apache / apache/cordova-plugin-camera
Cordova plugin camera get picture. metadata not found in cordova ios
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Description
# Bug Report
## Problem
Cordova plugin camera get picture. metadata not found in cordova ios
### What is expected to happen?
Get metadata data when taking photos on iOS
### What does actually happen?
When I upload a photo using Android, the photo has metadata information, but when I upload a photo using iOS, there is no metadata information.
I used the exifjs library (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/exif-js) to test and the results are as follows:
android:

ios:

## Information
I see @erisu has committed on this issue!
I see that cordova plugin camere version 7.0.0 mentions preserving metadata on ios.

### Command or Code
`
base64ToArrayBuffer: function(base64) {
base64 = base64.replace(/^data\:([^\;]+)\;base64,/gmi, "");
var binary = atob(base64);
var len = binary.length;
var buffer = new ArrayBuffer(len);
var view = new Uint8Array(buffer);
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
view[i] = binary.charCodeAt(i);
}
return buffer;
},
snapPicture: function(callBack) {
navigator.camera.getPicture(successCamera, failCamera, {
destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL,
correctOrientation: true
});
function successCamera(base64) {
let arrayBuffer = base64ToArrayBuffer(base64Image);
let dataExif = EXIF.readFromBinaryFile(arrayBuffer);
if (dataExif && dataExif.DateTime) {
alert("Exif Date: " + dataExif.DateTime);
} else {
alert("Exif Date not found!");
}
}
function failCamera(message) {
app.preloader.hide();
}
},
`
### Environment, Platform, Device
Platform : ios: 17.4.1, ios: 16.2
Device: iphone 12, ipad gen 10
### Version information
- cordova-ios: 7.0.1
- cordova-android: 12.0.1
- cordova-plugin-camera :7.0.0
- exifjs: 2.3.0 (https://github.com/exif-js/exif-js)
## Checklist
- [x ] I searched for existing GitHub issues
- [x ] I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
- [x ] I included all the necessary information above
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the navigator.camera.getPicture call using DATA_URL and compare how iOS and Android return photo metadata before EXIF.readFromBinaryFile processes it. Reproduce the missing DateTime result on the listed iOS versions, then verify that captured iOS photos preserve the expected EXIF metadata.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, objective-c
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100