[CB-12195] camera & webview rotated into portrait on landscape iPhone app in 8/10 times

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-camera
• Labels: iOS

Environment

iPhone 7 (used to reproduce on iPhone 6s as well)
iOS 10.1.1, iOS 9 showed this as well
cordova 6.4.0
cordova-plugin-camera 2.3.0

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Schmidt
• Created: 29/Nov/16 20:44
• Updated: 16/Dec/16 18:15

Description

steps to reproduce

• create cordova app

  cordova create MyAppTest33
  cd MyAppTest33/
  cordova platform add ios
  cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera --variable CAMERA_USAGE_DESCRIPTION=" " --variable PHOTOLIBRARY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION=" " --save
  

• add camera sample code to www folder

  https://github.com/Icenium/Sample-Camera/blob/master/Camera%20Sample/index.html
  https://github.com/Icenium/Sample-Camera/blob/master/Camera%20Sample/scripts/main.js
  https://github.com/Icenium/Sample-Camera/blob/master/Camera%20Sample/styles/theme.css
  

• change config.xml to landscape app

  <preference name="Orientation" value="landscape" />
  

action: hold phone in portrait & open camera on iPhone

• hold iPhone in portrait

• open app on real device: iPhone

• open camera ('take picture')

problem: camera window is rotated 90°

• camera window is rotated 90°, shutter button not visible

(it seems, that the webview is rotated first before the camera shows up)

-> See attached screenshots for the whole sequence

root cause are all variants of status-bar-plugin

• reproduces in 8 out of 10 attempts

• disappears after double-clicking the home-button and re-entering the app

• occurs mostly on first app start, after making it disappear once by double-clicking the home-button it does not appear again