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From: Shazron <shazron@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:02:03 -0700
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Subject: Re: Camera API error codes?
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Do we know when the API rework is scheduled?

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
> Should we slate this for the API rework or get to it sooner?
>
> On 10/23/12 1:07 PM, "Tim Kim" <timkim85@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>+1
>>
>>On 23 October 2012 11:55, Shazron <shazron@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Simon MacDonald
>>> <simon.macdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > +1 to adding error codes
>>> > +1 to cancel being reported by the error callback
>>> >
>>> > You may want to check out what Capture uses for error codes.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.1.0/cordova_media_capture_capture.md.html#C
>>>aptureError
>>> >
>>> > Simon Mac Donald
>>> > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Filip Maj <fil@adobe.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> So, our camera API doesn't have error codes. Per the docs, it
>>>returns a
>>> >> string [1]. Gnarly.
>>> >>
>>> >> The strings are also all different across platforms. Android [2] and
>>>iOS
>>> >> [3] (search for "error").
>>> >>
>>> >> For extra-good times, BlackBerry-webworks-java [4] does not ever
>>>return
>>> an
>>> >> error, except in the case where the file is deemed "too big" [5].
>>>So, if
>>> >> the camera app is closed, we don't return an error code back to the
>>>user
>>> >> for this platform, which is different from iOS + Android.
>>> >>
>>> >> BlackBerry-webworks-air registers JS-based callbacks using the BB
>>>HTML5
>>> >> transport API [6]. Unfortunately I can't find documentation about
>>>what
>>> >> kind of parameters are passed into the error callbacks (anyone from
>>>RIM
>>> >> help me out?). Finally, if the camera is closed, no callback gets
>>> invoked
>>> >> either [7], which is at odds with Android + iOS.
>>> >>
>>> >> BlackBerry 10 implementation [8] no-ops the onCancel and onInvoke
>>> >> callbacks as well, which again, is at odds.
>>> >>
>>> >> ---
>>> >>
>>> >> Proposal: add error codes.
>>> >>
>>> >> [1]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.1.0/cordova_camera_camera.md.html#cameraErr
>>>or
>>> >> [2]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-android/blob/master/framework
>>>/s
>>> >> rc/org/apache/cordova/CameraLauncher.java#L352-L363
>>> >> [3]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-ios/blob/master/CordovaLib/Cl
>>>as
>>> >> ses/CDVCamera.m#L80
>>> >> [4]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-blackberry-webworks/blob/mast
>>>er
>>> >> /framework/ext/src/org/apache/cordova/camera/Camera.java
>>> >> [5]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-blackberry-webworks/blob/mast
>>>er
>>> >> /framework/ext/src/org/apache/cordova/camera/Camera.java#L225
>>> >> [6]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/webworks/a
>>>ir
>>> >> /plugin/air/camera.js
>>> >> [7]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/webworks/a
>>>ir
>>> >> /plugin/air/camera.js#L27
>>> >> [8]
>>> >>
>>>
>>>https://github.com/apache/incubator-cordova-js/blob/master/lib/webworks/q
>>>nx
>>> >> /plugin/qnx/camera.js
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Timothy Kim
>