apache / apache/cordova-plugin-camera
Auto-detect encodingType for loading from photo album
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- Objective-C
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Description
# Feature Request
## Motivation Behind Feature
When adding a photo from the gallery/photo album, you have to specify the encoding type in advance (either JPEG or PNG). But ideally it would be good to just load the file from the device without modifying it.
## Feature Description
Rather than converting the file to the specified type, it would be good to have an option to use the existing type. Eg:
```
var cam = navigator.camera;
var options = {
sourceType: cam.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM,
destinationType: cam.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
options.mediaType = cam.MediaType.PICTURE;
options.encodingType = cam.MediaType.AUTO; // Use the filetype of the existing file
}
cam.getPicture(gotMediaFn, errorFn, options);
```
## Alternatives or Workarounds
The only option that I can see currently is to always convert the file to either JPEG or PNG.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the getPicture entry point and trace how SAVEDPHOTOALBUM, FILE_URI, and encodingType are handled on each mobile platform. Determine how an automatic encoding option should preserve the selected file's existing type, then verify that existing JPEG and PNG behavior remains unchanged.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, javascript, objective-c
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100