4.5 Image Component LineageOS

[gitschwarz]

I run the android app on Lineage OS 20.0 The new image component doesn't work. On the server side I have a simple template

image (with path) enter

I choose the template in the app and nothing happens. The app go back to the template selection ... no camera, no error message .... Any help?

[fttx]

Hello,

perhaps the smartphone is still running the old version. The IMAGE component was introduced in v4.5.0, can you check it in the app info page as well?

[gitschwarz]

yes it's 4.5.0 on the smartphone (and no scan session was created)

[fttx]

Ok, I'm not sure why this is happening, perhaps the app is not loading the correct output template, can you try to add something like a STATIC TEXT component just to make sure it is loading a new template?

Also, could you also check if the app has some disabled permission in the app info settings?

Thank you

[gitschwarz]

Ok - I checked again with a new template, a barcode scan and text components and the image component That all work until the image-component should starting - then the template breaks and no scan session were created. The app permissions are ok (barcode scan work well ...). Is there any camera-lib, that isn't included in lineageos ?

[gitschwarz]

Tomorrow I test this feature with Iphone and other android phone ...

[fttx]

You're right it may be the cause of the issue.

From the plugin source code I see that it launches the native/stock camera: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/blob/84166f63554903564c9791541ce6f168930a9a61/src/android/CameraLauncher.java#L312

perhaps lineageos includes a camera with a different package name and it is not able to launch it

[gitschwarz]

I think the problem is the packetmanager: "PackageManager mPm = this.cordova.getActivity().getPackageManager();"

Thank you for your time and support.

[gitschwarz]

I browsed many site about cordova https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/issues?q=camera and the camera-plugin. It seems that camera plugin doesn't work every time and it is not stable everytime ... One Solution :-) : "I change the plugin. Now I use https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-media-capture."

[fttx]

Thanks for the information, can you make a pull request with the changes? I'll be glad to change it also in the official version

ionic docs: https://ionicframework.com/docs/v3/native/media-capture/

[gitschwarz]

Sorry no - not fast ...perhaps in 2 months or so ... I'm familiar with linux and bash and so ...

[fttx]

Sorry, but where you able to run it using the other plugin? If yes how did you convert the output to base64?

Another user reported a similar issue on a Motorola G5 Plus, is it the same smartphone as yours?

Thank you

[gitschwarz]

Thank you for the new versions. Image Component is now working with lineageos (90%). Only the "ok" -Button (for sending the picture to the server ) is not visible .... But this is not a big problem.

[fttx]

What is the send button you're referring to? Can you please send a screenshot?

Thanks