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Filip Maj updated CB-753:
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Priority: Minor (was: Major)
There was a System Information API that the DAP worked on, and it had an API
with which you could [check input
devices|http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/system-info/#input-devices]. This spec has
since been shelved by the W3C :(
Even the latest [getUserMedia
spec|http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/getusermedia.html] has no way to
first query for the existence of a camera or input device. In all of the W3C
specs, you have to go through the motions of attempting to get the media first,
parse errors, etc.
Perhaps we could add it to the {{navigator.camera}} API since that is our own
home grown API. I will post about it on the dev mailing list and see what's up.
I would recommend you guys sign up for the mailing list and make your case /
support the API extension on there as well.
> ER: API to query if device has a camera
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> Key: CB-753
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-753
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Affects Versions: 1.7.0
> Reporter: Jean-Pierre
> Priority: Minor
>
> Cordova does not offer any API to query the device for its capabilities, so
> one cannot know if it has a camera with which to take a picture without
> attempting to take a picture, falling through the error handler and then
> hard-match the error code -- a pretty poor user experience. i have seen some
> suggestion to check device.camera, but a device may still have a library to
> pull an image from while not having a camera, so that isn't likely helpful.
> there isn't even any way to find the specific hardware revision to match off
> that.
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