[CB-12458] [cordova-plugin-camera] - The information about old versions of the plugin install the deprecated ID is missing in the README

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-camera
• Labels: camera plugin readme
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Camila Macedo
• Created: 14/Feb/17 16:07
• Updated: 25/Mar/17 23:57
• Resolved: 25/Mar/17 23:26

Description

The information about old versions of the plugin install the deprecated ID is missing in the README of the cordova-plugin-camera (https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera)

Example:

Add plugin without defining the version of the plugin. ( lastest )

dhcp-17-22:01789921-Cordova-App cmacedo$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera --save
Saved plugin info for "cordova-plugin-camera" to config.xml
dhcp-17-22:01789921-Cordova-App cmacedo$ cat config.xml 
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="org.feedhenry.art.cordova.blank" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name>Blank App</name>
    <description>
        This is an hybrid app, built using Cordova
    </description>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <preference name="fullscreen" value="true" />
    <preference name="webviewbounce" value="true" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1.2.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="~1.3.1" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-camera" spec="~2.3.1" />
</widget>

*Add plugin with the definition of the version as 0.2.7.*  

dhcp-17-22:CordovaHello-Cordova-App cmacedo$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera@0.2.7 --save
Fetching plugin "cordova-plugin-camera@0.2.7" via npm
Saved plugin info for "org.apache.cordova.camera" to config.xml
dhcp-17-22:CordovaHello-Cordova-App cmacedo$ cat config.xml 
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="org.feedhenry.art.cordova.blank" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name>Blank App</name>
    <description>
        This is an hybrid app, built using Cordova
    </description>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <preference name="fullscreen" value="true" />
    <preference name="webviewbounce" value="true" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1.2.0" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="~1.1.4" />
    <plugin name="cordova-plugin-network-information" spec="~1.3.1" />
    <plugin name="org.apache.cordova.camera" spec="~0.2.7" />
</widget>
 

Cordova CLI tool used

dhcp-17-22:CordovaHello-Cordova-App cmacedo$ cordova -g -v
6.4.0

Point of the documentation

Installation

This requires cordova 5.0+

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera
Older versions of cordova can still install via the deprecated id

cordova plugin add org.apache.cordova.camera
It is also possible to install via repo url directly ( unstable )

cordova plugin add https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-camera.git

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #253