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Shazron Abdullah updated CB-7667: --------------------------------- Component/s: (was: iOS) > [Camera] iOS8: Handle case where camera is not authorized > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CB-7667 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7667 > Project: Apache Cordova > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Plugin Camera, Plugin Media Capture > Affects Versions: 3.5.0 > Environment: iOS 8 > Reporter: Dan Polivy > Priority: Minor > > In iOS 8, it's possible for the camera to be disabled for any given app; in > iOS 7, this was only possible in certain regions (e.g. China). > If the camera is disabled, and someone launches the Camera plugin to capture > an image from the camera, they'll just get the camera UI with a black screen, > and no indication that the camera permission is disabled for the app. A > better UX would be to show the user a prompt indicating that the camera > permission is disabled, and (on iOS 8) providing a button to take them to the > Settings app to change it. > As of iOS 7, there's a new API to test whether the app has access to capture > the desired media type: > https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AVFoundation/Reference/AVCaptureDevice_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/clm/AVCaptureDevice/authorizationStatusForMediaType: > [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:mediaType]; -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)