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 };

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
        };
  

• 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
  

};

Android Quirks

• Ignores the allowEdit parameter.
• Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY and Camera.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM both display the same photo album.
• Camera.EncodingType is not supported.

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.

Palm Quirks

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

iPhone 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.
• The contents of the application's temporary directory is deleted when the application ends. Developers may also delete the contents of this directory using the navigator.fileMgr APIs if storage space is a concern.

Windows Phone 7 Quirks

• Ignores the allowEdit parameter.