Cordova-plugin-camera crashes app on android devices

[lanadedstudio]

Issue Type

• Bug Report
• Feature Request
• Support Question

Description

The app crashes when the photo is captured. Error checked on Android 9 and 10, on IOS works well

Information

Command or Code

    navigator.camera.getPicture(this.onSuccess, this.onFail, {
        quality: 50,
        allowEdit: false,
        correctOrientation: true,
        allowEdit: true,
        destinationType: destinationType.DATA_URL
    });

Environment, Platform, Device

Version information

Cordova Packages:

cli: 10.0.0
    common: 4.0.2
    create: 3.0.0
    lib: 10.0.0
        common: 4.0.2
        fetch: 3.0.0
        serve: 4.0.0

Project Installed Platforms:

android: 8.1.0
ios: 6.1.1

Project Installed Plugins:

cordova-plugin-actionsheet: 2.3.3
cordova-plugin-add-swift-support: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-biometric: 0.0.3
cordova-plugin-camera: 4.0.3
cordova-plugin-dialogs: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-file-transfer: 1.7.1
cordova-plugin-file: 6.0.2
cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio: 3.0.1
cordova-plugin-geolocation: 4.0.2
cordova-plugin-keyboard: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-network-information: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-whitelist: 1.3.4

Checklist

• I searched for already existing GitHub issues about this
• I updated all Cordova tooling to their most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[charlieshin]

I have same problem here for version 4.2.

[erisu]

@charlieshin @lanadedstudio can you both try with the latest camera plugin release?

I have just released a few hours ago version 5.0.0.

You should be able to use the latest just by removing and readding.

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-camera
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera

Sorry, I should also note that the latest release also required Cordova-Android platform >= 9.0.0.

[olidotjpeg]

I am having a similar issue where when I take a picture with the new version 5.0.0 on Cordova 10 it just returns a null

[timbru31]

Is this reproducible in a new, plain Cordova app? A minimal reproduction repository would really help to debug and later fix this issue. More information on how to create one: https://github.com/apache/cordova-contribute/blob/master/create-reproduction.md

[olidotjpeg]

Just checked with a fresh cordova app, also fails there. If I have editing enabled, it says editing isn't allowed, and if I disable it it just sends out a Error capturing image. in the console.

[breautek]

Can you test with FILE_URI instead of DATA_URL destination types?

In my experience, DATA_URL can cause memory issues and results in crashes on some devices, because representing high resolution images in a bae64 encoded string is rather inefficient. This is also noted in the docs.

Alternatively, you could also try resizing the image using the targetWidth and targetHeight camera options.

I am having a similar issue where when I take a picture with the new version 5.0.0 on Cordova 10 it just returns a null
...
Just checked with a fresh cordova app, also fails there. If I have editing enabled, it says editing isn't allowed, and if I disable it it just sends out a Error capturing image. in the console.

I'm not convinced this is the same issue as the OP described. You're describing an error case, where the OP is describing a crash (which I may be falsely interpreting that the app is closing unexpectedly). You may want to create a new issue so that we can track the issue you described independently.

[lanadedstudio]

@charlieshin @lanadedstudio can you both try with the latest camera plugin release?

I have just released a few hours ago version 5.0.0.

You should be able to use the latest just by removing and readding.

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-camera
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera

Sorry, I should also note that the latest release also required Cordova-Android platform >= 9.0.0.

I will test with the new version! TKS

I'm using the android version 8.1.0 because i'm building my app with Monaca and them requires this version... but i will try update android too

[olidotjpeg]

@breautek We are already using FILE_URI. I will create a new repo to track these issues differently

Moved my issue discussion over to as that is the right issue as it's the exact same as me.
#611

[PieterVanPoyer]

@lanadedstudio is this issue still happening with the latest released version? If not, feel free to close this issue.

[lanadedstudio]

Yes, this continues to happen on some devices. Even with the updated plugin and using FILE_URI instead of DATA_URL.

[PieterVanPoyer]

Are you able to provide a stacktrace of the crashes?

[lanadedstudio]

After updating the plugin, the photos with the front camera are working, but the photos with the back camera still close the application. I removed the option to allow image editing. I also tested it with another camera app and it worked.

[PieterVanPoyer]

Image editing is really discouraged in this plugin.

[rfernandoinfocast]

hey guys: I was using version 4.2.0 and it was working well. Now I'm trying to install this version again and I'm not been able. What did happen to version 4.2.0 ?

[breautek]

hey guys: I was using version 4.2.0 and it was working well. Now I'm trying to install this version again and I'm not been able. What did happen to version 4.2.0 ?

Version 4.2.0 was never released because it contained #588 which broke some things on Android.

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4e20db0cc4e038f3ea9c14d29648fded38f7605359253c976a2e38d%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E