I've sent a pull request that adds a third option to the Camera.DestinationType and returns "not supported" errors in the relevant methods (for now).
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like it. I seem to remember we discussed something related, like > document:// shortcut to files in the app's Documents folder as well (iOS > specific) but nothing came out of it. > > For those curious, AssetLibrary urls look like > this: assets-library://asset/asset.JPG?id=1000000003&ext=JPG > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Max Woghiren <m...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm working on implementing chrome apps file system functionality using > > Cordova. I'm focusing on iOS first. > > > > I'm planning on using AssetsLibrary to prevent having to (1) send actual > > file data to and from JS unnecessarily and (2) save temporary copies of > > files. > > > > In order to use asset library URLs (and the equivalents on other > > platforms), I'd like to add a third Camera DestinationType: NATIVE_URL. > In > > iOS, Camera would send back the assets-library URL, which can then be > > stored in a FileEntry. > > > > This type of URL would then be handled wherever necessary. For instance, > > uploading an image to a server using FileTransfer would be able do it > > directly from the photo library, since it'd be given the assets-library > > URL. File would have a bunch of changes to handle this as well. > > > > Please let me know if you have any comments, concerns, or things to > > consider about add this functionality. > > > > Thanks! > > -Max > > >
