Cordova-plugin-camera crashes app on android devices #660

lanadedstudio · 2020-09-17T16:59:09Z

Issue Type

Bug Report
Feature Request
Support Question

Description

The app crashes when the photo is captured. Error checked on Android 9 and 10, on IOS works well

Information

Command or Code

    navigator.camera.getPicture(this.onSuccess, this.onFail, {
        quality: 50,
        allowEdit: false,
        correctOrientation: true,
        allowEdit: true,
        destinationType: destinationType.DATA_URL
    });

Environment, Platform, Device

Version information

Cordova Packages:

cli: 10.0.0
    common: 4.0.2
    create: 3.0.0
    lib: 10.0.0
        common: 4.0.2
        fetch: 3.0.0
        serve: 4.0.0

Project Installed Platforms:

android: 8.1.0
ios: 6.1.1

Project Installed Plugins:

cordova-plugin-actionsheet: 2.3.3
cordova-plugin-add-swift-support: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-biometric: 0.0.3
cordova-plugin-camera: 4.0.3
cordova-plugin-dialogs: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-file-transfer: 1.7.1
cordova-plugin-file: 6.0.2
cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio: 3.0.1
cordova-plugin-geolocation: 4.0.2
cordova-plugin-keyboard: 1.2.0
cordova-plugin-network-information: 2.0.2
cordova-plugin-whitelist: 1.3.4

Checklist

I searched for already existing GitHub issues about this
I updated all Cordova tooling to their most recent version
I included all the necessary information above

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charlieshin · 2020-09-18T06:47:34Z

I have same problem here for version 4.2.

erisu · 2020-09-18T07:24:47Z

@charlieshin @lanadedstudio can you both try with the latest camera plugin release?

I have just released a few hours ago version 5.0.0.

You should be able to use the latest just by removing and readding.

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-camera
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera

Sorry, I should also note that the latest release also required Cordova-Android platform >= 9.0.0.

olidotjpeg · 2020-09-21T11:32:56Z

I am having a similar issue where when I take a picture with the new version 5.0.0 on Cordova 10 it just returns a null

timbru31 · 2020-09-21T11:46:37Z

Is this reproducible in a new, plain Cordova app? A minimal reproduction repository would really help to debug and later fix this issue. More information on how to create one: https://github.com/apache/cordova-contribute/blob/master/create-reproduction.md

olidotjpeg · 2020-09-21T12:45:33Z

Just checked with a fresh cordova app, also fails there. If I have editing enabled, it says editing isn't allowed, and if I disable it it just sends out a Error capturing image. in the console.

breautek · 2020-09-21T17:00:50Z

Can you test with FILE_URI instead of DATA_URL destination types?

In my experience, DATA_URL can cause memory issues and results in crashes on some devices, because representing high resolution images in a bae64 encoded string is rather inefficient. This is also noted in the docs.

Alternatively, you could also try resizing the image using the targetWidth and targetHeight camera options.

I am having a similar issue where when I take a picture with the new version 5.0.0 on Cordova 10 it just returns a null
...
Just checked with a fresh cordova app, also fails there. If I have editing enabled, it says editing isn't allowed, and if I disable it it just sends out a Error capturing image. in the console.

I'm not convinced this is the same issue as the OP described. You're describing an error case, where the OP is describing a crash (which I may be falsely interpreting that the app is closing unexpectedly). You may want to create a new issue so that we can track the issue you described independently.

lanadedstudio · 2020-09-21T17:27:00Z

@charlieshin @lanadedstudio can you both try with the latest camera plugin release?

I have just released a few hours ago version 5.0.0.

You should be able to use the latest just by removing and readding.
cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-camera
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera
Sorry, I should also note that the latest release also required Cordova-Android platform >= 9.0.0.

I will test with the new version! TKS

I'm using the android version 8.1.0 because i'm building my app with Monaca and them requires this version... but i will try update android too

olidotjpeg · 2020-09-22T07:13:25Z

@breautek We are already using FILE_URI. I will create a new repo to track these issues differently

Moved my issue discussion over to as that is the right issue as it's the exact same as me.
#611

PieterVanPoyer · 2021-01-11T16:22:14Z

@lanadedstudio is this issue still happening with the latest released version? If not, feel free to close this issue.

lanadedstudio · 2021-01-11T16:25:56Z

Yes, this continues to happen on some devices. Even with the updated plugin and using FILE_URI instead of DATA_URL.

