Github user dpolivy commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/pull/104#issuecomment-119015527
@muratsu Valid question, thanks for starting the discussion. The Android
implementation is more like the Messages/Slack experience you highlight above.
I think the "right" solution here really depends on the app and the desired
user experience. For me, camera is the 90% usage scenario, but it's important
to allow gallery upload, too. So the best UX is to launch right into the camera
UI, with an option to fall out into the gallery. That creates an extra tap for
only a smaller percentage of users, vs all users if we show a picker off the
bat (e.g., like Android).
Supporting better custom camera UI longer term may be a better way to solve
this, but there's no way to defer that to the app developer without requiring
them to go build some native components.
To be honest, longer term I will likely fork this plugin, and replace the
Android and Windows Phone implementations with ones using the low level camera
APIs to better replicate the iOS approach, so I can build custom UIs on top of
them that better match our usage scenarios. But, as a first (quicker) stab, I'm
trying it this way, and wanted to give the opportunity to share this back as I
can't imagine I'm the only one who would find this valuable.
I'm curious to hear other's thoughts on this. Adding a more consistent
"picker" UI which can be implemented consistently on all platforms might be a
viable alternative -- BUT it kills the use case I mentioned above (which was my
motivation for doing it in the first place). Plus, that can sort of be done
already today by having separate buttons in your HTML UI.
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