Updated version and RELEASENOTES.md for release 6.0.0 (camera-v6.0.0)

Co-authored-by: エリス <erisu@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: jcesarmobile <jcesarmobile@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: Node CI
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: NodeJS ${{ matrix.node-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 14.x, 16.x]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+      - name: set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: |
+          node --version
+          npm --version
+          gradle --version
+
+      - name: npm install and test
+        run: |
+          npm i
+          npm t
+        env:
+          CI: true

.github/workflows/release-notify.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: Close issue asking for release
+
+on:
+  issues:
+    types: [opened]
+
+jobs:
+  action-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: niklasmerz/release-notify@master
+      with:
+        repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

RELEASENOTES.md

@@ -20,6 +20,26 @@
 -->
 # Release Notes
 
+### 6.0.0 (Aug 19, 2021)
+
+**Feature:**
+
+* [GH-751](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/751) feat(android)!: support **AndroidX**
+* [GH-750](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/750) feat(android): bump `cordova-android` requirements for `10.x`
+* [GH-731](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/731) feat(android): encode `heic` format to `EncodingType` for webview display [#711](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/issues/711)
+* [GH-684](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/684) feat(android): `sdk-30` package visibility support
+
+**Fix:**
+
+* [GH-687](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/687) fix(android): return exception message (where it exists)
+* [GH-585](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/585) fix(android): file path correction if `Uri` authority is `FileProvider`
+
+**Chore & CI:**
+
+* [GH-749](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/749) chore: bump plugin version for next major
+* [GH-654](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/654) chore: add release notify action
+* [GH-745](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/745) ci(gh-action): added workflow to run tests
+
 ### 5.0.3 (Aug 04, 2021)
 
 * [GH-754](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/754) chore: rebuilt `package-lock.json`

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-camera",
-  "version": "5.0.3",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-camera",
-  "version": "5.0.3",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "Cordova Camera Plugin",
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "cordova": {
@@ -45,12 +45,17 @@
         "cordova-ios": ">=5.1.0",
         "cordova": ">=9.0.0"
       },
-      "5.0.3": {
+      "5.0.4-dev": {
         "cordova-android": "<10.0.0",
         "cordova-ios": ">=5.1.0",
         "cordova": ">=9.0.0"
       },
       "6.0.0": {
+        "cordova-android": ">=10.0.0",
+        "cordova-ios": ">=5.1.0",
+        "cordova": ">=9.0.0"
+      },
+      "7.0.0": {
         "cordova": ">100"
       }
     }

plugin.xml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 <plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     id="cordova-plugin-camera"
-    version="5.0.3">
+    version="6.0.0">
     <name>Camera</name>
     <description>Cordova Camera Plugin</description>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <engines>
         <engine name="cordova" version=">=9.0.0"/>
-        <engine name="cordova-android" version="<10.0.0" />
+        <engine name="cordova-android" version=">=10.0.0" />
         <engine name="cordova-ios" version=">=5.1.0" />
     </engines>
 
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@
           </provider>
         </config-file>
 
+        <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/*">
+            <queries>
+                <intent>
+                    <action android:name="android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE" />
+                </intent>
+                <intent>
+                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT" />
+                </intent>
+                <intent>
+                    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PICK" />
+                </intent>
+                <intent>
+                    <action android:name="com.android.camera.action.CROP" />
+                    <data android:scheme="content" android:mimeType="image/*"/>
+                </intent>
+            </queries>
+        </config-file>
+
         <source-file src="src/android/CameraLauncher.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/camera" />
         <source-file src="src/android/FileHelper.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/camera" />
         <source-file src="src/android/ExifHelper.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/camera" />
@@ -76,13 +94,12 @@
         <source-file src="src/android/GalleryPathVO.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova/camera" />
         <source-file src="src/android/xml/camera_provider_paths.xml" target-dir="res/xml" />
 
+        <preference name="ANDROIDX_CORE_VERSION" default="1.6.+"/>
+        <framework src="androidx.core:core:$ANDROIDX_CORE_VERSION" />
+
         <js-module src="www/CameraPopoverHandle.js" name="CameraPopoverHandle">
             <clobbers target="CameraPopoverHandle" />
           </js-module>
-
-        <preference name="ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION" default="27.+"/>
-        <framework src="com.android.support:support-v4:$ANDROID_SUPPORT_V4_VERSION"/>
-
       </platform>
 
