Display Photo library image using FILE_URI on cordova-plugin-camera

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I use the cordova-plugin-camera to ask user to choose an image from PHOTOLIBRARY. I am testing it using an Android

The options I pass to the camera are:

options: {
                sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY,
                destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
            }

Then I on success call back I get the following URI:

content://media/external/images/media/14555

But when I try to use it to display on the html as:

<img src="content://media/external/images/media/14555"/>

It doesn't work and shows this message

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

I have tried everything and I can't get the image to show. Just one more thing I cannot use DATA_URL on the camera plugin because I need to access the actual file.

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2 Answers

1
votes

It response as 404 because in the context of the app the uri is irrelevant as the webview could not resolve the uri , what would work is u need to import the file using some file API plugin and then only could it work.Hope it helps.

0
votes

i have implemented this using File API plugin of cordova ,

Here is the link https://github.com/wymsee/cordova-imagePicker

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        <title>Hello World</title>
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        <div class="app">
            <h1>Apache Cordova</h1>
            <div id="deviceready" class="blink">
                <p class="event listening">Connecting to Device</p>
                <p class="event received">Device is Ready</p>
                <button style="width:30%;" onclick="pickImage()">Clean Data</button>
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                window.imagePicker.getPictures(
                function(results) {
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                        for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
                        var imageUri=results[i];
                        console.log('Image URI: ' + results[i]);
                        lastPhotoContainer.innerHTML = "<img src='" + imageUri + "' style='width: 75%;' />";
                        }
                    }, function (error) {
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