I can not write image to the ios gallery with 'cordova-plugin-file'

[snowdream]

Bug Report

Problem

I have a image with base64 data.
now i want to write the image to the ios gallery with 'cordova-plugin-file',But i failed.
I do not know which path i can write to .

cordova.file.dataDirectory?
cordova.file.documentsDirectory?

What is expected to happen?

The image can be shown in the gallery of the iphone.

What does actually happen?

The image can not be shown in the gallery of the iphone.

Information

Command or Code

Environment, Platform, Device

Version information

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[timbru31]

Thanks a lot for your issue, however this channel is for bug and feature requests, not for support. 😊
You can try asking on StackOverflow or in our Slack community.

[jfoclpf]

You can try asking on StackOverflow or in our Slack community.

@timbru31 actually it has been asked one year ago, with no conclusive replies
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60559455/how-to-save-file-in-ios-using-cordova-plugin-file
Could you kindly take a look?

I'm having exactly the same issue. Thanks

[breautek]

I'm having exactly the same issue. Thanks

IOS is a closed system. You can't access the iOS gallery via the filesystem.

There are special native apis for writing and reading to the gallery. You'll need to find a plugin, or write your own that interfaces these APIs.

I'm not an expert on native iOS development but I believe
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/photokit would be helpful should you write your own plugin.

[jfoclpf]

Thank you @breautek indeed it seems another user used cordova-plugin-x-social-sharing to save files in iOS accessible to end user. I'll give a try. Do you happen to know any other plugin applicable therefor?

[breautek]

Thank you @breautek indeed it seems another user used cordova-plugin-x-social-sharing to save files in iOS accessible to end user. I'll give a try. Do you happen to know any other plugin applicable therefor?

No. That's not a problem I ever needed to solve. Sorry.

[jfoclpf]

Thanks anyway. Have a great day

[jfoclpf]

Just to let you know that this issue is fixed. I tested now and it does work!

Simply edit your config.xml adding these entries inside <platform name="ios">

<edit-config target="UIFileSharingEnabled" file="*-Info.plist" mode="merge">
  <string>YES</string>
</edit-config>
<edit-config target="LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace" file="*-Info.plist" mode="merge">
  <string>YES</string>
</edit-config>
<edit-config target="UISupportsDocumentBrowser" file="*-Info.plist" mode="merge">
  <string>YES</string>
</edit-config>