Marcel Kinard created CB-5895:
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Summary: Should doc WP quirks with camera saveToPhotoAlbum
Key: CB-5895
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5895
Project: Apache Cordova
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Docs
Affects Versions: 2.6.0
Reporter: Marcel Kinard
Priority: Minor
A customer was using navigator.camera.getPicture with {saveToPhotoAlbum: false}
in the options. This was on WP7 and WP8, using Cordova 2.6. They stated that
the photo was still being saved in the phone's camera roll, and they didn't
think that should happen.
I took a look at the source code for the camera plugin on WP, and the native
code invokes Microsoft's CameraCaptureTask API. The MS doc for
CameraCaptureTask states that it will always save the picture to the camera
roll, and the only way to avoid that behavior is to use Microsoft's PhotoCamera
API. I also looked at the Capture plugin, and it also uses CameraCaptureTask.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh394006(v=vs.105).aspx
So the Camera docs should include quirk verbage that the saveToPhotoAlbum
option has no effect on WP7/WP8 and the picture will always be stored in the
camera roll.
Perhaps the native code could also log a warning if it is invoked with
saveToPhotoAlbum==false.
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