calvium/cordovacamerapreview

Cordova plugin that allow camera interaction from HTML code

Cordova CameraPreview Plugin

Cordova plugin that allows camera interaction from HTML code.
Show camera preview popup on top of the HTML.

Features:

• Start a camera preview from HTML code.
• Drag the preview box.
• Set camera color effect (Android and iOS).
• Send the preview box to back of the HTML content.
• Set a custom position for the camera preview box.
• Set a custom size for the preview box.
• Set a custom alpha for the preview box.
• Maintain HTML interactivity.

Installation:

cordova plugin add https://github.com/mbppower/CordovaCameraPreview.git

Phonegap Build:

<gap:plugin name="com.mbppower.camerapreview" version="0.0.8" source="plugins.cordova.io" />

Methods:

startCamera(rect, defaultCamera, tapEnabled, dragEnabled, toBack)
Starts the camera preview instance.

When setting the toBack to TRUE, remember to add the style bellow on your app's HTML body element:

style="background-color='transparent'"

Javascript:

var tapEnabled = true; //enable tap take picture
var dragEnabled = true; //enable preview box drag across the screen
var toBack = true; //send preview box to the back of the webview
var rect = {x: 100, y: 100, width: 200, height:200};
cordova.plugins.camerapreview.startCamera(rect, "front", tapEnabled, dragEnabled, toBack)

stopCamera()
Stops the camera preview instance.

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.stopCamera();

takePicture(size)
Take the picture, the parameter size is optional

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.takePicture({maxWidth:640, maxHeight:640});

setOnPictureTakenHandler(callback)
Register a callback function that receives the original picture and the image captured from the preview box.

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.setOnPictureTakenHandler(function(result){
	document.getElementById('originalPicture').src = result[0];//originalPicturePath;
	document.getElementById('previewPicture').src = result[1];//previewPicturePath;
});

switchCamera()
Switch from the rear camera and front camera, if available.

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.switchCamera();

show()
Show the camera preview box.

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.show();

hide()
Hide the camera preview box.

cordova.plugins.camerapreview.hide();

Base64 image:
Use the cordova-file in order to read the picture file and them get the base64.
Please, refer to this documentation: http://docs.phonegap.com/en/edge/cordova_file_file.md.html
Method readAsDataURL: Read file and return data as a base64-encoded data URL.

Sample:
Please see the CordovaCameraPreviewApp for a complete working example for Android and iOS platforms.

Android Screenshots: