breautek edited a comment on issue #758: URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera/issues/758#issuecomment-908441374
This is normal behaviour on Android - a quirk due to the android Intent system and is documented in the [Android Quirks](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera#android-quirks). > Android uses intents to launch the camera activity on the device to capture images, and on phones with low memory, the Cordova activity may be killed. In this scenario, the result from the plugin call will be delivered via the resume event. See the Android Lifecycle guide for more information. The pendingResult.result value will contain the value that would be passed to the callbacks (either the URI/URL or an error message). Check the pendingResult.pluginStatus to determine whether or not the call was successful. In Android, any app that is not in the foreground process is susceptible to being closed/killed by the OS. When using intents - the app is placed in the background while the camera app is shown. When the activity is killed, the webview is also destroyed. I know this sucks and can be difficult to deal with but it's up to the developer to restore the state of their app in this situation. The camera results will also be included in the [resume event](https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/dev/guide/platforms/android/index.html#retrieving-plugin-callback-results-cordova-android-510) in this situation. When the OS chooses to kill a background activity isn't explicitly defined, but it's usually related to when the OS feels the need to free up RAM, and operating the camera can be heavy on RAM. Closing this issue as not-a-bug; but if you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