PieterVanPoyer · 2021-01-11T16:28:10Z

Are you able to provide a stacktrace of the crashes?

lanadedstudio · 2021-01-11T16:35:28Z

After updating the plugin, the photos with the front camera are working, but the photos with the back camera still close the application. I removed the option to allow image editing. I also tested it with another camera app and it worked.

PieterVanPoyer · 2021-01-11T16:38:44Z

Image editing is really discouraged in this plugin.

rfernandoinfocast · 2021-03-08T20:22:47Z

hey guys: I was using version 4.2.0 and it was working well. Now I'm trying to install this version again and I'm not been able. What did happen to version 4.2.0 ?

breautek · 2021-03-08T20:32:41Z

hey guys: I was using version 4.2.0 and it was working well. Now I'm trying to install this version again and I'm not been able. What did happen to version 4.2.0 ?

Version 4.2.0 was never released because it contained #588 which broke some things on Android.

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4e20db0cc4e038f3ea9c14d29648fded38f7605359253c976a2e38d%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E

rfernandoinfocast · 2021-03-26T16:55:26Z

hey guys: I was using version 4.2.0 and it was working well. Now I'm trying to install this version again and I'm not been able. What did happen to version 4.2.0 ?

Version 4.2.0 was never released because it contained #588 which broke some things on Android.

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd4e20db0cc4e038f3ea9c14d29648fded38f7605359253c976a2e38d%40%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E

ok! thanks a lot.

delvinwidjaja · 2021-04-23T07:52:20Z

Hi, is there any update on this issue ? I'm using the plugin v5.0.1 and the app still crashes after taking a photo with the back camera

PieterVanPoyer · 2021-04-23T08:43:05Z

Are you able to provide a stacktrace of the crashes?

delvinwidjaja · 2021-05-05T08:50:38Z

@PieterVanPoyer sorry for the late reply, this is what I got from the log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=34, result=-1, data=null} to activity {de.myapp/de.myapp.MainActivity}: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97
        at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4877)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4918)
        at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:51)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2045)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7399)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:502)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:980)
Caused by: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97

Btw I tested it with the front camera and it logged the same error.

Cordova-plugin-camera : v.5.0.1
cordova-android : 9.1.0
tested on Android 10 Devices

breautek · 2021-05-05T13:44:50Z

@PieterVanPoyer sorry for the late reply, this is what I got from the log

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=34, result=-1, data=null} to activity {de.myapp/de.myapp.MainActivity}: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97
        at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4877)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4918)
        at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:51)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2045)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7399)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:502)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:980)
Caused by: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97

Btw I tested it with the front camera and it logged the same error.

Cordova-plugin-camera : v.5.0.1
cordova-android : 9.1.0
tested on Android 10 Devices

This plugin likely doesn't handle API 29/30 changes to external storage. There should be potential two workarounds for the time being:

Target API 29 and add requestLegacyExternalStorage flag to the AndroidManifest.xml file

Adding this to your config.xml should work:

<edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
    <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" />
</edit-config>

Note: requestLegacyExternalStorage is ignored on API 30.

Fork this plugin and apply the PR fix(android): supports sdk-30 package visibility #684
This solution should work for both API 29 and API 30.

delvinwidjaja · 2021-05-06T08:11:30Z

@breautek thank you for your help. now it works as expected

PieterVanPoyer · 2021-06-05T18:46:22Z

@lanadedstudio is this issue still occuring with the latest Cordova and Cordova plugins versions?

lanadedstudio · 2021-07-09T15:04:55Z

Yes, the problem persists

Cordova Version: 10.00
Cordova Plugin Camera Version: 5.0.1

I recently tested the error on smartphone models:

Smartphone Model: Moto G7 Play
OS Version: Android 10

Smartphone Model: Asus_X00TDB
OS Version: Android 9

When I installed an external camera app (not the android camera) it worked normally.

