cordova-background-video

A simple Cordova/Phonegap plugin to capture video and then display it onscreen via a transparent overlay without affecting app functionality.

How to use

Install

cordova plugin add https://github.com/Neos21/cordova-background-video.git

Usage

cordova.plugins.backgroundvideo.start(filename, camera, successfn, errorfn);

Getting started

start recording

cordova.plugins.backgroundvideo.start('myvideo', 'front', null, null);

stop recording

cordova.plugins.backgroundvideo.stop(successFn, errorFn);

Other bits

Camera

'front' or 'back' to specify camera direction.

File

• Outputs as mp4. You do not need to specify file extension.
• Video files are saved to approot/Library/Caches/ (cordova.file.cacheDirectory) folder (cordova.plugins.backgroundvideo.stop() will return the file path).

File System Layouts

Although technically an implementation detail, it can be very useful to know how the cordova.file.* properties map to physical paths on a real device.

iOS File System Layout

Device Path	cordova.file.*	iosExtraFileSystems	r/w?	persistent?	OS clears	sync	private
/var/mobile/Applications/<UUID>/	applicationStorageDirectory	-	r	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
appname.app/	applicationDirectory	bundle	r	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
www/	-	-	r	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
Documents/	documentsDirectory	documents	r/w	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
NoCloud/	-	documents-nosync	r/w	Yes	No	No	Yes
Library	-	library	r/w	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
NoCloud/	dataDirectory	library-nosync	r/w	Yes	No	No	Yes
Cloud/	syncedDataDirectory	-	r/w	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Caches/	cacheDirectory	cache	r/w	Yes*	Yes***	No	Yes
tmp/	tempDirectory	-	r/w	No**	Yes***	No	Yes

Android File System Layout

Device Path	cordova.file.*	AndroidExtraFileSystems	r/w?	persistent?	OS clears	private
file:///android_asset/	applicationDirectory	assets	r	N/A	N/A	Yes
/data/data/<app-id>/	applicationStorageDirectory	-	r/w	N/A	N/A	Yes
cache	cacheDirectory	cache	r/w	Yes	Yes*	Yes
files	dataDirectory	files	r/w	Yes	No	Yes
Documents		documents	r/w	Yes	No	Yes
<sdcard>/	externalRootDirectory	sdcard	r/w	Yes	No	No
Android/data/<app-id>/	externalApplicationStorageDirectory	-	r/w	Yes	No	No
cache	externalCacheDirectry	cache-external	r/w	Yes	No**	No
files	externalDataDirectory	files-external	r/w	Yes	No	No

Support

Please use the github issue tracker and we will come back to you as soon as we can.

Contribution

There's lots of Android phones all with their own quirks so we'd love it if you could contribute and help us support all of the devices out there.

Author

Neo (@Neos21)

Links

• Neo's World
• Corredor
• Murga
• El Mylar
• Bit-Archer
• GitHub - Neos21