory.
  • Images saved to the photo album using the saveToPhotoAlbum parameter does not contain the same image metadata as compared to the image returned from camera.getPicture. For example, the image saved to the photo album does not contain any GPS metadata.

Windows Phone 7 and 8 Quirks

  • Ignores the allowEdit parameter.
  • Ignores the correctOrientation parameter.
  • Ignores the cameraDirection parameter.

Bada 1.2 Quirks

  • options not supported
  • always returns a FILE URI

Tizen Quirks

  • options not supported
  • always returns a FILE URI