jwasnoggin opened a new issue #568: Auto-detect encodingType for loading from 
photo album
URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/issues/568
 
 
   # Feature Request
   
   ## Motivation Behind Feature
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   When adding a photo from the gallery/photo album, you have to specify the 
encoding type in advance (either JPEG or PNG). But ideally it would be good to 
just load the file from the device without modifying it. 
   
   
   ## Feature Description
   <!-- 
   Describe your feature request in detail
   Please provide any code examples or screenshots of what this feature would 
look like
   Are there any drawbacks? Will this break anything for existing users? 
   -->
   Rather than converting the file to the specified type, it would be good to 
have an option to use the existing type. Eg:
   ```
   var cam = navigator.camera;
   var options = {
       sourceType: cam.PictureSourceType.SAVEDPHOTOALBUM,
       destinationType: cam.DestinationType.FILE_URI,
       options.mediaType = cam.MediaType.PICTURE;
       options.encodingType = cam.MediaType.AUTO; // Use the filetype of the 
existing file
   }
   cam.getPicture(gotMediaFn, errorFn, options);
   ```
   
   
   
   ## Alternatives or Workarounds
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   Describe alternatives or workarounds you are currently using 
   Are there ways to do this with existing functionality?
   -->
   The only option that I can see currently is to always convert the file to 
either JPEG or PNG.
   
   

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