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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 the saved image, expressed as a range of 0-100, where 100 is typically full resolution with no loss from file compression. (Number) (Note that information about the camera's resolution is unavailable.)

• 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 (e.g. assets-library:// on iOS or content:// on Android)
    };
  

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

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

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

• encodingType: Choose the returned image file's encoding. 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 remains constant. (Number)

• targetHeight: Height in pixels to scale image. Must be used with targetWidth. Aspect ratio remains constant. (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 that 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 the native Camera application after the user snaps the photo.
• Using large image sizes may result in the inability to encode images on later-model devices (e.g. Torch 9800) that feature high-resolution cameras.
• Camera.MediaType is not supported.
• Ignores the correctOrientation parameter.
• Ignores the cameraDirection parameter.

iOS Quirks

• Set quality below 50 to avoid memory errors on some devices.
• When using destinationType.FILE_URI, photos are saved in the application's temporary directory. You may delete the contents of this directory using the navigator.fileMgr APIs if storage space is a concern.

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.