bug: Camera.getPhoto with source "PHOTO" returns "No image picked" when choosing between multiple gallery apps

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Installed Dependencies:
  @capacitor/cli 1.3.0
  @capacitor/android 1.3.0
  @capacitor/ios 1.3.0
  @capacitor/core 1.3.0

Affected Platform(s)

• Android
• iOS
• Electron
• Web

Current Behavior

Error “No image picked” is returned.

Expected Behavior

The selected image should be returned

Sample Code or Sample Application Repo

Camera.getPhoto({
  source: CameraSource.Photos
});

Reproduction Steps

1. Have multiple gallery apps installed on your device (in my case “Gallery Go by Google Photos” and “Google Photos”
2. Trigger the getPhoto call, the OS should now show a dialog asking which app you want to use
3. Choose an app and select a photo
4. getPhoto resolves with the error “No image picked”

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 6.9.0

node --version output: v12.13.0

Android version: 10 Device: Goole Pixel 3a

Other Information

I debugged into the Camera plugin, the error is returned because data is null in

public void processPickedImage(PluginCall call, Intent data) {
  if (data == null) {
    call.error("No image picked");
    return;
  }
  ...
}

So the data passed to the handleOnActivityResult method, which then calls processPickedImage, is null when Android decides to show the app selection dialog. I am not sure if it is even an issue with capacitor or if android itself is the problem here.

[mrSingh007]

Facing the same problem. After the image is taken from Camera there is no option to select that image. If you try to select image from Gallery then also no option to say use this image. tested on: Samsung galaxy edge 7 Cause of problem is allowEditing. When this is set to true. The image editor is opened. Now if you don’t edit your image obviously there will be no ‘Save Changes’ button. So there is only close button and this button closes the editor and also pass data is null. Workaround for us:

• use set allowEditing to false:

const image = await Plugins.Camera.getPhoto({
      quality: 90,
      allowEditing: false,  
      resultType: CameraResultType.Uri
    });

Fix

• The fix could be to check on handleOnActivityResult intent is from Editing and if data is null. just don’t do anything. Cause image url we have already from ‘pickImage’ intent.

@Alain1405 can you please have look on it?

[jcesarmobile]

It’s not related to the prompt, but to the app used to pick the image. Which one did you use? Device and android version are helpful too.

Also a sample app would be helpful to make sure you are not doing something wrong, I’ve just tested the “Gallery go by Google Photos” app and works fine on my device.