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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote:

> Just to recap (correct if I'm wrong) -
> 1. targetWidth & targetHeight are not being interpreted consistently across
> platforms.
> 2. What they should do is:
>   - Never grow the image
>   - Shrink the image while maintaining aspect ratio, such that both
> dimension of the resized image fit within targetWidth & targetHeight.
>
> Certainly sounds good to me!
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Wargo, John <john.wa...@sap.com> wrote:
>
> > Well I've not really received a consensus on anything. One or two people
> > have spoken up, but not much beyond that.
> >
> > John M. Wargo
> > SCN Blog: http://scn.sap.com/blogs/johnwargo
> > Twitter: @johnwargo
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shazron [mailto:shaz...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:15 AM
> > To: dev@cordova.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: Camera targetWidth & targetHeight
> >
> > Thanks John,
> > Filing the issue on iOS would be great, summarizing what needs to be done
> > (and the consensus).
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:30 PM, John M. Wargo <jwarg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > So, does anyone have an opinion on how this discrepancy should be
> > > addressed? The methods work differently on different platforms and I
> > think
> > > they should work the same.
> > >
> > > To me Android works as I expect it should - setting the properties
> along
> > > the right axis. Do I need to file JIRA tickets about bringing iOS into
> > > alignment?
> > >
> > > Also, what about when only one parameter is provided? Should we decide
> > how
> > > this is supposed to work and implement it across the different
> platforms?
> > >  I'm for supporting only one parameter, allows me to set the one side
> and
> > > let the camera aspect ratio determine the other.
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject:        Camera targetWidth & targetHeight
> > > Date:   Mon, 02 Dec 2013 22:15:06 -0500
> > > From:   John M. Wargo <jwarg...@gmail.com>
> > > To:     Cordova Dev <dev@cordova.apache.org>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A while back I posted a question regarding Camera targetWidth &
> > > targetHeight properties and how they worked. After some discussion, the
> > > conclusion I reached was that the documentation couldn't be correct
> about
> > > how it worked since there was no way to determine the camera's
> resolution
> > > with the current API but the docs said I had to provide both
> parameters.
> >  I
> > > said I'd do some testing and I have finally gotten around to completing
> > it.
> > > Here's what I discovered:
> > >
> > > I created an application that allowed me to pass in different values
> for
> > > targetWidth & targetHeight when taking a picture. I tested at the
> > following
> > > image sizes: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 as well as setting only the
> > > targetWidth to 1024 or only the targetHeight to 768.
> > >
> > > Here's the results:
> > >
> > > Android
> > > Portrait        Landscape
> > > 480x640         640x480
> > > 600x800         800x600
> > > 768x1024        1024x768
> > > 768x1024        1024x768
> > > 768x1024        1024x768
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > iOS
> > > Portrait        Landscape
> > > 360x480         640x480
> > > 450x600         800x600
> > > 576x768         1024x768
> > > 2448x3264       3264x2448
> > > 2448x3264       3264x2448
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Windows Phone 8
> > > Portrait        Landscape
> > > 1836x3264       3264x1836
> > > 1836x3264       3264x1836
> > > 1836x3264       3264x1836
> > > 1836x3264       3264x1836
> > > 1836x3264       3264x1836
> > >
> > >
> > > As you can see, Android properly implements the targetWidth &
> > targetHeight
> > > properties. On iOS, it supports setting both properties, but not
> > instances
> > > where only one is specified. Windows Phone 8 ignores the parameters
> > > completely.  On iOS, when you turn the device on its side, the Camera
> API
> > > applies the target width or height to the wrong axis (Android does this
> > > well however).
> > >
> > > I'm trying to test this on a BlackBerry device, but my development
> > > environment is giving me fits right now. I'll work on it in the morning
> > and
> > > publish my results when I get them.
> > >
> > > I would suggest that the android implementation is as expected and that
> > > the other platforms need their implementations of targetWidth &
> > > targetHeight adjusted so it works correctly. The documentation should
> be
> > > updated as well as it's incorrect today specifying that both properties
> > > must be provided.
> > >
> > > If the group doesn't want to support only providing one of the
> > properties,
> > > then I would expect that the onError callback is called when only one
> is
> > > provided rather than simply ignoring them as is the case with iOS and
> > > Windows Phone.
> > >
> > > I posted my sample application and a spreadsheet with my results to
> > > https://github.com/johnwargo/camera_res_test
> > >
> > > --
> > > John M. Wargo
> > > @johnwargo <http://twitter.com/johnwargo>
> > > www.johnwargo.com <http://www.johnwargo.com>
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> > > John M. Wargo
> > > @johnwargo <http://twitter.com/johnwargo>
> > > www.johnwargo.com <http://www.johnwargo.com>
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