      <!-- ios -->

src/android/CameraLauncher.java

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.provider.MediaStore;
-import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
 import android.util.Base64;
 
 import org.apache.cordova.BuildHelper;
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
     private static final String PNG_EXTENSION = "." + PNG_TYPE;
     private static final String PNG_MIME_TYPE = "image/png";
     private static final String JPEG_MIME_TYPE = "image/jpeg";
+    private static final String HEIC_MIME_TYPE = "image/heic";
     private static final String GET_PICTURE = "Get Picture";
     private static final String GET_VIDEO = "Get Video";
     private static final String GET_All = "Get All";
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                     if(!PermissionHelper.hasPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)) {
                         PermissionHelper.requestPermission(this, SAVE_TO_ALBUM_SEC, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
                     } else {
-                        this.getImage(this.srcType, destType, encodingType);
+                        this.getImage(this.srcType, destType);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -273,9 +274,9 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
 
         if (takePicturePermission && saveAlbumPermission) {
             takePicture(returnType, encodingType);
-        } else if (saveAlbumPermission && !takePicturePermission) {
+        } else if (saveAlbumPermission) {
             PermissionHelper.requestPermission(this, TAKE_PIC_SEC, Manifest.permission.CAMERA);
-        } else if (!saveAlbumPermission && takePicturePermission) {
+        } else if (takePicturePermission) {
             PermissionHelper.requestPermissions(this, TAKE_PIC_SEC,
                     new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE});
         } else {
@@ -356,11 +357,10 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
      *
      * @param srcType           The album to get image from.
      * @param returnType        Set the type of image to return.
-     * @param encodingType
      */
     // TODO: Images selected from SDCARD don't display correctly, but from CAMERA ALBUM do!
     // TODO: Images from kitkat filechooser not going into crop function
-    public void getImage(int srcType, int returnType, int encodingType) {
+    public void getImage(int srcType, int returnType) {
         Intent intent = new Intent();
         String title = GET_PICTURE;
         croppedUri = null;
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
             // set crop properties
             cropIntent.putExtra("crop", "true");
 
-
             // indicate output X and Y
             if (targetWidth > 0) {
                 cropIntent.putExtra("outputX", targetWidth);
@@ -439,7 +438,6 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
             cropIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
             cropIntent.putExtra("output", croppedUri);
 
-
             // start the activity - we handle returning in onActivityResult
 
             if (this.cordova != null) {
@@ -450,9 +448,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
             LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "Crop operation not supported on this device");
             try {
                 processResultFromCamera(destType, cameraIntent);
-            }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
-            catch (IOException e)
-            {
                 e.printStackTrace();
                 LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "Unable to write to file");
             }
@@ -475,7 +471,6 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                 this.croppedFilePath :
                 this.imageFilePath;
 
-
         if (this.encodingType == JPEG) {
             try {
                 //We don't support PNG, so let's not pretend we do
@@ -610,7 +605,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
         ContentResolver resolver = this.cordova.getActivity().getContentResolver();
         ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
         contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, galleryPathVO.getGalleryFileName());
-        contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, getMimetypeForFormat(encodingType));
+        contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, getMimetypeForEncodingType());
         Uri galleryOutputUri = resolver.insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, contentValues);
 
         InputStream fileStream = org.apache.cordova.camera.FileHelper.getInputStreamFromUriString(imageUri.toString(), cordova);
@@ -623,7 +618,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
 
     private GalleryPathVO getPicturesPath() {
         String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat(TIME_FORMAT).format(new Date());
-        String imageFileName = "IMG_" + timeStamp + (this.encodingType == JPEG ? JPEG_EXTENSION : PNG_EXTENSION);
+        String imageFileName = "IMG_" + timeStamp + getExtensionForEncodingType();
         File storageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
                 Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
         storageDir.mkdirs();
@@ -639,28 +634,20 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
 
