[CB-14184] EXIF details are not available when taking a photo on Android 6.x (Nexus 5)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-camera

Environment

Android 6.0 (Nexus 5)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex Ryltsov
• Created: 02/Jul/18 14:32
• Updated: 19/Oct/19 22:38
• Resolved: 19/Oct/19 22:38

Description

When taking a photo using cordova-plugin-camera in the hybrid application on Android 6.0 there is no location EXIF details available. Please note that it works fine on Android 7.0.

I'm not an Android developer but it seems that the cordova camera plugin uses ExifInterface class (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/ExifInterface#ExifInterface(java.io.FileDescriptor)) which was added in API level 24 (Android 7.0) and it does not provide add EXIF details when taking a photo on a platform below Android 7.0.

The problem exists on the latest cordova-plugin-camera version 4.0.3