Should we slate this for the API rework or get to it sooner?

On 10/23/12 1:07 PM, "Tim Kim" <timki...@gmail.com> wrote:

>+1
>
>On 23 October 2012 11:55, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Simon MacDonald
>> <simon.macdon...@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 <f...@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
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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>-- 
>Timothy Kim

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