     /**
      * Converts output image format int value to string value of mime type.
-     * @param outputFormat int Output format of camera API.
-     *                     Must be value of either JPEG or PNG constant
      * @return String String value of mime type or empty string if mime type is not supported
      */
-    private String getMimetypeForFormat(int outputFormat) {
+    private String getMimetypeForEncodingType() {
-        if (outputFormat == PNG) return PNG_MIME_TYPE;
+        if (encodingType == PNG) return PNG_MIME_TYPE;
-        if (outputFormat == JPEG) return JPEG_MIME_TYPE;
+        if (encodingType == JPEG) return JPEG_MIME_TYPE;
         return "";
     }
 
 
-    private String outputModifiedBitmap(Bitmap bitmap, Uri uri) throws IOException {
+    private String outputModifiedBitmap(Bitmap bitmap, Uri uri, String mimeTypeOfOriginalFile) throws IOException {
         // Some content: URIs do not map to file paths (e.g. picasa).
         String realPath = FileHelper.getRealPath(uri, this.cordova);
+        String fileName = calculateModifiedBitmapOutputFileName(mimeTypeOfOriginalFile, realPath);
 
-        // Get filename from uri
-        String fileName = realPath != null ?
-                realPath.substring(realPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1) :
-                "modified." + (this.encodingType == JPEG ? JPEG_TYPE : PNG_TYPE);
-
-        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat(TIME_FORMAT).format(new Date());
-        //String fileName = "IMG_" + timeStamp + (this.encodingType == JPEG ? ".jpg" : ".png");
         String modifiedPath = getTempDirectoryPath() + "/" + fileName;
 
         OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(modifiedPath);
@@ -684,6 +671,23 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
         return modifiedPath;
     }
 
+    private String calculateModifiedBitmapOutputFileName(String mimeTypeOfOriginalFile, String realPath) {
+        if (realPath == null) {
+            return "modified" + getExtensionForEncodingType();
+        }
+        String fileName = realPath.substring(realPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+        if (getMimetypeForEncodingType().equals(mimeTypeOfOriginalFile)) {
+            return fileName;
+        }
+        // if the picture is not a jpeg or png, (a .heic for example) when processed to a bitmap
+        // the file extension is changed to the output format, f.e. an input file my_photo.heic could become my_photo.jpg
+        return fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1) + getExtensionForEncodingType();
+    }
+
+    private String getExtensionForEncodingType() {
+        return this.encodingType == JPEG ? JPEG_EXTENSION : PNG_EXTENSION;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Applies all needed transformation to the image received from the gallery.
@@ -707,24 +711,22 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
 
         String uriString = uri.toString();
         String finalLocation = fileLocation != null ? fileLocation : uriString;
-        String mimeType = FileHelper.getMimeType(uriString, this.cordova);
+        String mimeTypeOfGalleryFile = FileHelper.getMimeType(uriString, this.cordova);
 
         if (finalLocation == null) {
             this.failPicture("Error retrieving result.");
         } else {
-
+            // If you ask for video or the selected file cannot be processed
-            // If you ask for video or the selected file doesn't have JPEG or PNG mime type
+            // there will be no attempt to resize any returned data.
-            //  there will be no attempt to resize any returned data
+            if (this.mediaType == VIDEO  || !isImageMimeTypeProcessable(mimeTypeOfGalleryFile)) {
-            if (this.mediaType == VIDEO || !(JPEG_MIME_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType) || PNG_MIME_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType))) {
                 this.callbackContext.success(finalLocation);
-            }
+            } else {
-            else {
 
