Camera
Take a photo or capture video.
Requires the Cordova plugin: cordova-plugin-camera. For more info, please see the Cordova Camera Plugin Docs.
[Warning] Since IOS 10 the camera requires permissions to be placed in your config.xml add
<config-file parent="NSCameraUsageDescription" platform="ios" target="*-Info.plist"> <string>You can take photos</string></config-file>inside of the <platform name='ios> section
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera
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Installation#
- Capacitor
- Cordova
- Enterprise
$ npm install cordova-plugin-camera $ npm install @ionic-native/camera $ ionic cap sync$ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera $ npm install @ionic-native/camera Ionic Enterprise comes with fully supported and maintained plugins from the Ionic Team. Learn More or if you're interested in an enterprise version of this plugin Contact Us
Supported Platforms#
- Android
- Browser
- iOS
- Windows
Usage#
React#
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Angular#
import { Camera, CameraOptions } from '@ionic-native/camera/ngx';
constructor(private camera: Camera) { }
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const options: CameraOptions = { quality: 100, destinationType: this.camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI, encodingType: this.camera.EncodingType.JPEG, mediaType: this.camera.MediaType.PICTURE}
this.camera.getPicture(options).then((imageData) => { // imageData is either a base64 encoded string or a file URI // If it's base64 (DATA_URL): let base64Image = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + imageData;}, (err) => { // Handle error});