21pg · 2021-08-13T06:40:57Z

@PieterVanPoyer sorry for the late reply, this is what I got from the log
java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=34, result=-1, data=null} to activity {de.myapp/de.myapp.MainActivity}: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97
        at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4877)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4918)
        at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:51)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2045)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7399)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:502)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:980)
Caused by: android.app.RecoverableSecurityException: de.myapp has no access to content://media/external/images/media/97
Btw I tested it with the front camera and it logged the same error.
Cordova-plugin-camera : v.5.0.1
cordova-android : 9.1.0
tested on Android 10 Devices
This plugin likely doesn't handle API 29/30 changes to external storage. There should be potential two workarounds for the time being:

Target API 29 and add requestLegacyExternalStorage flag to the AndroidManifest.xml file

Adding this to your config.xml should work:
<edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
    <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" />
</edit-config>
Note: requestLegacyExternalStorage is ignored on API 30.

Fork this plugin and apply the PR fix(android): supports sdk-30 package visibility #684
This solution should work for both API 29 and API 30.

will this work with cordova-android 10.0.0
As due to apache/cordova-android#1250
I removed all edit-config and config-file tags from my config.xml

breautek · 2021-08-13T12:24:49Z

will this work with cordova-android 10.0.0

The PR mentioned in my comment has been merged. You can give it a test by installing this plugin from github. cordova-android@10 is required as it contains breaking changes making it incompatible with cordova-android@9.

Quentin-Laplace · 2021-12-01T13:48:36Z

I confirm that upgrading to 6.0.0 along side updgrading to cordova 10 and cordova-android 10 works in our project.

Nb : If you upgrade cordova from 8 to 10, don't forget to add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter plugin in your project, and verify gradle dependencies, in our case com.google.gms:google-services needs to be updated to 4.3.8.

luizcantoni · 2022-05-13T02:30:23Z

Device: Motorola E7 with 4 GB RAM
Android: 10

My solution was install Open Camera and use this app to take photos from my Cordova App.

Before Open Camera I was using the Motorola's Camera App that abruptly closes my app after I confirm a taken photo.

sithwarrior · 2023-10-30T08:40:06Z

Im still seeing some instances of this error on Android devices, even with the latest release of this plugin and Cordova-android

android.app.RecoverableSecurityException$1.createFromParcel

Exception java.lang.RuntimeException:
  at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults (ActivityThread.java:5994)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult (ActivityThread.java:6033)
  at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute (ActivityResultItem.java:67)
  at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityTransactionItem.execute (ActivityTransactionItem.java:45)
  at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks (TransactionExecutor.java:135)
  at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute (TransactionExecutor.java:95)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:2574)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loopOnce (Looper.java:226)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:313)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:8762)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke
  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (RuntimeInit.java:604)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1067)
Caused by android.app.RecoverableSecurityException:
  at android.app.RecoverableSecurityException$1.createFromParcel (RecoverableSecurityException.java:197)
  at android.app.RecoverableSecurityException$1.createFromParcel (RecoverableSecurityException.java:194)
  at android.os.Parcel.readParcelableInternal (Parcel.java:4787)
  at android.os.Parcel.readParcelable (Parcel.java:4755)
  at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull (Parcel.java:3018)
  at android.os.Parcel.createException (Parcel.java:3007)
  at android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:2990)
  at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel (DatabaseUtils.java:190)
  at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel (DatabaseUtils.java:142)
  at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.delete (ContentProviderNative.java:629)
  at android.content.ContentResolver.delete (ContentResolver.java:2340)
  at android.content.ContentResolver.delete (ContentResolver.java:2306)
  at org.apache.cordova.camera.CameraLauncher.checkForDuplicateImage (CameraLauncher.java:1277)
  at org.apache.cordova.camera.CameraLauncher.cleanup (CameraLauncher.java:1242)
  at org.apache.cordova.camera.CameraLauncher.processResultFromCamera (CameraLauncher.java:626)
  at org.apache.cordova.camera.CameraLauncher.onActivityResult (CameraLauncher.java:877)
  at org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterfaceImpl.onActivityResult (CordovaInterfaceImpl.java:160)
  at org.apache.cordova.CordovaActivity.onActivityResult (CordovaActivity.java:375)
  at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult (Activity.java:8951)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults (ActivityThread.java:5987)

according to the Google Play Console, its happening on different devices on Android 13

PieterVanPoyer added info-needed platform: android labels Jun 5, 2021

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Cordova-plugin-camera crashes app on android devices #660

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