                 // This is a special case to just return the path as no scaling,
                 // rotating, nor compressing needs to be done
                 if (this.targetHeight == -1 && this.targetWidth == -1 &&
                         destType == FILE_URI && !this.correctOrientation &&
-                        mimeType != null && mimeType.equalsIgnoreCase(getMimetypeForFormat(encodingType)))
+                        getMimetypeForEncodingType().equalsIgnoreCase(mimeTypeOfGalleryFile))
                 {
                     this.callbackContext.success(finalLocation);
                 } else {
@@ -750,17 +752,17 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                         // Did we modify the image?
                         if ( (this.targetHeight > 0 && this.targetWidth > 0) ||
                                 (this.correctOrientation && this.orientationCorrected) ||
-                                !mimeType.equalsIgnoreCase(getMimetypeForFormat(encodingType)))
+                                !mimeTypeOfGalleryFile.equalsIgnoreCase(getMimetypeForEncodingType()))
                         {
                             try {
-                                String modifiedPath = this.outputModifiedBitmap(bitmap, uri);
+                                String modifiedPath = this.outputModifiedBitmap(bitmap, uri, mimeTypeOfGalleryFile);
                                 // The modified image is cached by the app in order to get around this and not have to delete you
                                 // application cache I'm adding the current system time to the end of the file url.
                                 this.callbackContext.success("file://" + modifiedPath + "?" + System.currentTimeMillis());
 
                             } catch (Exception e) {
                                 e.printStackTrace();
-                                this.failPicture("Error retrieving image.");
+                                this.failPicture("Error retrieving image: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
                             }
                         } else {
                             this.callbackContext.success(finalLocation);
@@ -777,6 +779,18 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * JPEG, PNG and HEIC mime types (images) can be scaled, decreased in quantity, corrected by orientation.
+     * But f.e. an image/gif cannot be scaled, but is can be selected through the PHOTOLIBRARY.
+     *
+     * @param mimeType The mimeType to check
+     * @return if the mimeType is a processable image mime type
+     */
+    private boolean isImageMimeTypeProcessable(String mimeType) {
+        return JPEG_MIME_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType) || PNG_MIME_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType)
+                || HEIC_MIME_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called when the camera view exits.
      *
@@ -830,7 +844,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                     }
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
-                    this.failPicture("Error capturing image.");
+                    this.failPicture("Error capturing image: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -974,7 +988,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
             if (fileStream != null) {
                 // Generate a temporary file
                 String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat(TIME_FORMAT).format(new Date());
-                String fileName = "IMG_" + timeStamp + (this.encodingType == JPEG ? JPEG_EXTENSION : PNG_EXTENSION);
+                String fileName = "IMG_" + timeStamp + (getExtensionForEncodingType());
                 localFile = new File(getTempDirectoryPath() + fileName);
                 galleryUri = Uri.fromFile(localFile);
                 writeUncompressedImage(fileStream, galleryUri);
@@ -998,15 +1012,11 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                     rotate = 0;
                 }
             }
-        }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
             LOG.e(LOG_TAG,"Exception while getting input stream: "+ e.toString());
             return null;
         }
 
-
-
         try {
             // figure out the original width and height of the image
             BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
@@ -1052,7 +1062,6 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
             // determine the correct aspect ratio
             int[] widthHeight = calculateAspectRatio(rotatedWidth, rotatedHeight);
 
-
             // Load in the smallest bitmap possible that is closest to the size we want
             options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
             options.inSampleSize = calculateSampleSize(rotatedWidth, rotatedHeight,  widthHeight[0], widthHeight[1]);
@@ -1092,8 +1101,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                 }
             }
             return scaledBitmap;
-        }
+        } finally {
-        finally {
             // delete the temporary copy
             if (localFile != null) {
                 localFile.delete();
@@ -1269,7 +1277,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                 code = null;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            this.failPicture("Error compressing image.");
+            this.failPicture("Error compressing image: "+e.getLocalizedMessage());
         }
         jpeg_data = null;
     }
@@ -1305,9 +1313,8 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
         this.conn.disconnect();
     }
 
-
     public void onRequestPermissionResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
-                                          int[] grantResults) throws JSONException {
+                                          int[] grantResults) {
         for (int r : grantResults) {
             if (r == PackageManager.PERMISSION_DENIED) {
                 this.callbackContext.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.ERROR, PERMISSION_DENIED_ERROR));
@@ -1319,7 +1326,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
                 takePicture(this.destType, this.encodingType);
                 break;
             case SAVE_TO_ALBUM_SEC:
-                this.getImage(this.srcType, this.destType, this.encodingType);
+                this.getImage(this.srcType, this.destType);
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -1381,7 +1388,7 @@ public class CameraLauncher extends CordovaPlugin implements MediaScannerConnect
         }
 
         if (state.containsKey(IMAGE_FILE_PATH_KEY)) {
-           this.imageFilePath = state.getString(IMAGE_FILE_PATH_KEY);
+            this.imageFilePath = state.getString(IMAGE_FILE_PATH_KEY);
         }
 
         this.callbackContext = callbackContext;

src/android/FileHelper.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.cordova.camera;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.content.ContentUris;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.CursorLoader;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ import android.provider.MediaStore;
 import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
 
 import org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterface;
-import org.apache.cordova.LOG;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
      * Returns the real path of the given URI string.
      * If the given URI string represents a content:// URI, the real path is retrieved from the media store.
      *
-     * @param uriString the URI string of the audio/image/video
+     * @param uri the URI of the audio/image/video
      * @param cordova the current application context
      * @return the full path to the file
      */
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
      * Returns the real path of the given URI.
      * If the given URI is a content:// URI, the real path is retrieved from the media store.
      *
-     * @param uri the URI of the audio/image/video
+     * @param uriString the URI string from which to obtain the input stream
      * @param cordova the current application context
      * @return the full path to the file
      */
@@ -132,6 +131,9 @@ public class FileHelper {
             if (isGooglePhotosUri(uri))
                 return uri.getLastPathSegment();
 
+            if (isFileProviderUri(context, uri))
+                return getFileProviderPath(context, uri);
+
             return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);
         }
         // File
@@ -142,22 +144,6 @@ public class FileHelper {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public static String getRealPathFromURI_BelowAPI11(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
-        String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
-        String result = null;
-
-        try {
-            Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
-            int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
-            cursor.moveToFirst();
-            result = cursor.getString(column_index);
-
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            result = null;
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns an input stream based on given URI string.
      *
@@ -177,6 +163,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
             if (question > -1) {
                 uriString = uriString.substring(0, question);
             }
+
             if (uriString.startsWith("file:///android_asset/")) {
                 Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriString);
                 String relativePath = uri.getPath().substring(15);
@@ -206,6 +193,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
      * @return a path without the "file://" prefix
      */
     public static String stripFileProtocol(String uriString) {
+
         if (uriString.startsWith("file://")) {
             uriString = uriString.substring(7);
         }
@@ -225,7 +213,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
         }
         return MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Returns the mime type of the data specified by the given URI string.
      *
@@ -233,7 +221,7 @@ public class FileHelper {
      * @return the mime type of the specified data
      */
     public static String getMimeType(String uriString, CordovaInterface cordova) {
-        String mimeType = null;
+        String mimeType;
 
         Uri uri = Uri.parse(uriString);
         if (uriString.startsWith("content://")) {
@@ -316,4 +304,28 @@ public class FileHelper {
     public static boolean isGooglePhotosUri(Uri uri) {
         return "com.google.android.apps.photos.content".equals(uri.getAuthority());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param context The Application context
+     * @param uri The Uri is checked by functions
+     * @return Whether the Uri authority is FileProvider
+     */
+    public static boolean isFileProviderUri(final Context context, final Uri uri) {
+        final String packageName = context.getPackageName();
+        final String authority = new StringBuilder(packageName).append(".provider").toString();
+        return authority.equals(uri.getAuthority());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param context The Application context
+     * @param uri The Uri is checked by functions
+     * @return File path or null if file is missing
+     */
+    public static String getFileProviderPath(final Context context, final Uri uri)
+    {
+        final File appDir = context.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
+        final File file = new File(appDir, uri.getLastPathSegment());
+        return file.exists() ? file.toString(): null;
+    }
+
 }

src/android/FileProvider.java

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 */
 package org.apache.cordova.camera;
 
-public class FileProvider extends android.support.v4.content.FileProvider {}
+public class FileProvider extends androidx.core.content.FileProvider {}

tests/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-camera-tests",
-  "version": "5.0.3",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "",
   "cordova": {
     "id": "cordova-plugin-camera-tests",

tests/plugin.xml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets"
     id="cordova-plugin-camera-tests"
-    version="5.0.3">
+    version="6.0.0">
     <name>Cordova Camera Plugin Tests</name>
     <license>Apache 2.0</license>